This Clawhammer Life

Happy New Year! Just woke up. Heard we had a real fine time, and it all checks out. #thisclawhammerlife #happynewyear2017

Finally found her. Lost her back in '93, during the big flood, but she didn't wash away, after all. Sweetest cream of the herd, and it took us a year to train the next heifer. #thisclawhammerlife #milkcowblues

Duck. Hen. Pullet. If you are careful you can remove the shell without breaking the membrane. Very useful in certain recipes. #thisclawhammerlife #eggmembrane

The calcite straws are especially long this year. Uncle Caleb's heartburn subsided last winter, and he no longer harvests them. #calcitestalagtite #thisclawhammerlife

A beautiful Jack O'Lantern. There is enough here to poison the entire Slotter clan. It is the most perfectly round one ever spied on the farm. At night, after this waning moon sets, the eerie glow spreads across the pet cemetery #thisclawhammerlife #glowingpoison

We used to tie these to a hook and pretend they were caterpillars. Fish have very poor imaginations. #thisclawhammerlife

A plague of horseflies has descended on Clawhammer Ranch. Their righteous wrath burns the flesh of one so foolish to leave the pure creek waters. Best to leave them be, when one is murdered, ten arrive for the funeral. #thisclawhammerlife #horsefliessuck

An outtake from our latest photo session. Most appropriate caption wins our gratitude and laughter. #thisclawhammerlife #genteelbilly

Don't miss our Big Show tonight at Lindberg's!

This fella rode in on some onions from the garden. He was so lost, he jumped every which way! He soon calmed, and now provides very good ideas for lyrics from his perch atop the Regulator, our old clock. #thisclawhammerlife #zorak

Half a white peach is better than no white peach. Yes a veritable plague of beetles this year. If you shake the tree it rains. #thisclawhammerlife #beetlejuice

This fella died doing what he loved best, biting foolish children's toes clean off. Our Aunt Grace perhaps over-reacted. You can see the skull is split down the middle. #thisclawhammerlife #turtleskull

Started finding these last year down by Grave Spring. Some kind of joke by the Slotter twins probably. But they seemed to have found enough sustenance to make it through the winter. Should've dug a little deeper, but the soil is quite rocky. #thisclawhammerlife #flytrapstagram

They have been quire resplendent lately. Always trying to get in, like they are scared of the dark. Or is it something more sinister? #thisclawhammerlife #radioactivemoth

So after the Death Ring we had an extra mouth to feed. This wee one fell into the run, and made his way into a brooding box. Not a cuckoo. #thisclawhammerlife

This is a Death Ring. It can form when the baby dies in the egg. When we candle the eggs, it always sad to see. Great Aunt Della says the little head is a good omen. For the other chicks. #thisclawhammerlife #deathrings

Harvest season is here! We raised up a fine crop this spring, and expect a new crop soon, as Francesca is brooding. #thisclawhammerlife #harvest2016