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    Here a cheep, there a cheep

    The next best thing to having chickens of your own? Your parents getting chickens, letting you pick out a breed you want, and letting you have one all to yourself to name (which may turn out to be a bad thing when we figure out which ones the roosters are…

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    Slowly coming together

    Sometimes I worry about what my stepson thinks and how he feels about his dad and I having a baby. I don’t know what, exactly, I think he thinks, but I always tend to imagine the worst. I mean, how awkward is it to be having a baby around the same…

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    Wild Violet Jelly

    For several years now Spring has come and gone and I’ve completely missed violet season. But by complete and sheer luck I managed to be at the right place (home) at the right time (yesterday) to notice patches of my yard in full bloom with pretty little wild violets. The neighbors…

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    Snug

    I wanted to splurge just once on this baby for a hand knit. I’m usually very budget-conscious about how much the yarn costs and how many skeins I need, and when it comes to this baby I’ve certainly been a bit more aware of the cost considering how quickly little ones…

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    Natural Dye Play

    It’s Easter today, which means this weekend I had a bee in my bonnet about dyeing eggs. But I didn’t want to just do any ol’ dye job – no, I wanted to play with natural dyes with what I had in my kitchen. Which happened to be blueberries and…