Apple Jack Creek

Living on a small holding in rural Alberta, raising kids and animals, growing stuff, creating things with fibre, and living with PTSD. See more at www.applejackcreek.com.

29 January 2009

Flu Season

It's flu season here. I did get my flu shot, but some virus or other seems to have knocked me on my backside, and I'm tired and ache...

And the winner is ...

We had to do a random selection from the names submitted ... we just couldn't decide! The random number generator turned up ... Elvis! E...

21 January 2009

Lambing Season

The Icelandic sheep are very seasonal breeders, meaning that they generally time things so that lambs arrive close to Easter. The Columbia a...

The Competence Project

Like it or not, there are some things you just have to learn how to do yourself. Today, I learned how to change a tire. As I pulled out of t...

12 January 2009

Caleb

The new puppy finally told us his name: he is Caleb. Caleb means 'devoted companion', according to some of the baby name lists I hav...

05 January 2009

A farm dog

At some point working with livestock, you start to realize that a lot of things might be easier with a four footed helper. We have friends w...

04 January 2009

You know it's going to be a bad night when ...

... your cold is so bad that your own snoring wakes you up.

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