I grew up just outside of Helen, GA.. Separating me and Helen was The Valley. The Valley is not THAT Valley. It’s the Sautee Nacoochee Valley. Two valleys actually although I consider them one.
You can click Sautee Nacoochee to read the Wiki page about Sautee Nacoohcee. The [...]
I’m at Mama’s house. She has chickens. You knew that. Sorry. Sometimes I repeat myself. I need to work on that. Make a note, will you?
Mama’s newest batch of chickens are pretty friendly. Too friendly if you ask me. Yes. Chickens/Birds kinda scare me. Ok. [...]
Mama has a million raspberry bushes. Like. Seriously. She has too many raspberry bushes to count.
Raspberries are in season right now.
Mama got up in the wee hours to pick this bucket full.
Delicious looking huh? Feel free to click on these pictures for a closer look. Go ahead. [...]
Here is a quick peek at a day in my life.
This week I am at Mama’s house. She is on vacation. I am house sitting, animal wrangling and sewing in peace.
I get up early to feed the cats. See how eager they are?
Although you can’t see them all, she has 10 cats. [...]
The only chickens I like:
Chickens are nasty, evil creatures.
An event that had a major impact on me and forever will be burnt into my memory happened when I was about 10ish years old.
When I was growing up, my family had a garden. (It’s much smaller nowadays.) When I say garden, I mean growing our own food. To eat. [...]
As you know, I’m a cattle farmer’s wife. I suppose that makes me a cattle farmer too. If sitting in the car waiting for your husband to wrestle cows is considered cattle farming…
My husband checks his cows, herds his cows, works his cows on foot. Our cattle are divided amongst more than [...]
“Hello!”
“Anyone out there?”
“If anyone is out there, Merry Christmas!”
“Notice my candy cane antlers match my ear tag? I work hard at being a fashion diva.”
“Tell your friends that Buttercup, that’s me, wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!”
*note: My niece found these antlers and put them on. She asked if I [...]