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Chicken Coop Progress 2

Below are some photos depicting the evolution of the chicken coop: (If you follow me on Facebook, you might have seen some of these, but some are new.) After this something very motivational happened. My wife set a due date. … Continue reading

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Chicken Coop Progress

The Hales have received City Council approval to own chickens and have begun building a coop that would withstand a hurricane. Below are some photos of the building project. I estimate only about three more months of coop crafting before … Continue reading

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Another Reason to Hate Squirrels

Yesterday, Helen, Lydia and I planted sunflower seeds in little starter containers because none of the sunflower seeds we planted in the ground ever came up. I left the little containers on our picnic table to germinate and turn into … Continue reading

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Frozen March Bike Ride

I need an excuse to publish this beautiful drawing of Ruthie and me riding on our tandem (something that has never happened and won’t until Ruthie is over five feet tall) so I will bore you with a story about … Continue reading

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Happy Valentine’s Day from the Hales!

Our life is so milk toast, I am grasping at something to blog about. Since there ain’t nothing going on here, I will try to fabricate something interesting. (I threw the “ain’t” in for scholarly Helen’s benefit.) On or about … Continue reading

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The Strange Neighbors

In my effort to be the strangest man in the neighborhood, I have taken to stealing leaf piles. It all stems from my addiction to gardening. (“Stems” from “gardening”– Ha Ha, that’s a funny pun, Ed). Anyway, I have decided … Continue reading

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Tomatoes and Other Vices

I planted tomato seeds very early this spring and my plants are finally producing some ripe tomatoes. Just look at the beautiful tomatoes in the photo above. They would be even more beautiful if they had been harvested from my … Continue reading

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Cabin Trip Sketches

It’s all my mother-in-law’s fault I was talking with my mother-in-law the other day and she chastised me for not updating my blog. I said, “Hey! Lady,” (she likes it when I call her ‘hey, lady’). “Hey, Lady, I’m a … Continue reading

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Enough of Bunnies

For a while now, I have been finding little rabbits in my fenced-in garden. I have been chasing them out with much yelling, barking and throwing of sticks. (Yes, a couple times I did bark at them hoping to trip … Continue reading

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Sunday Drawings

My daughters have been drawing fairies lately. They begged my wife to draw fairies with them. She pretended to draw a fairy, but the whole time she was sneaking peeks at Bethany and drawing her. It is used here without … Continue reading

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