Kittens Organizing Inside and Outside Meet Clawdia, she is an inside/outside kitten at the moment. Here in the photo no matter how unflattering she likes to sleep under my live station. She is really thinking that she wants to be an inside kitty. Time will tell on this one. Joe is planning, I think. The first photo is Wayne sleeping, kinda, at the slider. Yes, it was open at the time of this photo. Not sure if you can see in the bottom cubbie. That is where Rodney likes to sleep. He is a brother to Clawdia. Mind you I have not pushed this issue. This one is ALL Joe.…

Hydrangeas Gardening Baking and Kitties Hello all, here we are again on the Homestead. This week I look forward to sharing with you a bit behind the scenes here at my house. Today I will be sharing about Hydrangeas Gardening Baking and Kitties of course.. All of my favorite things, right??? The color theme this year was, of course, Red White and Blue. Besides the flag of course… even in the wheel barrel. The star is this Hydrangea. I gave it a HUGE prune this spring and dang it was a good thing! I need to get a photo from the ‘back side’ there are 3x more blooms than you…

Gardening Kitties Fun and Ivy Starting off today’s with Mom’s bricks. I needed to move them so Joe would NOT cut off the lower branches of my oak leaf hydrangea. This week’s post is all about Gardening Kitties Fun and Ivy. Dad, I know that you know these bricks… I do love that I was able to move them here. This is not the only gardening that I have done, I worked on weeds around the house by the deck too. More on that later. 🤢 Donnie has been enjoying having the windows open, I have to say that I have been also! Yes, more kitties… the outside kitties have…

Chicks Plants Crafts and Kittens Starting here with Chicks. However, I have much more for you not just Chicks Plants Crafts and Kittens all from the homestead. Here are the Seven Chicks that are three weeks (about) at this point. They are sharing this tub with ducklings and this photo was taken while cleaning it out. The ducklings were in a box safe from themselves. Hahaha. It was a HUGE mess. And it will be clean for about 5 minutes. We will see. Sooo, Joe had a plan, I executed it. He has been working this side property to see if we can plant over there. Back before we purchased…

Weeds Flowers Chicks and Ducklings Starting where I seem to spend too much time. This week is about Weeds Flowers Chicks and Ducklings on the Homestead. Weeds… yup, they never go away do they?? I am happy to say that the more plants the less weeds. Thank goodness!! This was round one for the pop up bag. I had one more after this. However, there were some added buckets too. How much did I get done. Well…. Starting on the Craft room side… and the Big River Birch. Adding a new bird bath and small ladder. Happy to find several volunteers from the Black Eyed Susans and a couple hostas.…

Kittens Gardening and Outside Dining Okay, lets get this part over with.. Yup, we are going to talk about the Kittens. However not only that this week on the Homestead it about Kittens Gardening and Outside Dining. Starting with the newest Kittens. These three cuties are from our 5th momma. This is an old soot pail. I hate to say it was full of garbage on the bottom. So while I was feeding the mom, I brought out a couple old kitchen towels to use as bedding. Joe helped. Ohhh but wait, I have more… Here are the older ones. Finally yesterday Pumpkin decided to move them. There is soo…

Memorial Day and as we Remember Here is an oldie but goodie… Memorial Day and as we Remember those that gave it all. We owe our freedoms that I hate to admit that even I take for granted. This Red White and Blue card dates back to 2022. Hugs and Have a Great Day getting Crafty!!

Dirt Ducks Decorations and Moms Finally, I was able to find a few moments, okay about 2 hours, to play in the dirt. This brought to you in part by my wonderful hubby. He repaired the tiller and did a few rows. No he probably should not have … but as you know there is NO telling him. Yes, this is is about Dirt Ducks Decorations and Moms from the homestead. However he is also part of the homestead. More still to plant of course. Need the warmer weather to start. So as some of you know, I have a duck that has an injured leg. She has NOT been…

Water Trees Flowers and Sprouts Yes, it was raining when I took this photo. The pond is getting happier and happier with each passing rain. This week I am sharing Water Trees Flowers and Sprouts here on the Homestead. I am looking forward to putting some pretty colors in those post and brightening up the deck. You can see that the Cleveland Pear tree is starting to open… check this out… Here is what the Cleveland Pear from the front looks like. Dang what a white fluff. The one out back is not quite as full. Still looks amazing. The second tree here is the Weeping Cherry tree in the…

Flowers Buds Cleanup and Kitties Ohhh soo much is popping around here… Starting with the Forsythia bushes. There are two on each ends of the ‘U” shaped driveway. They are getting ready to really show off… Speaking of that…. The back forty is exploding with daffodil color. The all yellows, creams and yellow and orange ones. So many more to come. The tree line out by the street has not even started. Ohhh but you know there are different colors… These have been gifts from my dear friend. She has brought me a whole new box. Now to figure out were to put the new ones… hummmm. Thursday was a…

Daffodils Crazy Kitten Eggs I do not know about you, This sight makes me smile. Here on the Hamscher Homestead I will be sharing Daffodils Crazy Kitten Eggs Ohh my! I will share more next week, however I see a sea of yellow out back as I am typing this. I know Paula was smiling as she came in the house the other day. Do you have blooms yet?? I sure hope so! Can you see him?? That is MJ, one of the outside kitties. He went running up that tree on a mission!! No there were no birds in the tree slightly before this photo, there was another kitty.…

Mushroom Buds and Winter Cleanup While I was walking the other day I found this mushroom on one of the HUGe oak trees. No I did not touch it. Sill has a bunch talk about this week including this Mushroom Buds and Winter Cleanup on the Homestead. I was walking around looking for daffodils all around the property, including more like this… Check out all of these buds… Holy cow the show is going to be GREAT!! However, the snow that we are expecting is going to be slow things down. Now do not worry they are build for this. Yes, they will still bloom. Second photo is Lilac Bushes……

Eggs Greenery and Exhausted Kitty Happy Monday everyone!! Loads going on around here this week. Starting off the week talking about some very happy ducks. Yup, they started to the lay eggs the other day. Unreal to me the size different from duck to chicken, right?? Holy Cow!! Was walking with Joe the other day. We happened to stroll past the garden area. Holy Cow look what we found. Yup these are strawberry plants. So happy that they came back and so happy they are looking awesome already. Gotta love the new growth in the second photo. Ohhh I can not wait for fresh strawberries this year!! On a different…

Many Kitty Helpers on the Homestead This week is all about the Many Kitty Helpers on the Homestead this week. It has been a crazy week. Lots of running around figuring things out. Anyway, Clyde here is making sure that I am getting some relaxing time. He is not the only one… It seems that they have shift assignments that I do not know about. Hummm, you think they know, ohhh I would say yes. Anyway Momma here is still loving inside life and as you can see she takes her assignment seriously. However, I forgot to share the one where she passed on behind me on the sofa. It…