We love living on rural property. Something that urban & suburban people don’t need to worry about is septic pumping. 💩 Only has to be done every 5 years or so, though. #dejus365

We love living on rural property. Something that urban & suburban people don’t need to worry about is septic pumping. 💩 Only has to be done every 5 years or so, though. #dejus365

Sunflower. #dejus365

Pizza dough. #dejus365

On the homestead blog: one year of feral cats. #dejus365 #cats

For #WorldBeardDay, here’s a selfie of me and my majestic beard, after dropping off treats for the chickens. #dejus365

Berry-like fruit of a dogwood tree. Kinda reminds me of the lightsaber training droid thing from Star Wars. #dejus365

Auckland, New Zealand, taken January 2001. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday

Sunrise through the trees this morning… with some deer demonstrating why we have a high fence around our veggie garden. #dejus365

I know I posted a picture of BFFs Rory & Paladin a couple of days ago, but I just can’t help myself. Here’s them snuggling in a sunbeam this morning. So cute! #dejus365 #cats #dogs

Yesterday I added some bark around trees near the white gazebo, to make mowing around them easier (used to have to mow around each tree individually). #dejus365 #landscaping

