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[SadieSue]

I have to tell you a story that happened shortly after my Beautiful Grandmother passed away. And really this has nothing to do with anything, but I was thinking about the baby birds, my babies, and how we all pass on at some point.

My dad and I were explaining to my oldest, who was about three at the time, what happens after your soul leaves this world.
He looked at me and my dad with the brightest expression on his face and said "OH! God's just rewinding her!"
He never cried and was not sad about it, he was very much at peace with his explination.

After that, we never looked at life or death the same. From the mouth of babes.....

Very sweet story...

 

[RainMom]

I saw that this morning from Old Moss Woman's Secret Garden on FB (which I adore)!!!! I love that idea, and they did a great job with the bright colors!

Oh and FirewifeJess, I looked up paleo bread...!! wow, expensive! $8 a loaf...There was a promotion at www.julianbakery.com/paleo-bread promo code 1776 for $5 off

that's a very cool idea! I have a crappy old fan that was at our other place (black and green fake marble- bleck! Now I can take revenge on that awful old fan!)

on Paleo bread- Julian's tastes awful, IMHO. They use egg whites only and it's rock hard, rubbery, tasteless stuff. PALEO should not be tasteless, IMHO. I cooked without any starch for years- no rice, no potato, no noodles, no tapioca flour, no agave, etc. All of our baked goods were made from nut flours, seed flours (pumpkin, sunflower) nut butters, or seed butters. Our entire household was STRICT SCD diet for 5 years (Specific Carbohydrate diet- google it) and I made many, many muffins, pancakes, cookies, cakes, etc- from almond meal, coconut flour, pecan meal, etc. My stuff did not taste yukky. I make vegan cheesecakes that are like the ones that sell for $65 at the upscale vegan/raw restaurants, and even people who eat junk food and processed stuff daily love them. I've been running a 450 family list-serve and have been doing special "diets" due to my son's food allergies for 12-13 years, so if you ever need recipes, holler.

 

[RainMom]

Well this afternoon I am going to go remove that other colony of bees from the softball field. And I am even more excited. See I will have a shadow. I just learned of a young man (13) on the spectrum who wants bees. So I invited his mom to bring him along. I also told his mom I will donate one complete deep hive. They will need to order bees and may have to buy foundation. Not sure if I have any to give.

wow- that's very exciting CR! I wish we were closer, we need a mentor to get us started with bees here. My son would probably really enjoy doing bees.

My son is a bug-ologist. He's collected more crawly creatures than any kid I have ever known. Right now we're down to one tarantula and one scorpion (wild) at home, but in the past he's had spiders galore, butterflies, preying mantis, caterpillars, and salmon fry. He not only catches them, he catches bugs to feed them! Not only that, but he keeps them alive. We had salmon for a year, that he then let go- right back into the same spot on the stream he caught them from- and they were 3x the size when he released them!

 

[FirewifeJess]

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Ditto! We sometimes buy GF bread and do fine with it, but usually the things I make from fresh, whole foods ingredients are the best. Rainmom do you have a vitamix? We love ours! It's incredibly helpful for whole food eating.

 

[FirewifeJess]

My son is a bug-ologist. He's collected more crawly creatures than any kid I have ever known. Right now we're down to one tarantula and one scorpion (wild) at home, but in the past he's had spiders galore, butterflies, preying mantis, caterpillars, and salmon fry. He not only catches them, he catches bugs to feed them! Not only that, but he keeps them alive. We had salmon for a year, that he then let go- right back into the same spot on the stream he caught them from- and they were 3x the size when he released them!

You are one AWESOME mom to let those in the house! My kids are obsessed with bringing rocks in the house. John especially comes in with his pockets FULL of rocks and empties them somewhere random. I started charging him back his allowance money (which he works for) every time I vacuumed up a rock on purpose. I don't spend $400 on a vacuum so it can be ruined sucking up rocks

One time I went to put a load of jeans in the washer and as his pants went in, out came dozens of tiny pebbles into the washer. Oi! Our new house rule is that unless mama or daddy bring it in, NATURE STAYS OUTSIDE

 

[BantyChickenLuv]

Hi everyone - I have a question. We have some old bread that I would like to give to the 4 w/o chicks. Would they be ok? I supply them with chick grit at all times, but I don't know if they actually eat it. I have given them crushed mealworms and they were fine. However, I remember reading about TPT's Silkie chick so I'm a little wary.

 

[ChickAudie]

Well, as much as I would love to get my DH away from fried chicken and my oldest from Costco's garlic bread, I don't think I would last long before they found a replacement

Our goal (we get to look at properties this year!) is to find 20 acres out in BFE and only eat what we can grow (thankfully DH's FIL is an avid potato farmer

) this year we will plant an orchard and grapes (Gewurztraminer) so they can grow while we continue to work and save to start building a house.

I bought some almond flour with the intentions of baking something yummy, and then DH added a little too many toppings to his take and bake pizza, and well, the element exploded from the weight of the cheese

 

[ChickAudie]

Very sweet story...

Thank you Sadie Sue, I like to share it because it definitely gives a different perspective on things!

 

[FirewifeJess]

Hi everyone - I have a question. We have some old bread that I would like to give to the 4 w/o chicks. Would they be ok? I supply them with chick grit at all times, but I don't know if they actually eat it. I have given them crushed mealworms and they were fine. However, I remember reading about TPT's Silkie chick so I'm a little wary.

I think they'd be fine, but it won't help their growth like typical chick feed. In moderation they can eat old bread though.

 

[BantyChickenLuv]

I think they'd be fine, but it won't help their growth like typical chick feed. In moderation they can eat old bread though.

Of course. I was just planning on giving it to them as a treat.