Northview Diary

Just stepped outside for the second walking of the potato-bombing-floor-piddler. Found a wonder. First walkies involved dark, army-drab,...

The upper deer was truly fortuitous. I had the camera up to my eye and focused, in the act of taking a photo of some trees. Suddenly ther...

Everybody knows we are on the downhill side of the year. Although yesterday was warm enough for baling hay and drying laundry, the night...

Liz and Becky with Richard in his later days.  Although he was sweet to them,  there was still a fire in that little furnace. T o ...

The days that is. Even if I oversleep the sun isn't up yet when I arise. And it is coming up halfway down the side of the old horse...

Gallon of fresh-pressed in the fridge, new picked apples on the table and a jar of soft, sweet honey in the cupboard. The kids took a frien...

Milkweed for Dani In November . The air is like taffy, pull off a piece, crisp, bright, sharp, twist it up and enjoy....pumpkin pie flavored...

One of our life goals, elusive, and hard to brew Not much. Cold, damp, muddy. Cows ditto and not liking it much. Leaves left, or mostly. Tr...

Amish horse looks a little short of groceries Good weather. You gotta grab it. So the men are running in all directions at once trying to m...

They happen to the best of us. Woke up full of hope for a harvest day. The guys got some sorghum chopped yesterday and changed fields to go ...

As you can see the Sudex got away from us. Supposed to cut it when it is as high as your wallet. It would take a pretty tall guy for that to...

The merchandise Is all good for you Or maybe just plain good. Or even both Actually we were out taking care of some Gubmint business and th...

And no little cat feet about it. More like a sensation of cold, wet, fish strapped all over your body...of breathing through a soggy, slig...

Bur cucumber skeleton....they are a nuisance like kudzu, but interesting just the same. The colors are not so very unlike June ...pink...gol...

Just so you know...this is NOT today...I only wish it was It is so gloomy that there really is no sunrise.. .just a sort of easing from glow...

Well, actually it smells like snow. The forecast isn't calling for much, but the wind yesterday blew in something different in the seaso...

Canadensis that is....down on the Mohawk.

Drowned turkey feather , empty acorn cup. Last dandelion, crushed by passing hooves. Ten dozen hungry robins flying by from Canada, f emales...

Alan built us a huge wood shed all in a week, all by himself....cut the logs for the poles, set the poles, built the sides and roof and roo...