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Happy Halloween!

31OctoberSuzanne2 CommentsHome in the Rookery, Just for Laughshalloween pumpkin carving pirate pancakes costume fun laugh joke

I decided my pirate costume was missing a sidekick, but there were no parrots, monkeys or snakes to be found.Â So, I carved myself a very jolly pirate pumpkin. I’m afraid he may have gotten a bit carried away with his role… We had to hide the kitchen knives, and our son (who’s pumpkin you

Handmade Parade

18OctoberSuzanneHome in the Rookery, Just for Laughshillsborough nc arts council handmade parade fun saturday puppet music

On Saturday we marched in the handmade parade–or rather, fluttered and flew, as we were represented by butterflies and birds.Â The musicians kept us in time and got the crowd clapping when we came by, but the gorgeous puppets gave the biggest thrills.Â Our own puppet was quite circumspect, but some of our fellow parade

That Pumpkin Feeling

5OctoberSuzanneHome in the Rookery, Just for Laughspumpkin food pie soup autumn pumpkin catapault

I love fall–love the gorgeous colors, the elfin light in the sky, the crisp air.Â EvenÂ spiderwebs look better in October.Â But I think my favorite part of fall may be the pumpkins. There’s jack o’ lanterns, of course, and pumpkin pie.Â Then there’s pumpkin curry soup with diced zucchini (delish!) and pumpkin muffins and toasted

Straight From Mt. Tissue

27SeptemberSuzanneHome in the Rookery, Writing

I’m almost afraid to blog today because I can’t trust my coherency, but given that it’s been roughly two weeks since a post went up, I figure I’d better reassure the blogosphere that I’m still alive and kicking. It’s even mostly true. Yesterday I celebrated having (finally!) kicked my sinus infection.Â It had been a

A Turkey By Any Other Name

14SeptemberSuzanneHome in the Rookery, Just for Laughsguinea hen silly joke laugh turkey chickens poultry backyard surrogate parent

In a flock of 13 golden-red chickens and two fat turkeys there lives one guinea.Â Not a terribly cute guinea, or bright, but he has learned well from his over-sized turkey parents. For example, the best water is in the orange buckets in the pasture, the chickens are to be tolerated but never liked, and

Always Investigate the Orange Bucket

8SeptemberSuzanneHome in the Rookerycat chickens poultry guinea fowl hen bucket joke humor funny laugh

While working in the garden this morning I noticed our cat watching a five gallon bucket which was upside down. The look on her face made me curious, so I went to check it out. Usually the buckets get filled with water for the chickens and poultry to drink when in the yard, but this

Just For the Suitcases

16AugustSuzanne2 CommentsExploring (travel), Home in the Rookerysummer trips family fun lizard vacation colorado national monument dinosaur national monument hilton head island anole suitcases funny humor laugh joke

The stuffed suitcases are still waiting to be emptied, but I’m finding that after a summer of packing and unpacking, they can be ignored rather nicely.Â Give me another week or two, and they’ll just be another piece of furniture I walk around. Maybe ifÂ I put up a few pics from the summer trips, I

The First of Many Omelets To Come

28JulySuzanne5 CommentsHome in the Rookerychickens eggs lay poultry nest box first start

We’re delighted to announce the arrival ofÂ the firstÂ egg fromÂ our spring chicks! We recently looked up the age that we could expect eggs, and figured theses pullets wouldn’t lay ’til the middle of August, so this was a fun surprise.Â Of course, they couldn’t be accommodating and lay it in their nesting box…that would be sensible

Car Travel and Just Saying No

26JuneSuzanneHome in the Rookery, Just for Laughskids car travel road trip no funny humor laugh joke

Tomorrow, bright and early, we roll out the door and beginÂ the first marathon day ofÂ our cross-country trip.Â I’ve said no to the over-ripe bannanas which thought they should be made into muffins before we leave.Â I told the turkeys and chickens no when they begged to have free range of the pasture while we’re gone.Â

Snake Netting

16JuneSuzanne2 CommentsHome in the Rookerycopperhead snake deer netting garden

“Mom, there’s a copperhead in the garden.” That got my attention, and got me off the phone.Â A smart tactic if the kids just wanted to give me a scare, but it turns out they were right.Â A copperhead must have been prowling in the pasture last night, and got himself tangled in the deer

Suzanne Warr

Narrative designer, game designer, author

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