Due to all of the rain that we received while at the cabin, we were able to enjoy a great number of rainy day sunsets.
Wordless Wednesday: Rainy Day Sunsets
Posted in Family, and Photography
Month: July 2014
Special thanks to Blogging for Books for providing this review copy. Kombucha Revolution Book Description: Kombucha—a fizzy, fermented tea-based beverage packed with probiotics, vitamins, and enzymes—has home brewers salivating. And who better to guide you through the brewing process than a tea guru with more than forty years of experience under his belt? Stephen Lee, cofounder of Tazo Tea and Stash Tea, turned his attention to fermented tea and founded Kombucha Wonder Drink in 2001. In Kombucha Revolution, Lee reveals the secrets to brewing the perfect batch of kombucha and caring for your very own SCOBY (Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria…
Spiders and Packrats and Snakes! Oh My!
Posted in Family, and Homesteading
When we arrived at our cabin, we knew that we’d have a little clean up to do after we got the horses settled in at their new location. Little did we know that we would have way more cleaning on our hands than we expected. As Daddy opened up the garage, a rather large Mohave Green Rattlesnake greeted him by the door. Wasn’t that nice? Needless to say, he had us stay out of the garage until the snake had been removed. (That snake was later disposed of by our pack of coyotes. lol!) In case you don’t know, Mohave…
Book Review: The Flood of Noah – Legends & Lore of Survival by Bodie Hodge & Laura Welch
Posted in Reviews
Special thanks to Master Books for providing a review copy of this book. The Food of Noah Book Description: Hundreds of legends — possibly as many as 600 — seem to point to many of the details familiar to those who have read the Biblical account of Noah and the ark. Why are there so many similarities in these legends among so many diverse cultures? Why are there differences? What can we learn of pre-Flood history from ancient and archaeological records? From the astonishing historical flood account of a remote people group in China to the flood legend of Transylvania…
Rain + Desert = Flash Flooding
Posted in Family, and Outdoor Adventures
Remember the pictures of D helping the girls with climbing at the rock wall? Well, while we were finishing up, we heard the rain begin to fall. Now, it had been a long time since we had any rain in our neck of the desert, so we were actually thrilled that it had started to rain. Little did we know that the rain would turn into a downpour which would turn into some major flash flooding in the area. We ran over to the exchange to pick up a couple of souvenirs for the girls as this was their last…