There are some wonderful things about living in The South — magnolias, croaking frogs and green hills. And, “Thank You” cards. People still send them regularly and oh happy me, look at the one I just got:

“Grasias Pel Webos!”

Which translates from a 5-year-old’s phonetics to “Gracias por los huevos.” (Thanks for the eggs)

The note of [...]

The jogged into on-coming traffic with 11 guineas race-waddling behind me.
Oh yes, I did.
Soy una loca.

“I ran toward home along the side of the road with 11 guinea hens flapping, calling, and running behind me. I kept thinking it had to be quite a sight, and that I surely didn’t want any of us to [...]

The jogged into on-coming traffic with 11 guineas race-waddling behind me.
Oh yes, I did.
Soy una loca.

“I ran toward home along the side of the road with 11 guinea hens flapping, calling, and running behind me. I kept thinking it had to be quite a sight, and that I surely didn’t want any of us to [...]

We are officially the crazy people with the “strange plucked turkeys,” as one man who stopped in my driveway put it.

The guineas are 4.5-months-old and they’re apparently as entertaining to the people who drive by as they are to me. People are parking in our drive to watch them and my husband and I get [...]

We are officially the crazy people with the “strange plucked turkeys,” as one man who stopped in my driveway put it.

The guineas are 4.5-months-old and they’re apparently as entertaining to the people who drive by as they are to me. People are parking in our drive to watch them and my husband and I get [...]

The guineas premiered on Parenting.com yesterday. They are big and fabulous. A couple of them have ventured out of the coop, but the others are reluctant. They are so chicken it will take a few days for them to realize that it is OK to free range and free our land of those garrapatas malditas. 

Of [...]

The guineas were transported to their coop Friday morning. Notice my kid still in her pajamas for the big event.
They’re only a few yards from the house in the coop my husband built. My father secured the pen with about 7 miles of chicken wire and hardware cloth, along with about 17 million 10-inch galvanized [...]

The guineas were transported to their coop Friday morning. Notice my kid still in her pajamas for the big event.
They’re only a few yards from the house in the coop my husband built. My father secured the pen with about 7 miles of chicken wire and hardware cloth, along with about 17 million 10-inch galvanized [...]

Yes, I have been spending way too much time with the guineas. They poop a lot, but they don’t talk, so there’s that.
The birds, our soon-to-be tick-fighting army of 12, are 4-weeks old and beginning to lose their baby down. Eventually, they’ll have no feathers on their necks. Feo, but fierce.
Notice all the newspaper under [...]

Yes, I have been spending way too much time with the guineas. They poop a lot, but they don’t talk, so there’s that.
The birds, our soon-to-be tick-fighting army of 12, are 4-weeks old and beginning to lose their baby down. Eventually, they’ll have no feathers on their necks. Feo, but fierce.
Notice all the newspaper under [...]