Travelingjenny
Navigating the hilly terrain of motherhood
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Category: critters
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Introducing… Daisy, Lily, and Cutie-Pie (bet you'll never guess who named that one!), our newest pea-brained, yet productive, feathered friends. They are about 5 months old and are just now laying their first little eggs (see a "new" egg below, compared to an "old" egg). The new girls are big, beautiful birds from an organic…
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If we had a barn in our backyard, we would have loaded Lilly-T up in the minivan weeks ago and brought her home with us. Grace and I are both smitten.
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It is a little-known fact that I am a skilled crayfish catcher. When I was a kid, I spent hours knee-deep in French Creek, where we spent weekends, flipping over rocks to find them. I learned to use "anything-catchers" (strainers with handles) to trap the quick little buggers, or sometimes I just used my bare…
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Inspired by her newest "Fancy Nancy" book, Grace made herself a clubhouse over the weekend. Adam put up his old tent, and Grace used the illustrations in the book to get ideas for what is needed in a clubhouse: an umbrella, a table (with tablecloth and flowers), a rug, and a water bottle. The dog…
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Little Daphne came home to Nana's house on Friday. She is calm and sweet and perfect in every way. We're all in love — even Maggie.
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Yep, we need to get ourselves a goat. Or maybe two.
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Dear Stella (or Sally — I never could really tell you apart), We lost you too soon To an unseen danger in the woods. I was supposed to keep you safe, but I failed. And I am sorry. You were a very good and honorable chicken; Loyal, patient, and productive. For this we are grateful.…
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In about a month, the girls' Nana will be bringing home a labradoodle puppy. We all love puppies, but this concept has been a very abstract one — until we went to visit the puppy last week. The five-week-old puppy. Now Grace and Tess are very excited. The lovely breeder gave the girls their very own…
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I recently purchased a special playpen for Poppy, so that she and Grace can play in the grass together. Grace loves this, and has deemed me "the best mom ever!" Poppy was definitely nervous at first, but has very quickly grown to like being outside. It's much more exciting than being in a cage in…
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