Tales from FAR Manor

Somebody pinch me. Bonus points if you’re female and I get to pinch back. It appears that we have outlasted the chicken houses! Tyson’...

Between working at home as usual on Wednesday and Thursday, and icy roads on Friday keeping me here, I’ve mostly been cooped up in the Manor...

Mason has been at the manor most of the week. Some nights Snippet has been here, some nights not… but this morning was the second time this ...

Mason is three months old today, happy_birthday div 4 little dude! He’s been working lately on grasping things. Of course, he can grab anyt...

Another Thanksgiving, one that happened to coincide with my birthday this year (I’ve turned 17 for the 3 rd time if you want to know). I wa...

With Mrs. Fetched sidelined due to her knee injury, there are two guys she and her mom have helping out at with the chickens — one who has b...

How Easter afternoon is spent at FAR Manor: Mrs. Fetched grabs me, Daughter Dearest, and Sasquatch for chicken house duty. Upon arrival, a t...

I just wanna see the love in your eyes, After the storm has passed through and gone. — Crosby, Stills, & Nash And the cleanup begi...

When you’re running down the street, and your hair is on fire… people get out of your WAY!” — Richard Pryor As I was shoveling down a bowl o...

Yesterday morning, Mrs. Fetched asks me oh-so-innocently: “Would you like to come with me? I just have to give the cows one bale of hay and ...

Being at FAR Manor, an in-law freakout wasn’t necessary to cut my staycation short and get me home — they were right there, after all. The l...

The #4 chicken house ate a main breaker this evening. As usual, I had to waste an entire evening doing nothing to solve the problem. Well… I...

This plant kind of sums up my feelings about many events at FAR Manor: it came up in an odd place, nobody has any idea where it came from, c...

Or: How My Saturday was Shot to Hell for Me I knew it wasn’t a good idea to agree to help with the chickens today, but Daughter Dearest and ...

I must have whacked my knee a good one the other day at the chicken houses. It started hurting a bit the night before last; it woke me up ar...

Over the years since moving to the free-range insane asylum, I have come to dread August. The heat is bad enough on its own, but it stresses...

Courtesy of Google Earth Look upon its evil and tremble! Approach only with your nose held firmly shut against its stench! Tarry not, ...

Note: Depending on when I can find a tube (the Internet is a series of tubes , you know), these posts may appear later than their dates. I...

I should have known better than to think I was going to spend Saturday at the resort. My first hint should have been the phone starting to r...

Current music: John Eddie - Jungle Boy Rule #1: It’s always going to take more effort than you think. Facing the house, the yard to the left...