One man's adventure playing in his yard

New and Improved Chickencam

Okay, so a few people have written to tell me that our new ChickenCam was placed too high up to clearly see all the good chicken action. So by popular demand I have moved the camera down into the yard where it’s a lot closer to the birds.
Now you’ll be able to see the [...]

A perfect day

For a short interval — usually between mid-May and the end of the month, everything blooms all at once. We’re in the midst of that now. When you step out the front door, this is what you see:
Everything — poppies, roses, sage, lavender, sweet pea shrub, Pride of Madera, Butterfly Bush, Peruvian Lilly, and more [...]

Happy Face bell peppers

So I was slicing up some red bell peppers to grill along with our steaks last night. I sliced off the tops of two peppers, and this is what greeted me:
Nothing like peppers with a happy face surprise inside!

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