“The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow, gave the lustre of midday to objects below.” I love that story. I read it to my children every year at Christmas when they were small. A local meteorologist is calling our area Tex”SNOW”ma. We have 10 inches on the ground in early January.  Unusual. Winter […]

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Hi There! It’s Us, StraightJacket Acres: Where Soap meets Crazy It all started with chickens. Damn chickens. So, there I go down the rabbit hole and I find this homesteading trend. Please someone go back and just stop me there… Please. I digress. I turned into the Pinterest Queen. Saving posts, looking at gardening tips […]

As I am collecting the sunflower seed heads for next years bounty, I am struck with nostalgia. We have put up a good fight this year but this round went to Mother Nature. I bow to you madame. You truly are in control. This keeps coming to mind no matter how hard I try to […]