Goat Babies
If you guys haven't been checking over on my other blog where I'm spending most of my time...you missed the various blessed events!
Blinkin' had triplets.…
Kidding Time
Blinkin' started to go into the early signs of labor on Wednesday. I think. She's taking her own damn sweet time about it. I have…
blogHope Nunnery and Steve Tarshis
My dear friend, Hope Nunnery, was in touch with me today.I've known Hope for over half of my life. We were in school together at…
What's for dinner?
I made all of this!
Fresh home-made goatsmilk feta cheese, fresh basil, cukes, yellow squash, vine ripe brandywine tomatoes and homemade chevre.
This time of year,…
Cucumbers
I am literally drowning in these right now. They are growing faster than I can do things with them. A half bushel a day is…
The Gourd Tree
I made a tripod of cut saplings to hold up my gourds and moonflowers. I need to get out there at dusk and get a…
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picEire's Angel
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
This is the latest installment of The Angel Dogs Calendar Raffle Project.
http://www.angel-dogs.com/raffle.html
This is Danielle Foster's little "Shamrock" who passed on to The…
galleryMy Life in Art....Snort.
Arts, Crafts, Costume Designs, Puppets and my web graphics.
I'm a recovering artist/designer. It's a one day at a time sort of thing.
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picAh...The Frogs Have Returned to Hartford...
The bullfrogs down in my pond woke up a month early. I shuffled out onto the porch for a stick of firewood and heard them.…
Still on a hiatus from Buzz..
Hi guys,
I'm still sort of on a hiatus from Buzznet. But the bullfrogs
woke up in the pond two days ago so things will start to…
picAegis with Moth
There's been a request out there to tag one image as one's best photo of 2005. I really can't do that objectively. I'm not a…
picFirst Snowfall
We got our first snowfall last night at my elevation. We'd had some higher up earlier but this is the first to fall here at…
The Night the Animals Talk
I spent most of yesterday worming and vaccinating the goats. I'd
go down to the paddock with a bucket of grain and bring them up singly
to…
picMerry Christmas to all...
This is the Christmas card I designed for
CARA, The Cocker Angels Rescue Aid Fund. It twinkles on their site.
Whatever, large mid-winter festival you are…
picFrozen Creek
The ice is all over the creek. Big Creek is actually a very swift moving trout stream that flows down from The Gulf Track (aka…
picHome is where the hearth is...
It's really really cold here. I went and got a new load of wood today and unloaded it. It's burning quite nicely and keeping the…
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picGoats May Safely Graze...
Actually I think the line is "Sheep may safely graze..."
I love coming home. I always have, no matter where I lived. There's something that catches…
picI'm a lumberjack, and I'm okay...
I sleep all night. I work all day.
Mounties : He's a lumberjack, and he's okay.
He sleeps all night and he works all day.
I cut…
picRooster Bouquet
Last night I thinned out the hen house for the winter. The extra roosters were raping the hens and I just don't have enough hens…
picBrown-nosing
I got the goats some thermolass. It's sort of a nasty mixture of hard molasses, vitamins, minerals, protiens and grain in a bucket. Sort of…
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picFarewell, my goatie friend...
Today I had to put Patty goat down.
She'd been failing for a few months and I'd called her former goat Mom to let her know…
picThe Cusp of Winter
I went up on the Parkway today. We got snow on the high elevations and a few flakes floating around here at the farm. A…
picMy Great Nephew, Austin
My sister-in-law sent me an updated picture of my little buddy, Austin. Who is apparently not so little anymore! I swear, I think he's growing…
picFran on a Pony
I'm not sure where my sister and I got our equestrian genes from. It most certainly wasn't my mom. I remember her telling me that…
picThe Buzzard Tree
He's up there. Do you see him?
It's supposed to snow on Thanksgiving. I seem to speed all summer trying to keep the animal's water clean…
Skillet Cookies
Skillet Cookies
My family's traditional Christmas cookie.
1 stick butter
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 package chopped dates
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 box Rice Crispy cereal
1 cup chopped pecans
Melt butter in…
picSnuggly Goaties
Blinkin' and her daughter, Nod were out sleeping in the sunshine this morning all snuggled together. I couldn't tell where one began and the other…
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galleryThe Skies Above
I'm trying to take cloud pictures like Ozone's. I'm not sure how well I'm doing...Tennessee sure ain't Hawaii...
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picSleepy Buddies
Fat Buddy and Babe snuggled up to each other last night and fell asleep in front of the fire place. It was oddly hot last…
picCurious Paint
This fellow and his two cohorts came trotting up to the fenceline in search of snacks. I was sorry I didn't have a carrot for…
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galleryOther Stuff, Friends etc. etc.…
Things that don't fit in my other galleries...or are awaiting a gallery of their own.
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picHi-Lite's Tag
This is really his tag all photoshopped up.
His tag really said, "No Children, Please". Hi-Lite really didn't care for children. Nope...not one bit. He was…
galleryOther Stuff, Friends etc. etc.…
Things that don't fit in my other galleries...or are awaiting a gallery of their own.
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picAutumnal lens flare
The quality of light in the late afternoon is really special. It's hazy and soft up here now. The kudzu is dying now after three…
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picIt's that time of year again...
It went down into the 20's last night. Drippy faucets, straw on the plants and plenty of roughage for the goats. Down duvets on the…
picCreepshow!
I've been having a bunch of problems with Buzznet over the past two weeks. I'm still not back up to speed but have been able…
galleryFood Porn
I have problems with food. I'm a compulsive overeater/preparer of the unusual...unusually delicious...or just scrumptious. Food is sensual, sexual, voluptuous. Food is Love.
