The Paulk Pack

Category: Farm Life

  • First Big Outing

    The ducks are getting tired of spending their days in the bathtub so I decided to take them on an outing. I got a huge Tupperware storage bin and filled it with water, put some rocks around the edge so they could get in and out, then brought them out in their traveling wine box…

  • The Ducklings are Here…The Ducklings are Here!

    Peep peep peep! We now have five ducklings that were born Sunday February 27-hatched out as part of a little girl’s science fair project. There are three Indian Runner ducks and two Mallards. I have the babies in the guest bathtub, lined with newspapers. So far, they mostly just peep, eat and poop. Besides the regular…

  • Visitors…

    While working in my office today, I spotted some old visitors across the road. It was Lady and Dodger, the two “strays” we found in January, wandering down the street. Our street is fairly busy, so I called them up the drive (they came running and remembered me!) and brought them in the fence until…

  • The Sky is Falling!

    The Sky is Falling!

    Things are falling around here today… Earlier this afternoon, I noticed that the light cover in our laundry room seemed to be falling. Apparently the cover to our giant fluorescent light is plastic…but of course me thinking it was glass I went into panic mode. I grabbed the step stool and proceeded to break it…

  • It’s the Little Things

    It’s the Little Things

    I don’t know much of the background of our home. I know it was built in 1950, an addition was added in 2004, and the most recent owner foreclosed on the property. Other than that, we can only guess. What I DO know, is how you can take the little things around your house for…