What memories are brought to mind when I say ”Spring Break”? For my brother and I , “Spring Break” meant a week at our grandparent‘s house. The week was filled with Portuguese Sweet Bread, visiting with our grandmother’s extended Portuguese family, and preparation for Easter Sunday. Our Easter Sunday was spent enjoying food, family, faith, and more food. The food highlight for Easter was my grandma’s sweet bread. Grandma spent the week of Spring Break kneading several batches of bread and reminding us that the bread was rising, so we had to keep the door shut and heat in. My
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There are books and articles galore filled with helpful tips on the subject of raising backyard chickens, but I’m here to tell you that they left a few things out! Raising backyard chickens hasn’t always been a dream of mine. My interest in chickens was sparked a couple years ago, but I can’t tell you why I wanted to own chickens. It’s not because it’s a secret, I just don’t know. Many can tell you exactly where they were and what they were doing when they decided they had a dream to achieve. I cannot. What I can tell you,
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