Blade wanted a road through the field so he could ride his bike
A short cut, if you please
So Blade and Evan, Bella, Zooker and Hank set out to make a short cut to Grammy’s house!
It works really well too, because Blade rode over last night in time to eat supper with us. He rode back with his Momma as it was raining by the time he needed to get home.
Linda
Two years ago we found out why Terry really has never felt good and why he was so sick. Had been sick for years, why he even remembers really not feeling good as a little kid. Anyway, it turned out that he has Celiac Disease.
Since Celiac Disease is never really cured, but controled through diet, I had to learn how to cook all over again.
Boy, did I make some pretty nasty tasting food during my learning process, but finally today I can say I can now make some good tasting stuff.
Then on Saturday I finally figured out how to make a really good cracker! Crackers have been so hard to give up, and the ones in the stores are so tasteless and expensive I gave up on ever having crackers again.
So if you like Goldfish here is a really good recipe for you! I adjusted the flour so if you can eat gluten you can still make these delightful little crackers.
Homemade Goldfish like Crackers
1 1/3 c unbleached all-purpose flour (for the gluten free person–1 1/3 c all-purpose gluten free flour (I used King Arthur) and 1 tsp xanthum gum)
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
If you are using gluten free all-purpose flour sift all the above together three times. This gets air into the mix. If you are using regular flour you only need to sift once.
In a food processor pulse the flour together with 6 Tablespoons of unsalted butter, diced, until combined. Add 1 8-ounce shredded triple cheddar cheese package or cheddar of your choice until finely chopped. Process in 2 egg yolks and 2 Tablespoons water until the mixture forms a ball.
Remove the dough and knead in your hands for a few turns. Divide in half and roll one part between two pieces of wax paper until 3/8″ thick. Peel off the wax paper and stamp the dough with your choice of cookie cutters. I used tiny little leaf cutters as I was thinking fall. 🙂
Place the crackers on greased cookie sheets.
Freeze the crackers on the cookie sheets for 15 minutes. (This is the secret). Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Move the cookie sheets to the oven and bake for 20 minutes. Cool the crackers on racks. Store in an airtight container.
The cracker puffs up into cute little shapes.
I hope you enjoy these delightful little cheesy crackers as much as my family does.
Since three of our children and three of our grandchildren all have some form of gluten intolerance they are all really excited that Mom/Grammy has figured out crackers!
Linda
The canal is empty! No more water heading toward the sea. (Or ocean or whatever)
Terry started putting in the new transmission pipe
Of course he had to dig part of it by hand
Then the majority of it could lay in the cement ditch
This is so the cement ditch won’t be so hard to take care of next spring
Every year the ditch fills up with winter trash from the neighboring farms…this year the wind was just way too much
As you can see by the above photo. So we are hoping a new transfer PIPE will work better than the transfer ditch.
Fuzzy still likes to help us out, but he rides now instead of running
And Boomer ?…. Well, Boomer has fit right into his new life here at the farm.
Have a nice weekend everyone!
Linda
They have cut off the water for another year.
I always hate to see the water go out of the canal. Although, it is wickedly fast and dangerous it still has a beautiful sound which I love to hear.
Just another sign of approaching winter.
Oh, well! I best get my head around it, for there is no way I’m going to stop winter from coming.
Linda
Some of the farmers around here finally hit 14% and have started harvesting their corn. We are at 17.2%.
The days are warmer (which helps) with cold nights, and some wind –see the stalks blowing?
All of this helps dry down the ears, although we don’t want hard winds, that will shell the corn right in the shuck!
Linda
We took a short trip to Craig,Colorado, to get a car (for parts)
Craig and Hayden are homes of two power plants (Hayden 1 and Hayden 2), the communties also have several large coal mines that keep the nation supplied with electricity.
When my Daddy sold the orchards they moved to Hayden where Dad worked for Tri-State at both of the two power plants. Momma worked for Peabody Coal.
On our way back home, we saw a desert rainbow.
All in all it was a very beautiful day!
Linda
Linda
A few years ago a person I was working with googled our farm and came to work all excited because we have crop circles all over our place.
Of course, we had to see what all the fuss was about…
Turned out the crop circles were just deer runs
We had a good laugh over it.
The deer like to bed down in the corn fields (see the smashed stalks). Works out really nice for them, they are hidden AND they have food all around.
On the other hand I was rather disappointed…darn I could have seen a real crop circle up close.
Then on the money side…well at least some huge magic ‘thing’ didn’t do art in our field.
Have a nice weekend everyone. We’ve warmed up here (somewhat) so hopefully the mud will start to dry up.
Linda
UGH!
Linda
It started snowing as I left work for home.
And turned off cold! Really cold so cold we had to build a fire. We are now in for the long haul of winter.
The snow didn’t stay long, but still……
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
