On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update! #dejus365 #FlockFriday https://yellowcottagehomestead.com/2019/08/flock-friday-for-august-23/

I’ve decided to stop using the #dejus365 hashtag on my daily photo posts, since hashtags are a bit out-of-place on my favorite social platform, http://Micro.blog, and I don’t see sufficient benefit in using it. I still plan to post at least one photo every day.

Our deck at dusk, with the movie screen (pretty much only used during our annual party), new gazebo, new pool deck extension, swimming pool, and various lights and lanterns. #dejus365 https://yellowcottagehomestead.com/2019/08/deck-gazebo/

On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #dejus365 #Caturday https://yellowcottagehomestead.com/2019/08/cat-update-for-week-ending-august-17/

On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update! #dejus365 #FlockFriday https://yellowcottagehomestead.com/2019/08/flock-friday-for-august-16/

For day 11 of @macgenie@twitter.com’s photo challenge, and Throwback Thursday: gratitude for the beauty of nature. Here’s Crater Lake in southern Oregon from 2009. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday

Paladin in a tunnel toy, looking like some sort of sci-fi spaceship controller or something. #dejus365

Some veggies harvested from the garden this morning: strawberries (still going), blueberries, zucchini, and cherry tomatoes (just starting). #dejus365

Spotted our snake friend on the path to the duck house again. #dejus365

A potting shelter we inherited on the property, near where we put our beehives. One of my upcoming projects is to enclose it to turn it into a bee equipment shed. #dejus365

On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #dejus365 #Caturday https://yellowcottagehomestead.com/2019/08/cat-update-for-week-ending-august-10/

On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update! #dejus365 #FlockFriday https://yellowcottagehomestead.com/2019/08/flock-friday-for-august-9/

For day 4 of @macgenie@twitter.com’s photo challenge, and Throwback Thursday: my NZ family, from shortly before Jenn and I moved to the US in 2001. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday

On the homestead blog: building a pool deck extension. #dejus365 https://yellowcottagehomestead.com/2019/08/building-pool-deck-extension/

On the homestead blog: deck gazebo. #dejus365 https://yellowcottagehomestead.com/2019/08/deck-gazebo/

Waterfall and cascade for the pond, with a temporary bridge on the path to the duck house. #dejus365

Tent camping in our grove for the annual summer party. #dejus365

On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #dejus365 #Caturday https://yellowcottagehomestead.com/2019/08/cat-update-for-week-ending-august-3/

On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update! #dejus365 #FlockFriday https://yellowcottagehomestead.com/2019/08/flock-friday-for-august-2/

Some more low-res pictures of the house we had built in NZ: kitchen stuff. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday