onion straws

November 11, 2018November 11, 2018 Kim of Red Dirt Farm6 Comments

I fumbled around in the darkness, feeling for a flashlight. It’s 4:30 am, the power has gone out and it is twenty degrees outside. The dogs need to go out to the bathroom. Peanut can no longer navigate the stairs on her own, so I clumsily balance the flashlight, the dog and me down the stairs and out the door. Carefully, trudging down the frost-coated porch steps in my fashion forward fuzzy slippers and robe, so as not to face plant me and the dog.

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Mr. Chicken Head

November 5, 2018 Kim of Red Dirt Farm16 Comments

The colors of autumn are all around us.

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I didn’t see it coming oh those Angels

October 28, 2018 Kim of Red Dirt Farm11 Comments

When Angels come in and surround you with what you need. Even if you didn’t know you needed it.

That’s what it felt like this week, hearing from all you wonderful people.

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The Hiatus

October 22, 2018 Kim of Red Dirt Farm27 Comments

Oh my, it’s been awhile, hasn’t it?

The first frost of the season arrived during the night, covering our little farmstead with a white sparkling blanket of chill.

Warm freshly laid eggs are in my pockets keeping my fingers warm as I unlock the coops and head out to open the farm stand. Each step is crisp and a bit slick with a thick coating of frost.

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