by Susan | Oct 5, 2011 | Family, On My Mind
This week finds me on a rare trip away from home. Alone. It’s my fourth night away and I am wicked homesick. I miss waking up in the morning to the smell of the coffee that Paul made. I miss visiting with Hannah while we wait for the school bus. I miss checking...
by Susan | Sep 28, 2011 | On My Mind
Back in July, I explained how chicken math works. We went to town for chicken wire and came home with four baby bantam chickens from the end of season chick sale. These cuties cost us all of $4. Or so we thought. The trouble started when we attempted to introduce the...
by Susan | Sep 18, 2011 | On My Mind
I was lying in bed this morning, just as the sun was showing itself. My mind was working on ideas for a duck house remodel – their current house originally built as a meat chicken run. Paul was awake so I told him about this thought for giving the ducks a little...
by Susan | Sep 14, 2011 | On My Mind
On Hannah. She was home from school today with a terrible headache – one that started last night that she hadn’t been able to shake by this morning. When I returned home from work she greeted me from the dark cave of her room with my camera. She said that...
by Susan | Sep 5, 2011 | On My Mind
The three day weekend gave us lots of time to work on home projects. It’s a bit scary that summer will soon be over!
by Susan | Aug 13, 2011 | On My Mind
Last night was cloudless, a full moon lighting the yard with an eerie glow. As I was falling asleep I heard the “who-who, who-who” of a great horned owl. As I listened to the owl’s lonely call, thoughts started turning in my mind. Earlier in the day, Ginger the dog...
by Susan | Aug 13, 2011 | On My Mind
Hannah decorating her fort with leaves.
by Susan | Aug 5, 2011 | Family
Twelve years ago today, darling Hannah entered into our lives. She took her own sweet time arriving on the scene two weeks late. Not much has changed on that front. My due date of July 23 came and went. When the doctor said that they were going to induce labor, I was...
by Susan | Jul 29, 2011 | On My Mind
We made a trip to town yesterday and turned the Prius into a pickup truck again. As we were cruising along, the AC blasting to keep the child in the back seat happy, I looked down at the mileage display and snapped this pic (Paul was driving). 418 miles on this tank...
by Susan | Jul 26, 2011 | Family
Fourteen years ago, I married my best friend. This has not been an inconsequential partnership so far. Four ducks: $25 One gold fish: $28 Thirteen chickens: $77 Two cats: $1,153 Three dogs: $4,760 One half-grown child: $103,850 One home in the woods of Maine: $290,000...
by Susan | Jul 22, 2011 | Family
Dad’s birthday was on the 17th. I made this card for him featuring his chicken namesake, but couldn’t share it until I knew he had received it in the mail (I was a little late on the draw – as usual). Happy Birthday, Dad!
by Susan | Jul 20, 2011 | Family
My girl has flown the coop. Left the nest. Gone to summer camp. At eleven years old, this is only her second time away from home alone. The first was a one-night sleep over in town. This week she is on the Sunbeam, a 75’ long ship owned by the Maine Coast Sea Mission....
by Susan | Jul 10, 2011 | On My Mind
It’s been 5 days since The Girls and The Colonel moved to their chicken coop. We read that it’s good to let them spend some time in the coop before letting them out into the yard so they realize it’s their new home. The truth is we just finished the...
by Susan | Jun 19, 2011 | Chickens, On My Mind
Today we finished the sheathing of the chicken coop. We’re pooped! Paul has to build the doors windows (and cut the holes out for the windows), the nesting box. Then comes the steel roof (left over from the house project) and painting. We’ve got just over...
by Susan | Jun 7, 2011 | On My Mind
Between gas prices and a truck that needs a bit of work, we took the Prius to Ellsworth for our Sunday Home Depot trip. Do you think it’s time for a Prius pickup? We did our shopping in two rounds. Round one included 24 2x3x8′ studs. Paul said, “I...
by Susan | Mar 21, 2011 | On My Mind
This morning, cruising out of town just before dawn we caught this picture of the “super moon” over the Narraguagus River in Milbridge in a “drive by shooting.”
by Susan | Mar 13, 2011 | Family
I lost my grandmother this week. Ruth (nee Strobel) Bender Nerviani died peacefully in her sleep at age 96 with my mother by her side. Her passing leaves a void in my heart. All of my life I called my grandmother “Mother.” Growing up I heard my mom call her “Mother”...
by Susan | Feb 6, 2011 | On My Mind
I took advantage of a taste of spring-like weather today. At a balmy 40 degrees I parked myself on the porch. It was comfortably refreshing, but the view left a bit to be desired.
by Susan | Jan 3, 2011 | On My Mind
The first day of school for 2011. Yipee! The sky had such a beautiful quality to it this morning. Calm, peaceful, and gentle. My picture does not do it justice.
by Susan | Dec 25, 2010 | Family
Chrismtas morning. Note how dark it still is outside! Snape the kitty taking Christmas morning in stride.
