Weslie Surprenant

Hovland, MN
Weslie (aka Chicken Mama) and her husband Tom live on an aspiring, self-sufficient homestead powered by solar panels just a 'holler’s distance' from the Canadian border. Chicken Mama designed the timber frame home that is her and her husband’s sanctuary, far from the hustle and bustle of "Normal Life." Whether she’s working on her own line of photographic notecards, Chicken Mama Originals; writing invoices for her husband’s business, Trapper Cabin Handyman Services; nannying for friends; volunteering at North House; keeping their many websites up-to-date; making batch after batch of homemade cottage cheese or yogurt; working on finishing their home; or tending to the chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys, you can rest assured that this self-described modern day housewife is incredibly content with her crazy life.