It's now 2026, March 22. It's been ten years since I wrote on this blog. I still love to write, so should I take up writing this blog again? I'd like to catch you up on what I'm still doing and not doing. Looking through many of my posts I'm still doing quite a few of all that's here.
We still live in the same house and I'm still gardening. In fact, I'm soon to start seeds for this year's gardening. The yard sure has changed over the years. The fence has extended (fence needed to keep critters out - we have more deer than elk these days). I have 2 greenhouses. A bigger one has extended our fenced yard. And we're still needing to finish that greenhouse for this growing season. Trying to replace old actual windows for the plastic.
I'm still cooking from scratch and grinding whole grains to make everything from. My bread making has changed, making everything sourdough - which mainly means a longer fermenting time, beyond one day, for better body assimilation and health. I still make a lot of the recipes on this existing blog, but of coarse a lot more.
We have been empty nesters for a long time. No one lives close by, so no Grandkids often coming and going. We have great neighbors, community, and church. There's distance between neighbors since the smallest acreage we can own is ten acres. We built this house 42 years ago, and love living here.
I still have chickens. I love fresh eggs and sell some eggs. I have a local health food store that gives me lots of veggie and fruit scraps to supplement my organic feed. Every two years we get new chicks and butcher the old when the new start laying. We try meat birds for a bit every so often, but just prefer keeping laying hens. No other pets. Our cameras around the house show our consistent fox, skunk, coyote, rabbits, bobcats, a lion once in a great while, deer and elk often, and then bear. And too, now we usually see wild turkey each summer. Then too, I love our birds. A bluebird couple have taken up residence in their house. Flickers are starting their mating calls. Pygmy nuthatches are starting to show up, and someone saw robins. Then of coarse soon we'll have hummingbirds. We have them big time with their constant humming on the air everywhere, and very active at the back deck feeder.
I better quit for now. I have an Azure pick up soon. Gotta go meet the truck.
