I ended up with seven chicks: 2 brown, 2 white, one gray, one with brown/black stripes, and one black. And oh! So fluffy and adorable! Esp...

Good morning, you! Just popping in to say that we have a winner for last week's Shabby Apple $50 Gift Card Giveaway: it's Timber ...

It was early. Chilly. The coldest morning we've had in months, in fact. I hadn't had coffee. I was in my pajama pants, trying to...

I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.  -George Washington It's egg delivery day, today is. Every shop in t...

 Photo Credit: Shabby Apple I've been watching one of my favorite movies- Charlotte Gray - and dreaming of a new fall dress this ...

I went to the Feed Store today. It's my retail therapy. Some women go to the mall, or the shoe store, or Sephora . I go to the old bar...

  It's a slow one, today is. I scattered grain for the chickens, collected eggs, and then wandered around the place, pulling at dried...

It's incredible the amount of yarn and tea a girl can go through in the summer. I've stopped many times these past three months and ...

An expectation is a future object,  recognized as belonging to me. -Samuel Alexander   A summer storm blew a limb onto the power line yeste...

       

1. I'm glad it's August. Having done July well, I'm eager to see "AUGUST" written across the top of the calendar page....

There's a little about what I'm up to today in my hometown paper . Hope you're having one of those weeks that isn't ...

 Anything for a quiet life.  -Thomas Middleton    Cloudy morning. Dark, quiet kitchen. Herbs dry above the sink. Plants stand up for the lig...

See this house? This old farmhouse with shiplap walls and original wood floors?  It reminds me so much of Freeman House. And... it's m...

In the winter, when you're straining your eyes seeing seeds into soil, breaking your back planting garlic, and freezing your fingers pok...

If you know somethin' well, you can always paint it  but people would be better off buyin' chickens. -Grandma Moses   I found my d...

I live in a little red house at the top of a small hill. Have I said? She sits, solemn and weathered, under two oak trees. Her red wooden bo...

My thoughts are so scattered today: You're too busy, Brin. Slow down : It's starting to rain. It needs to rain. Family's pastu...

My very first job was picking blueberries.  Each June- the first week, old man Harper would set up plywood signs and announce to the town ...

My Swiss chard is playing out. Each evening, after the scorching Texas sun has set, it looks as if it's fainting. My camera, too, has de...