Happy Mothers’ Day

First and foremost; Happy Mothers' Day to y'all. Mothers' Day on Zen This is going to be another quickie, hangin' with Ma; my Better half. Started the day off letting Ma sleep in.. to around 6am. Sitting out in the covered porch this morning we had our hummers come in before Ma got out. The...

Guess whose comin’ to? Breakfast?

With Spring comes new babies on Zen..as well as a few old friends. Nurseries We have elk nursery herds as well as the deer nursery groups. We know Limpy's coyote pack has new babies trying out their singing voices... even if we can't hear them over the big kids. Bunny popped by to let us...

Working with Zen’s Spring weather

Earth,Wind, and Rain, keeping us hopping on Zen this Spring. Working outdoors this Spring While so many are going crazy counting holes in their ceiling tiles, we are working outdoors, weather permitting. Rain has come through a few times, wetting Zen's Summit down for us.. completely wiping out any and all efforts at keeping the...

Lil Red back up and into the fields

"Lil Red" and I spent the day together on Friday. Got her up and going , then put us both to work. "Lil Red" 1953 Ford Jubilee . Possibly a few folk remember when she went down during the snow storm at the beginning of 2019. I fought her for weeks, every single day before...

A quiet Easter

a little over a week into seclusion with Ma now. I had no idea that today was Easter until Ma told me yesterday. Things have been a little weird, right?  Even before I opted out a week ago Thursday trying to keep track of things was tough with everything everywhere by everyone is about the...

Into seclusion on Zen mountain

Being in the 60+ category, I have joined the folks in seclusion at the latter part of this last week. Ma and I are here away from everyone waiting for things to calm down. Ma still works from her office and I am trying to catch up on things around the homestead. Staying safe When...

NOT another virus story

Everyone that follows the pandemic already has plenty to read. I am one of the "essential" people that are out there along with , I can't begin to imagine how many, others that are not locked in their houses trying to avoid the hit. Also in the dandy target range of 60 and above.. This...

Far and Away

With times as they have been and still are; Ma's and my vaca was pretty much little different than normal though there have been some changes that stood out. Far and away Normally we would have spent this week prepping gardens and hitting Hooterville for some groceries then on to Ma's candy store: the nursery....

Re-Wintering on Zen

Forecasts having been telling us cooler temps were on their way.. We are back into the 20Fs and low 30Fs.. Back to winter After weeks of nice weather, as spring comes rolling in winter comes back to us. The last few weeks, the weekends have been cooling down and snow predicted. Though we didn't get...