We spent part of this weekend visiting the town of Emlenton in Venango county. Friends have a farm there and raise turkeys and chickens.



When I pick up my chickens they feel light and I can usually feel their ribs. These chickens, however, feel solid and thick, like little meaty bowling balls.



They spend most of their time in the barn sitting around. Few of them took any interest in us.



The turkeys live on the second floor of the barn and display a little more personality.



They like keep watch out of their window. There were little turkey eyes constantly tracking our activities in the yard.



We collected eggs from the free-range laying flock and ripe blueberries from the bushes. These eggs are what inspired me to raise my own chickens. They taste so much better than store eggs and make the best poached eggs ever.

My friend David bought a defunct antique shop in downtown Emlenton. He's going to use the building as his residence, so he'll probably cut you a deal on all the junk left behind.







I'm kind of jealous. It's like he's living in a library.

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Monday, August 03, 2009

Can't Talk...Resting

I took a few days off, here. I visited some people and just thought less for a little while.

To make up for this breach I have the ultimate elementary school photo:



This isn't some weird picture that I found somewhere in the depths of the internet, it's my brother-in-law! My husband my in-laws found this portrait while sifting through family photos for the wedding a few weeks ago. Mike must have been a weird kid.

There just so many questions to ask about this photo. Why is he crying? Where did that doll come from? And why is it nude? These are questions for the ages, my friends.

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Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Hell Yeah, Berries!

I've been topping almost everything I eat with my berries. If I had a steak or a rotisserie chicken right now I would put berries on them.

Rice pudding + black raspberries + red raspberries = best snack ev-AH!

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Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Six Months of Projects

I'm halfway through the year and halfway through my goal of trying to make something new every day until 2008 rolls around. I'm short about 12 projects right now, which means that I've missed making something about once every two weeks. I think I'll try to make up for any shortfalls by extending this into 2010.

I've done pretty well at almost completely curbing my clothing buying and I've only broken down and purchased one dress so far. Otherwise, almost everything I wear has come from my sewing machine.

Since January 1st I've made...

• 14 dresses (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
• 10 skirts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
• 9 other clothing items (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)