And being a chump, I’ve been real busy lately.  Sorry about that.
Also, our remodeled bathroom is almost done.  We didn’t get the window ordered in time, and so we’re in a holding pattern until that shows up later, but the rest is just awaiting inspection.  Anyway, my yard is a total mess, and I haven’t [...]

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Sometimes, I feel like my garden’s not cutting it.  I still have to buy tomatoes, and it’s heading into August soon.  The aphids have discovered my brassicas.  My only peaches obviously have residents at this point.
But, then, I make myself lunch from the garden:

Today, I had fingerling potatoes sauteed in butter and chives with a [...]

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Let the girls out this morning to pick out our 12th egg.  That’s an even dozen and probably as good a place as any to stop reporting on the subject.  For anyone interested, they’re still tiny– 34 g.

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I’m a little fat… you know… fat-ish-y… not grotesquely disfigured or anything… to my eye, anyway.  Just… lumpier than is optimal.  Doughy, if you will.  This, I think, is a direct result of my keen interest in food– more specifically, the baking and eating thereof.
So, I’m logging my intake in some new software, but I’m [...]

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Big day here.  Sitting in my office, slaving away for The Man, I heard this very loud… clucking?  No, more like… bokking.  Bok!… Bok!… Bok!…
It was loud enough that I had to get up and go see what was going on out there.  I looked in the coop, and I only saw three of the [...]

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