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Been a bit light here again.  Summer has just been too much fun.  Between volleyball clinics, shooting 2-3 times a week, karate, vacation, concerts and too many BBQ’s to count I just haven’t really had time to update the old blog.  This I thought was blog worthy though (plus it’s like 106 outside so I [...]

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It seems the supreme court made the difficult decision <sarcasm> to uphold the constitution yesterday </sarcasm> by saying that the 2nd amendment is indeed an individual right held by all citizens and may not be infringed by state and local ordinances.  While there was a lot of circular discussion about due process and incorporation, I [...]

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What I did over spring vacation by Chris Kelley: Put in 30 cubic yards of mulch… Planted 3 peach trees, 3 pear trees, 3 (more) blueberry bushes, 1 (more) apple tree and a fig tree… Planted 6 hop rhizomes and installed a pole and lines for them to climb: Built and painted 4 bee hive [...]

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Lot’s going on as we transition into spring (finally!). DeAnna and I got the horses out for the first ride of the new year on Friday.  I only almost got killed twice, her just once.  Will be a few more rides before they get the hang of it again. Kendall played in her third club [...]

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The snow falling last week and melting this week has me in the mood for Spring to be here.  NOW.  Since I don’t have control over the weather, I though I would focus on what I can control and that is planning for this year’s garden.  A few things will be different this year from [...]

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Made a trade yesterday to pick up my newest shootin’ iron: A stainless steel Ruger Vaquero (the original ones that can shoot ‘em as hot as you can make ‘em) in 357 Magnum. The plan is to pickup a cheapy 12 gauge side by side shotgun, a nice lever action (Henry) in the same caliber, [...]

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No, it’s not Bacon (that’s second).  It’s Goetta.  Growing up in Northern Kentucky / Greater Cincinnati I can remember almost every breakfast we had with Goetta.  And its not because it was a special treat only rolled out at Christmas or New Years.  We ate Goetta  a lot.  Its because its sooo good.  All throughout [...]

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Long break since last post, but since I am on vacation for the next few days I thought I would hammer this one out since its been rattling around in my head for the last few days. I may be (really) late to the party, but I am starting to fully understand the duty all [...]

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I’ve been on a journey for the last few years.  It’s not a journey that I expressly chose to start out on; it’s one that I just sort of fell into: a journey to get closer to what I and my family eat.  It started many years ago, before we moved out to our farm, [...]

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So I guess my unannounced summer break from blogging is over.  In the past few months I have just been two busy living life to write about it.  With school for the kids officially back in session as of today, things should start to calm down.  One of the things that’s been keeping me away [...]

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