animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

well, shit

Last night, Brian had to run to the office to get something. Jake and I were watching Sons of Anarchy at the time. Shortly after he left, I heard the fire whistle blowing and I thought “hmm, I hope that wasn’t Brian”. Turns out it was. A skunk was crossing …

winter garden

Yesterday, I planted some stuff that will eventually be under the hoops. Lettuce, spinach, onions and the like. I’m crossing my fingers that there isn’t a frost tonight because I still haven’t gotten around to picking the remaining peppers that are growing in the garden. Though, I did can a …

the dead room

This book was ok for being a free one. It had a couple of typos in it, though. Typos in books really bug me. How about getting an editor? Anyway, it was a pretty cool story about a serial killer. The serial killer story line had a nice twist to …

grape jelly

I always thought (well, not always, but since I’ve been canning) it would be cool to make grape jelly, but I didn’t have a source for the grapes…until yesterday. One of my Facebook friends posted that she had some extra concord grapes growing in her yard and they were up for grabs. …