After the Tinsel’s Gone

Well, the Holidays have come and gone.. for most.. I know a LOT of folk have the Christmas decos in tear down mode after the day's celebration;' package/present opening and breakfast are over.... and then, ya have the whole of winter to complain about...Nice. I can still, remember....that is a feat unto its self by...

The Yule Bough

Rhey sat in the cover of the buck brush, cold winds blowing in from the south. Frost slipped from the branches, misting into the young coyote's eyes. "Where are they?" Rhey squinted , trying to look through the Living Room windows. Dennis chewed on the branch that had just recently smacked him across the nose...

“Just fer lookin’ at” snow

So the first of the real snows have begun up here on Zen. Nothing crazy yet but, just about enough to be frustrating a couple days. Last week we had three days of company up here.. I know; weird huh?1? Funny thing is, for the better part of a decade, we have little to no...

After the Turkey is Done

Well, another Turkey Day has come and gone. Families, for many, get together, eat too much, drink with gusto, watch Parades or Games, family disputes are started up once again... Because you seem to have forgotten something thirty years ago and someone's panties are still wadded up....Or you did something that offended a family member...yeah,...

Ma’s 2022 Shawladay collection

All of the pics, details, and more about Ma's one time Holiday sales on four of her one of a kind shawls. Please read in the post how to respond to the sales

Wild Thing

The Rut, and some snow, have hit Zen Mountain The Rut has finally come here on Zen Mountain; one of our big bucks has been flirting about with one of our girls, and she doesn't seem to mind in the least. One of our little wild family has come back, or at least is showing...

Sliding into Samhain

In the gardens Harvest is coming closer to an end, though we still have a Very full Granny Smith apple tree and our Gold Delicious refuses to let go of more than half her apples. All of the apple trees have been heavy with fruit. We thinned them in late Spring, again in Summer and...

Welcome Back to Zen Mountain

For those that "follow" this little dirt path, I have been thinking about starting the "Sunday Post"s back up.. at least for The Holidays.. I have been so astonished at the playground antics of the USA that it just hasn't seem like there was much I could say. While I have been " gone" however...

Weathering the Wonderland

Quick update After the storms and during the thaws the homestead is starting to show some life around us once again. We have had our deer come through a couple times, not often. The coyote kids have come through a few times, digging deep into the snow at the pit looking for left overs. Hollywood...

The calm before the Storm

Ma; my better half and I are as prepped as we can be for the next storm. We have wood set up and the house has a lot of our canned goods. We already have gotten a few snows that came through that are as bad as what the prediction is though I hadn't heard...