Homesteading my way in the Maine wilderness. Award winning writer and photographer, naturalist, outdoorswoman. Owner of Tressa & Trudy Bakery, a homestead bakery.
Free Bald Eagle Photo Here you go. Do as you please. You’re welcome to edit this free bald eagle photo to suit your needs. I cropped it for Instagram. The photo is full sized so it’s almost 7M. With a little editing (or not, your choice) it’s suitable for print.…
Five on Friday – April 15 I’m joining in on Five On Friday – April 15 this week. I’m chosen five highlights or activities of my week. If you’d like to join in you can find the information at the Five on Friday link. I’ve been working outside and in…
Tips for Hiking with Kids Tara is guest blogging today with Tips for Hiking with Kids. Getting kids outdoors is near and dear to my heart. It’s important to put down the gadgets and get outdoors. Tara’s tips for hiking with kids are fantastic! And so is Tara’s blog so…
Good Morning Sunrise Good morning sunrise! When the sky is tinged with red to the west you know the sun is doing beautiful things as it rises in the east. I went out with camera in hand, Ava and Zoey ready to chase squirrels, and watched the sun come up.…
Early Morning Dog Walking Early morning dog walking is one of my favorite things of spring. We were a little late for our “early” but a lot of folks were still in bed. The woodcock weren’t peenting anymore, it was so late. The chickadees were calling their confusing call of…
Living With Coyotes on the Homestead Living with coyotes is a part of living in the woods. There were at least two coyotes on a game camera over the winter, far below the numbers we saw in our backyard 10 years ago. The population is under control now. In early…
Ice Fishing This ice fishing guide has been pinned from my old blog a lot lately so I thought I’d move it over here. We’re already planning ice fishing weekends, which lakes and ponds we can drive to on the snowmobiles from the house, and what fish we want to…
Moose Meatballs It’s getting to be that time of year when life gets busy – garden and high tunnel, seedlings in the house, outdoors work, a new landscaping project, firewood, releasing an apple tree, enlarging a food plot, fishing, turkey hunting… You get the idea. I had an unexpected free…
Mink, Two Dogs and a Fire Pit What do you get when you combine a mink, two dogs and a fire pit? Chaos. Zoey barked like a maniac. “Poor Ava, she doesn’t get a break…” Ava barked but not in the “rip your head off” tone Zoey has when she’s…
Why Do You Hunt? “Why do you hunt,” he asked, or more like accused. “The deer belong to everyone and you shouldn’t be shooting them.” He was making a statement with a question mark placed at the end of his sentence. Why do you hunt? The answers are simple and…