Once Upon a Family

The first 4-H day camp was today.  Spark went as a camper and Dancer as a camp counselor.  Last year Spark chose the last day camp and had t...

I saw one of the iconic Rudolph shows on TV the other night.  On the show there is the "Island of Misfit Toys."  These are toys th...

and it quacks like a duck and it walks like a duck, it's a duck.  However, this rooster is convinced that the duck is a hen.  His chick...

The ducks are loving the puddles that are cropping up everywhere. They make such a mess of the yard and ruin the grass. Know that if you ev...

I went out to the barn this morning and the ducks were in the yard eating, as usual. When I was done in the barn I came in and got the dog ...

This is what Spark said tonight and he was right. This morning, before the butt crack of dawn, a couple men came over to put in a new bathro...

When I was a kid my parents had a lot of company. People would just stop in or they often invited people over. It was customary for my dad t...

by Dad This morning I took the dog out to potty and noticed a large shape out of the corner of my eye. In back of the house, under an apple...

The ducks have been dining on our green peppers. Three of them were inside the fence munching away on the peppers when I chased them down an...

When we had hay delivered a few weeks back, a couple of the ducks were still sitting on nests in the few bales that were left from last year...

When the ducks are hungry, which seems like most of the time, they will come charging after us quack, quack, quacking. If we are in the barn...

A duck sitting by a log Look again and it is really a duck sitting by a log with a brood of babies under her!

See her open beak? That is her telling me to back up or she will back me up. And she means it too, if we get too close she attacks, hisse...

Gloomy sky and cold rain is the theme of the day. It is so cold that when we came out of church this morning Spark broke out in song - Ji...

This nest of 18 eggs is tucked in the hay under the tarp. The only problem is that no one wants to be the duck that sits on them. Maybe w...

The morning started so nice with Spark coming in to snuggle on the bed with me. Mmmm , he is so sweet. Then he says "Mom, are you going...

A few things that happened here today. We had some company stop by. The ducks came charging up to the door and we half expect them to rin...