-
Foxy Update
Although we don’t have any photos, we’re still seeing glimpses of the foxes almost every day. The other day, one of the little ones was under the bird feeder but then was scared away by the birds. A day after that, we spotted a pup carrying a dove in his mouth.
-
Foxes!
A family of 6 foxes is living in the brush pile, just south of the rock. This morning they came up to play on the rock and Gary got these photos from the house. Finally, the mother fox saw us moving in the house and got spooked and took them all into the woods.
-
Blooms!
Don’t tell the nectarine and the peach tree that spring doesn’t officially begin until next week!
-
Today’s Daily Bread
Before. After. Gary and I made bread in the wood fired oven again today. We are still working on timing the bread and oven and ended up baking bread until after dark. The good news is we didn’t burn any bread this time! The white bread is pain al ancienne from Peter Reinhart’s Bread Baker’s Apprentice. …
-
The Poisoned Pen
Dave gave a fantastic performance last night in “The Poisoned Pen.” It was a really fun play and all the kids did a great job. I wish I could have gotten a better photo, but my photography skillz were a big FAIL last night.
-
Christmas Upstairs – Saturnalia Downstairs 2011
This year we had 45 guests for the annual Hoover Christmas Eve Celebration. I think they all had a pretty good time. It didn’t take long for Mellow to head to the bedroom closet to ride out the Christmas storm. A lot of people were out on the porch where we had a fire in…
-
Today’s green smoothie
was a hit, so I thought I would write down the recipe before I forget it. 1 cup frozen strawberries 1 cup pineapple 1 ripe banana juice of one orange 1/2 cup coconut milk (So Delicious original flavor) 2 cups red Russian kale