Last night, we walked out on the deck in our backyard to see one of our sweet dogs, Allie, playing with some critter. We thought maybe she'd gotten a whistle pig or gopher, resulting in me doing a mental celebratory boogie dance. Upon closer inspection, we discovered that Allie had come across a . . .
As big as a chicken!
As I was driving down our lane and past our house to pick up Little Red at school (cooties have hit her), I happened to look up and noticed a hawk as big as a frickin' chicken hanging out in a tree in our backyard! The pictures don't do this bird justice. Anyway, this wasn't the same hawk that has . . .
Handy, dandy birdseed scoop!
A few years ago, we gave the girls a bird feeder to hang just outside our living room windows so they could watch the birds. My great aunt and great uncle had a bird feeder and also a feeder for squirrels. It was always fun to watch the birds and squirrels so we chose to carry on the . . .
There’s critters in them thar hills!
I was on my way to pick up the girls from school today when I was certain that I saw a black horse dart across the road in front of me. Yep, I wasn't having eye troubles, there was indeed an equine out for a run. Other moms told me that there wasn't just the one horse, but five or six more horses . . .
Ah, fireplaces . . . and birds.
When we bought our house 14 years ago, which began as a dump with great bones, the closest thing we had to a fireplace was our fire pit in the backyard. After pining away for a fireplace from the beginning, we finally had a fireplace built after eight years. We chose a wood burning one that is so . . .