It’s now been almost two months since Ace came to live with us at Happy Acres. He was almost 5 months old – born 3/19/2012. We kept him in the bathroom away from Puddin for the first three days. She was outside the door trying to figure out who he was. But once he was…
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100,000 miles and more
For the last several months I’ve been watching my odometer in my 1999 Toyota Corolla, waiting for it to turn over 100,000 miles. So for the weeks before the “event” I checked as I started up the car and during the drives here and there. And then it happened! I was driving home from this…
Read MorePutting Up
It’s been busy around here. From harvesting to watering to putting up. But before I tell you about putting up, I wanted to share something that made my day recently. With all of the time I spend outside I’ve been on the lookout for some long pants for gardening. They needed to be white and…
Read MoreSunday HA Update
We received over an inch of rain Friday night – the first measurable amount in a long time. I had harvested asparagus Friday afternoon. When I went out to harvest yesterday morning, I couldn’t believe it. This is one of the spears I found. We have had a wonderful asparagus harvest this year. I have…
Read MoreShredding My Life
As Spring approaches I’m starting to think about what needs to be done outside in the next couple of weeks. Cleaning up the asparagus patch is on the top of my list. One of the things we do around here is shred. It makes a great mulch for some of our beds. Last year after…
Read MoreWelcome Dusty
Well, we have added to our fur family. You can check out another post on our new kitty, Dusty, on Dave’s blog. As you know, we put to sleep both of my cats, Sidd and Shel, last year. Even though I still really miss them, especially Sidd, momma’s boy, we both wanted Puddin to have…
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