California Bred | Colorado Led
I am getting real creative at these blog post titles, I know. For the past 36 hours I’ve been brining two of the pheasants the boys brought home from their hunting trip in preparation for my most intimidating meal to date...This coming from the girl who recently made rabbit stew! Oh. My. Gosh. So. Good. [...]
Summer might be over, but you bet we will soak up the rest of these 70° days with neighbors, friends and family! Crosby helping dad build the sheep’s “pen-demic.” Neighbor/Auntie lets Lincoln come help with the goats often. Trying to get someone excited for our Sunday morning walk...he currently wants to be carried everywhere. We [...]
I may have been a bit eager to start collecting farm animals. I put the cart before the horse, or in our case, the sheep before the shelter. The past two weekends we've had the privilege of hosting birthday parties for some dear friend's kiddos! It was so fun seeing the kids playing with the [...]
It all started out as an average weekend. Johnny and Boone planned to finish the chicken/duck run and build a duck house. That was it. First: Lowe's and Tractor Supply. Everybody loaded up, masks and bandanas in hand. After the necessities were collected, a drive thru Freddy's Frozen Custard run was in order. It was [...]
When we moved from our home in California, what we lost in square footage we gained in acreage! Because our garage had become kind of a storage unit of sorts, Johnny decided he wanted to get some shipping containers. We learned after our first glorious summer of thunderstorms that Colorado loves surprise hail storms. The [...]
As I recently told a friend, "I don't like cats and I am not really an animal person." Correction: I didn't like cats and I wasn't really an animal person. In October we caved and got a cat to take care of the mouse problem. Fast forward six months and we now have two cats, [...]
Can you be overwhelmed with peace? Like, is that a thing? There’s something about living in the forest that erases the stresses of the world and promotes peace. Birds chirping in the cool breeze, warm sun peeking through the ponderosas, maybe a fancy cocktail on the porch while the kids ride bikes and we all [...]
“Due to inclement weather...” Not gonna lie, I love getting those texts at 5am. Our 2 hour snow delay was upgraded to: “District is closed.” The snow is still coming down and it’s purely magical! Now, to get the boys to restock our firewood. Any guesses what movie we’re watching? Clue: I first saw it [...]
Since it's officially "sweata weatha" here in CO (said in my best Amy Poehler/Maya Rudolph impresh), we've kinda been using our fireplace nonstop. And since we live in the forest with ample firewood, Johnny and the kids picked up a log splitter today: queue 4 straight hours of chopping and hauling fun! I snagged this [...]
Phoebe Gillespie 