Cedar Me Timbers

Here is the last of our harvested cedar turned into furniture. We had the last of the wood turned into an end of the bed linen chest. It is very deep with a heavy closing lid on springs. The chest is made to have weight on top. We were able to put in all our summer and winter bedding supplies inside the chest. We freed up half a closet's worth of space. The chest was made by a local Amish family near us. I am over the moon happy with the beauty of the wood made functional for our bedroom. My husband and I love the smell of the cedar in our linens.

Open and safe for fingers.

Simple design showing off the natural cedar.

January Kids

My neighbor's Boer doe finally gave birth to a set of twins. A girl and a boy were born and look so different from their parents.

Mama goat and kids resting in the stalls. All warm and happy.

I am looking forward to seeing them run around outside with the herd.

Warm Chickens

We had a warm up out here in the Ozarks. All the snow melted and then the fog rolled in all day.

My chickens had a full day of running around the farm eating bugs.

Effie Junior is the dominant rooster of the hen house.

My Halloween colored hen that lays blue eggs.

My Americana/Game rooster struts around all day long looking for a hen to call his own.

The white rooster who I thought was a hen avoided the winter culling. It will end up in the 

spring culling as he is a big one with too much attitude for my farm.

Pond Chopping

Here is my husband last week breaking the pond ice for our ducks. Our flock used the heated chicken 

water tubs if they cannot get into the pond. This makes for messy drinking water real fast.

More ice.

Insulated boots and coveralls keep him toasty while ice chopping.

Our ducks got back into their pond shortly after this chore was done.

Good Bye Old Pots

I finally collected all my Aluminium and Nonstick coated pans and took them out of my kitchen. More room, woo hoo! Instead, I use my enamel pans and cast iron. Why? I am worried about long term use of aluminum pots and the poisons created by the Teflon. Aluminum can collect in the brain causing the symptoms of Alzheimer's. While no one in my family history has had Alzheimer, I still want to prevent it as best I can. So many people I know in their 40's and 50's are now dealing with Alzheimer's. I am not a scientist, but I do  observe things around me. And most of the healthy old timers around here, use cast iron and enamel to cook in. And they are crazy here, but out of personal choice.

I want to be one of those healthy old timers along with my husband. 

So a bit of house cleaning might make a difference to our long term health. 

Igor No More

Last night after a brief struggle with an inner ear infection, Igor had a heart attack and died. He just gotten a bath and was drying off with us on the sofa when it happened. It was over so quick and he was gone. He had lost weight over the struggle with the antibiotics and the infection. He just stopped eating. We have had him since 2005 in Texas and moved him with us to Missouri. He had a great life being a city house bunny then a farm bunny. Last night in the 20 degree temperature in the dark; my husband dug a deep hole in the frozen ground of the horse pasture to bury Igor. 

Igor was always curmudgeon bunny with a happy life in spite of himself.