I currently…
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picI'm Number "ONE"!!!
Here's my big goofy Labrador, Aegis, with his first prize trophy from the Cosby festival dog show. He won first place in the Sporting Dog…
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picRed Hots Apple Butter
Just a quick howdy!
My festival is this weekend and I've only got 50 more jars to decorate! I'm hoping to sell out of most of…
picBarnyard Terror!
For Contrails and Farmlife!
Mr. Gilligan up to no good! Bunnies are afraid to watch and the Turkey says "Send Help!"
Let me know where to send…
picNight Goat
There was a ruckus outside last night. A coon has been on the prowl so everyone but the goats is locked down tight. I've got…
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picSpidey in the mist...
This fellow has been seeking perfection in web design for the past week. I think he may almost be there.
picThe grayness
We really needed the rain to clear away the haze of the past weeks. These are the remains of Rita, finally reaching us here in…
galleryMy Life in Art....Snort.
Arts, Crafts, Costume Designs, Puppets and my web graphics.
I'm a recovering artist/designer. It's a one day at a time sort of thing.
2 new pics
picDie by the sea...Lie by the sea
Tennessee is my second home, the home of my adulthood. I grew up, as did all of my family going back several generations, on the…
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galleryFat Buddy and friends
The adventures of my cocker spaniel, Fat Buddy, and his gang of dog friends. Fat Buddy is often caught "red pawed", with his snout in…
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picMax Snout
Max is so much fun to take pictures of. He's so photogenic and has such a fun range of doggie expressions.
Somebody needs to adopt him…
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picShelter from the storm...
’twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood
When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud
I came in from the wilderness,…
picHappy Birthday to Shaunna!
I couldn't resist. She just was so darn cute with that hat....and so appropriate!
Happy Birthday!
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picMy sister, today
This is my big sister, Simone, today. She is pretty much unchanged from 30 years ago. She's as startlingly beautiful today as she always has…
picThe new fudge molds
I found this great silicon baking mold for the fudge. This is perfect. They are little cabbage roses and hold pretty much a quarter pound…
picI am not an idealogue...
Oh really?
Honestly...I must confess to liking this guy. I would have liked to have known more about him, but none of the senators would shut…
picFrom my sister....
I have a birthday tomorrow. I think I'm about ready to move to Pothole's "Old Woman Island".
My beautiful sister always sends me lovely kitchen…
picPretty Fudgy
I was playing with this little bit of fudge on a pretty plate. I just liked the colors it turned out. I don't mean anything…
galleryAin't No Cold Cokes in Hell
Ain't no cold cokes in hell...
My political images and commentary. If you want to have Dubbya's love child, this is not the gallery for you.…
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picLouisiana, Here We Come!
The one industry where I live is white water rafting. Hartford is the drop off point for white water in the Great Smokey Mountain National…
picMichael Brown in Hell...Part Deux
"I'm going to go home and walk my dog and hug my wife, and maybe get a good Mexican meal and a stiff margarita and…
picLa fée pêche
I broke into the peach brandy today. Partly to remember. Partly to forget. What I really wanted was absinthe.
One of the great treasures I…
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picMax
He was really out of it while I was taking these. He rests up pretty hard during the day so he can be super bad…
picThe War Swish
I'm going to try to post more of my usual fare. I think we need a bit of relief. I'm still furious. I'm still heartbroken.…
picThe War
I'm going to try to post more of my usual fare. I think we need a bit of relief. I'm still furious. I'm still heartbroken.…
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picMike Brown's Afterlife Interview
I'm not sure if they've called Mike Brown back to DC to fire him or
give him a medal. Everyone else who has screwed up in…
galleryAin't No Cold Cokes in Hell
Ain't no cold cokes in hell...
My political images and commentary. If you want to have Dubbya's love child, this is not the gallery for you.…
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picWho Ya Gonna Call???!!!
I ran across this while putting together a comment for oOo...but was selfish and decided to keep it for myself. And since I've had evil,…
picStinky Lufu Boy
My little darling is all grown up! He still looks like a baby but...man...does he ever stink! He's growing his little pompador hairdo.
And I've caught…
picTigerFly
I found this guy in one of my little old lady's yards. I visit shut-ins on Sundays.
I mentioned that I was going to be…
picThe Virtuoso
The only person you have the ability to muzzle is yourself. Yes. I'm talking to you.
I will continue to be critical of George W. Bush…
picPinky and the Brain
One is a genius...the other's insane.
This is an old one I did. I needed to do some tweaking to pull it up to my current…
picBaron Samedi Bush
If I hear him say the results are "not acceptable" while failing to step up and take responsibility for what is obviously his failing as…
galleryFood Porn
I have problems with food. I'm a compulsive overeater/preparer of the unusual...unusually delicious...or just scrumptious. Food is sensual, sexual, voluptuous. Food is Love.
I currently…
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He's such a slob. He's taken to sleeping like this and letting the sunshine coming in through the window warm his belly.
He was, quite simply, a rock star...
It was 1999 and we were all piled in Tree's office with the big glass
windows at CNN in Atlanta. The door had been shut as…
The Scent of Peaches...
I've been putting up a bushel of peaches for the freezer. There
is something soothing about the strong sweet smell that transports me
back in time.
I remember…
Loving the French....
When that whole "Freedom Fries" thing came up...I was cringing.
As if our french fries could even hold a bic lighter to pommes
frites. There is absolutely…
The Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science
I couldn't make up my mind as to what to put in the Gullible's Travels
gallery today. Did I want to do the psychic dog? Or…
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