http://homestead-acres.com Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:16:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://homestead-acres.com/blog/around-the-homestead/you-know-its-spring-when/ http://homestead-acres.com/blog/around-the-homestead/you-know-its-spring-when/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:49:07 +0000 Kim http://www.homestead-acres.com/blog/?p=1129 Last night hubby went out to get more fire wood.  He opened the door to the wood cubby and almost stepped on a skunk!  Little critter didn’t want to take off.  He had to encourage him a little. lol

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