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January 30, 2010

The Un-Cat, Big Black, S Benz, Dirtball, Maximus Omnibus, Snackzer…everyone had a name for Max because he was that cool. People who didn’t even like cats liked Max. Seventeen pounds of jet black love and the coolest kat that ever lived. I’m sad that we only had him for 13 years.

King Maxwell

The Cat From Snowy River

It’s been a little chilly this week. So chilly that we had to pull out the smartwool.

Ireland

A few pics from our trip to Ireland earlier this month:

Winter

So this picture was really taken last winter. If you lived here you would know this because the porches are in dire need of a pressure wash and a fresh coat of paint. I am pretty sure we painted the house white and grey but with all of the rain lately there isn’t [...]

Rainy Day

It’s been raining a lot here lately. When I say a lot, I mean A LOT. In fact, massive quantities of rain might be the better term here. We’ve gotten at least 10 inches of rain the last 24 hours. Add that to the 10 or so that’s fallen the past week and you get [...]

Our Sunflowers

We are experimenting with sunflowers this year. We started the seeds indoors but they didn’t take so I direct seeded them in a raised bed in front of the barn. It’s extremely hot and dry in that area of the yard and they must like it because they really took off. These are Mammoth Grey [...]

Lemon Furniture Polish / Soap

There are quite a few recipes out there for homemade furniture polish. This is the one I use and like because I don’t have to put it in a spray bottle. I do this every few months so it’s more like Murphy’s Oil Soap than actual polish that you use weekly. I dry dust with [...]