We posted about a month ago that we had gotten a bid from Macky, our general contractor, about redoing the plaster around the base of the house in the courtyard. It’s especially bad near the front door where the water bounces off the stairs and onto the wall. Our basic guess is that they redid […]

Sadly, hubby’s vacation is already over and there is still plenty to be done around here. But we did make very good progress in the garden and are working ourselves up to starting and hopefully even finishing the construction of the greenhouse this weekend. We’re going to make a run for the lumber tomorrow night […]

Ayla’s fur mommy and sister came to play yesterday! Which meant the day started with a bit of brushing. We don’t do it nearly often enough lately, especially when Ayla’s damp (which is often) so I was hoping we wouldn’t get yelled out or anything. The three girls had a lot of fun together, romping […]

A little over a month ago, we posted that we ordered an oleander tree to put in one of the planters at the front of the house. Unfortunately, the tree is not here yet and we were starting to wonder if one of the neighbors received it and didn’t want to give it up or […]

Although we’ve been trying to deny it, we have a small mouse problem here on the farm. Although we live in a small city (it’s more of a town really with a population of around 1000 people) and there are houses all around us, most of the farms are “working farms” meaning that the people […]