Duck Soup Farm

10/05/2026

I haven't been working on the kitchen because I have been too busy stressing about how to stick the Formica onto this little spot...

I don't know how to stick the picture in between the writing, so I'll have to figure that out some day. Today is not that day.

The cat on the left cuddles up to the coffee maker every morning, and sulks when I turn it off.

The dark lump on the right is highly offended when I make her move on. I'm not happy about animals where I clean my dishes, even if she has spent a half hour bathing herself.

Yuck...

Tomorrow I shall get that damn Formica stuck! Probably...

Maybe...

09/29/2026

Sorry I've been goofing off lately. I've been messing around in the kitchen and trying to get my sh*t together and not throw my phone at the wall. It has been a frustrating time.

I'll try to get it together tomorrow. Meanwhile, do you have anything you'd like to ask me? Maybe something about the farm, or the critters? Or why I'm so d***y these days?

Also, I can't seem to get any good photos of the critters, which is a shame because they are being really sweet now that the weather is getting cold.They want to make sure that they get a good spot in the house instead of the barn...

I'm not sure why I can't post photos. I'll try to fix that tomorrow...

Pasture-raised chicken, turkey and eggs. No antibiotics, non-GMO feed. Healthy and delicious.

09/27/2026

I am not dead. Just doing a few things, and trying to get my phone to work.

I'll be back later...

09/23/2026

I'm way too tired to be clever tonight (as if I have ever been clever...), so I shall try to be clever tomorrow...

09/19/2026

Sorry I haven't been posting lately. I've been trying to get a new old door into my kitchen. This house was built before the Civil War, and added to several times. It has five external doors, one of which I haven't opened in years.

The previous door was huge and heavy, and I probably could have left it alone forever, but Himself was using an electric wheelchair for his last few years, and he seemed to crash into it nine times out of ten every day. The damn thing was made of steel, and he still tore it up...

Anyway, I found a nicer old door in the barn, and painted it. That was last week, and I believe I posted a photo of it after I gave it a paint job.

It is now the kitchen door. Okay, it's not actually functional, but I have it almost in place. I spent the better part of an hour trying to find a chisel so I could get the hinges onto the door (because it seemed to be easier to mess with the door than to find another set of hinges).

I never found one. However, I eventually located a tool that Himself bought for me ages ago at Harbor Freight. He used to buy me tools the way some men buy roses (he knew what I liked...).

IT WORKED!

Unfortunately, I am too tired to finish the job today. I'll show it to you tomorrow.

God willin' and the crick don't rise...

09/15/2026

It has been a long and annoying day. I started my day binge watching YouTube videos on how to install a new door on an old house.

I don't think I found the right videos.

I started by hauling in the door that I painted last weekend. It is heavy, but that's not the hard part. The hard part was having to move around a heavy door without breaking the glass window. I did not break the window.

I also did not get the door installed.

So I am busy watching YouTube videos again.

I wanted to post a photo of my defeat, but I forgot to do that, too.

On another problem: one of the kittens has not come home this evening. Not that I am short on cats, but I worry. She will probably show up tomorrow with a feline hangover.

I'll let you know in the morning. By then I might have some decent photos.

Or not...

09/11/2026

I'm not dead. Just goofing around a bit, and my phone is doing stupid things. I'll try to straighten it all out tomorrow, if I don't fling my phone out the window.

09/04/2026

Sorry I haven't been posting anything lately. I'm just having a really dull life right now. I promise that I shall do something interesting, or at least think up an interesting lie.

This is the picture of the new old kitchen door in its new coat of paint. I spent ten dollars for that paint. It's my favorite paint color. It's called "Miss-tint."
😂😂😂😂🔦

08/21/2026

I have been messing around with the last bit of Formica, and I can't get it right. I just spent a half hour watching videos that I know I've watched before, and I am still unsure.

Also, I have fleas. The dogs don't have them, the cats don't have them, but I keep finding fleas on me. YUCK! I've been vacuuming and spraying stuff, and I still get a bug here and a bug there. They aren't biting me, just annoying me.

Aaaaand.... The big dog is eating the cat food. He's not hungry. He leaves stuff in his dish and he's not losing weight.

I can't wait until the cats get tired of that nonsense and start smacking him around. They are smaller than Murphy but they have those claws and they outnumber him.

I leave you with a photo of the feline Mafia...

(Yes, I feed the cats on the table. My mother would not approve.)

08/09/2026

I'm back. It took me forever to get rid of whatever it was that was messing with my phone, but I finally hit the right button, and now I can get back to wasting your time...

I haven't done much with the kitchen lately, but I'm ready to hit the FAST button. I only wish I could remember where I left the fast button. It is probably hiding in plain sight. Or under the big dog... Murph takes up a lot of acreage (is that spelled right? It doesn't look right, but I'm not going to waste time looking it up).

Murphy also carries quite a few fleas these days. It doesn't seem to bother him much, but I'm spraying him with stuff anyway. Did you know that fleas discriminate about who they bite? Dog flies won't bite cats or people, and cat flies don't bite dogs. I've had a few fleas land on me, but they don't bite me. Go figure...

Which is not to say that I won't kill the fleas. After all, they bite my furry friends...

I'll be back tomorrow, maybe even with something interesting to talk about. I can't promise anything...

Photos tomorrow.