At A Hen's Pace

Wow, what have I been doing that I haven't posted in nearly two weeks? I can hardly remember.  A little of this, a little of that...go...

Well, it's a COLD snowy day here in Wisconsin. The snow arrived a couple days ago, but the cold is the worst it's been since we mov...

Look what Papa Rooster did with one of his days of Christmas vacation! One of our neighbors gave us these seats which he got from an old sch...

Remember those pictures I promised, of our completed basement project--a guest bedroom, bathroom, and a storage room carved out of what bega...

Welcome to our basement storage room. This was the original view into it, from the basement family room. Looking left, after stepping throug...

I mentioned a few weeks ago that I was looking forward to accomplishing a big project that weekend, and I am finally posting pictures of it!...

When we moved into our new house last May, with hardwood floors and a high ceiling in the living room, one of my first thoughts was how we w...

The last day of summer...what shall we do with it? Our kids invited their friends over. Mama Hen decided to trim the wild and woolly bushes ...

Last week I posted mostly about my formerly-homeschooled teenagers' adjustment to public summer school...but I didn't mention what t...

As promised...pictures! Here's the way the schoolroom/office looked for many weeks: (Too many boxes there containing "J's Offic...

I get to cross one enormous project off my list! I decided to use rock around the pathstones, instead of mulch, to make it more permanently ...

Saturday Papa Rooster and I drove back to the old homestead to pick up our camper/trailer--the final leg of our move. While Papa Rooster de...