BlogHide Resteemsketflan (33)in survival • 7 years agoWTF PeopleThis is probably not going to be a popular post, but here goes. You have probably heard about Hurricane Harvey and how it is devastating Houston. People are trapped in and on their homes…ketflan (33)in homestead • 7 years agoMy Week So FarSaturday - up 3 hours early, morning chores done, horse trailer hitched and on the road. Going to pick up our first-ever owned horse. My granddaughter rides but for the last 3 years she has used…ketflan (33)in homestead • 7 years agoOOPSI left my little island on Saturday, was gone for about 8 hours. Came home to find a hose on the pond pump had pulled lose and water was pumping not into the filter but into the dirt outside the…ketflan (33)in homestead • 7 years agoLooking BackAnother retrospective post, this one from 3/11/2013 And I am exhausted. Thursday Al and I took the truck off island to the Dodge dealer. After having the shocks and brakes replaced by our local…ketflan (33)in depression • 7 years agoHigh Anxiety to Silver LiningsMy anxiety level has been really high this week. If ignored it usually leads to a deep depression, so I have spent a couple of days looking for the good in everything, the silver lining to the gray…ketflan (33)in homestead • 7 years agoWater, water. An updateAs I mentioned in my previous post, I am installing a pond to help redirect the rainwater that floods about 1/3 of my land into one location and then out to the drainage ditch in front of the…ketflan (33)in homestead • 7 years agoChicken coops, then vs nowAnother post from way back when. We had lost our home when the landlord was foreclosed on, she had collected rent from us each month but didn't pay the mortgage. At the time of the post, we were…ketflan (33)in homestead • 7 years agoWater, Water, EverywhereImagine trying to pasture animals on land that is underwater much of the year. We bought our little one-acre plot of land intending to homestead, to become self-sufficient. We accepted the selling…resteemednicnicy (52)in minnowsfaucet • 7 years ago🐟🐠 Free Steem Dollars + Followers Minnows Faucet Community Project ( August 8 )The #minnowsfaucet Community Grow Project repeat the minimum actions to get rewarded : 1 follow my followers @nicnicy + leave a comment you followed all 2 upvote + resteem the post.…ketflan (33)in beach • 7 years agoBeach JourneyYesterday we went exploring our new home on this small island, following the roads at random. We saw private homes with private beaches and their own private docks lined up in orderly fashion along…ketflan (33)in color • 7 years agoColor challenge RedWe used to have a lot of dahlias, but this year the red is the first to bloom. /20170731_094004.jpg)ketflan (33)in homestead • 7 years agoPoop, Coops and MoreThis post is a journal entry from five years ago when I bought my first house. I was so in love with the romantic notion of dropping a few coops and seeds in the yard, add chickens and sit back to…ketflan (33)in introduction • 7 years agoDithering and a DecisionIt's been several days since I started writing this blog and I still haven't posted the first entry. I have been going around and around trying to decide what the focus will be: my attempts to…ketflan (33)in colorchallenge • 7 years agoBlue, my island homeketflan (33)in yellow • 7 years agoYellowThe sun hidden behind the clouds shows its face only in the reflection on the water.resteemedskypilot (70)in photography • 7 years agoZion ~ Mount Kinesava and the Altar of SacrificeThis is a most remarkable, iconic location that is utterly wondrous to behold, and even more so from this lofty view as seen from Where Eagles Fly… Zion National Park, Utah. Taken while flying…ketflan (33)in introduction • 7 years agoIs this me?I was told I should include a picture of myself in my introduction. This is my answer to thatketflan (33)in hello • 7 years agoJill of all trades, Mistress of None, Ever the StudentMother, grandmother, homesteader, wannabe hermit, painter, author, crafter, mechanic, crazy chicken lady, dog lover, cat fancier, hobby prepper and survivor. Raised in the suburbs, lived in a big…
