Homestead Happenings

Taken July 14 Bess’ doghouse is inside the woodshed. At bedtime, she goes into her house, and Mike closes (but doesn’t lock) the woodshed ...

Can you believe it’s mid-July already? Wasn’t it just the Fourth? Now it’s time to get ready for Halloween. (I’m not kidding!) It just doe...

  Spring wheat ripens in the heat Activities out of our town base beckon, but Mike and I hastened to the farm on Saturday (July 12) with our...

The north side of the house and grounds Son Yancey and his three (mostly) adult children arrived the evening of the Fourth, chauffeured to t...

  “Grab the camera,” said Mike. “We’re going on a hike.” Yes, he’s a little insistent about it because he knows I hike better in the morning...

I do not now, nor have I ever, had boundless energy. This describes the Warnocks through Mike’s mother’s line. Daughter Hallie has it and so...

Mike and I went to the farm on Sunday (Father’s Day) and began a vigorous regimen of belated spring housecleaning and grounds maintenance in...