Never Listless on the Farm

I have to admit, I am a "list" gal.
Making a list each day and crossing each item off
makes me happy.
I like to set goals and accomplish them.
It gives me a sense of purpose.

Since moving to the farm, I have had to change the way I look
at my lists.
I have had to divide my life into a short list (things I can accomplish on any given day)
and a long list ( a list that just gets longer each day).


Every day when I make my short list,
I take items from my long list....
like things that need to get done immediately,
or things that are just driving me crazy right now,
or things that are perfect to do in a particular weather situation.


Yesterday was a day for working on the long list...
accomplishing a bit of horse grooming.

As time and weather permits, I have been planting the garden,
washing windows,
trimming goat hooves and horses hooves,
cleaning chicken and turkey coops.


Very soon I will empty out the barn and give it a good
Spring housecleaning.

Then there is pruning to be done in the orchard,
pruning in the blackberry patch,
 and uncovering the strawberry patch and weeding it.

In a couple of weeks I will open the bee hives and get them ready
for another season of honey gathering.

All of the outdoor wooden furniture around the farm
will soon be uncovered and water-sealed.

And after that you would think that my list
will be down to a manageable size...
 but, no....
that old list just keeps growing.

It has taken me quite a while to adjust to this way of living...
never getting to the bottom of the list.

I suppose I should just consider it "job security".
I will never ever have an idle day,
or wonder what I am going to do with myself.
There's comfort in that.
Not to mention that I sleep better than I ever have in my life.

I have also come to understand that I have to put the list away
and make time in each day to stop and just enjoy life on the farm.
Like.....baby goats.

And here is your baby goat "fix" for the day....

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