by Kristin Echols | Jun 30, 2018 | Homestead
Well, it’s official. I’m the wife of a pig farmer. This morning we drove to Cheney, Washington to pick up our two piglets. We borrowed a crate from our neighbor Katie, and then Shawn and Malcolm filled it with straw for the piglets’ comfort. At...
by Kristin Echols | Jun 24, 2018 | Quilting
Thursday, June 21, was the longest day of the year. The sun rose at 4:51 AM and set at 8:51 PM giving us 16 hours of light in Worley, Idaho. As you can see from the chart below, we actually get more light than that because the Civil Twilight is the first and last...
by Kristin Echols | Jun 16, 2018 | Fly-fishing
My dad and my brother, Craig, came to visit us this last week. They made the two-day drive from Fresno, California to Worley, Idaho. We had fun showing them our beautiful new state, but the highlight was fly-fishing the Coeur d’Alene River. Many, many years...
by Kristin Echols | Jun 4, 2018 | Cooking, Homestead
Why yes, you can make English muffins. I thought they came in a stack of six from Thompson’s, but then I saw a recipe for homemade sourdough English muffins and had to give it a try. I used Shawn’s wholewheat sourdough starter. I was a little concerned...
by Kristin Echols | Jun 3, 2018 | Hiking
Shawn was looking like he had a bit of farming fatigue, so I decided he needed to go on a hike. I did a quick search for day hikes near Coeur d’Alene and came up with Settler’s Grove Interpretive Trail #162 in the Idaho Panhandle National Forest. I was...
