Animals
- You Wear It Well
Yesterday morning as I started chores,I was surprised by how silent my world was.No sounds...no birds, no owls, no wind... just silence. I worked cleaning the dry lot in the silent, blue hour right before dawnmarveling at how peaceful the world becomes...
- Weekend Wrap-up
Our weekend was a bit of a whirlwind.Saturday was a day away from the farm...a trip to Philadelphia for Inna's wedding (you might remember we held the Fall in Love bridal shower for her this past October.) Inna and her mother and brother immigrated...
- Peace And Quiet
I have so many favorite times of each day.Sunrise... when my world is just awakening... Then when the sun has risen just high enough above the horizon that the light is perfectand nature's colors become brilliant and alive... Then later in the morning,...
- Evening
We've been gifted with a few absolutely perfect days in a row.After weeks and weeks of intense heat and humidity,we are currently enjoying sunny days in the 70's with nights in the 50's to 60's.Perfect weather.Perfect! Finally I can spend...
- My Favorite Time Of Day
Once I get beyond the hardest part (crawling out of a warm bed and heading out into the cold) I have to admit that my favorite time of day is early morning. Watching the sun rise as I tend to the animals around the farm is a perfect way to start the day....
Animals
A Perfectly Perfect Day
There is a time of day that is quite magical...
those last few moments of darkness before the land begins to awaken with the rising sun.
With a full moon casting a glistening shimmer to the pond,
we start our day.
Without the birdsong that accompanies the other seasons,
the world is silent but for the rustle of wind high in the treetops
and the occasional "who-whoooo" of a neighboring great horned owl.
It's this time of day, before the world has revealed itself, that is so ripe with possibilities.
A new day... a new adventure.
I breathe in the crisp winter cold...filling my lungs with the freshness of country air.
Across the front pasture the donkeys bray for their breakfast
as the sun starts to singe the horizon with its fiery rays.
Another day begins!
We quickly get started on Sunday morning chores...
making the rounds of all our critters...
feeding breakfast, changing waterers, cleaning manure, tidying-up coops and yards.
It's apparent that this is going to be a remarkably beautiful day.
After days of clouds and mixed precipitation, we relish the possibility of a sunny day.
And sunny it was... from start to finish...
a splendid day for all creatures... two legged and four.
Chickens gosipped...
Turkeys annoyed....
Sammy ignored...
Sid napped...
Goats observed...
Dogs had a woodsy adventure...
A perfect day from beginning to end.
One to be remembered during the gray days that are so prevalent this time of year.
And so, at the end of the day, we take a little ray of that perfect sunshine
and tuck it deep within our hearts...
a memory, a promise...
to be revisited as needed.
Dear Missy...it's too beautiful a day for such a grumpy look!
"What's a girl to do? All dressed up in her fur coat... and nowhere to go!"
- You Wear It Well
Yesterday morning as I started chores,I was surprised by how silent my world was.No sounds...no birds, no owls, no wind... just silence. I worked cleaning the dry lot in the silent, blue hour right before dawnmarveling at how peaceful the world becomes...
- Weekend Wrap-up
Our weekend was a bit of a whirlwind.Saturday was a day away from the farm...a trip to Philadelphia for Inna's wedding (you might remember we held the Fall in Love bridal shower for her this past October.) Inna and her mother and brother immigrated...
- Peace And Quiet
I have so many favorite times of each day.Sunrise... when my world is just awakening... Then when the sun has risen just high enough above the horizon that the light is perfectand nature's colors become brilliant and alive... Then later in the morning,...
- Evening
We've been gifted with a few absolutely perfect days in a row.After weeks and weeks of intense heat and humidity,we are currently enjoying sunny days in the 70's with nights in the 50's to 60's.Perfect weather.Perfect! Finally I can spend...
- My Favorite Time Of Day
Once I get beyond the hardest part (crawling out of a warm bed and heading out into the cold) I have to admit that my favorite time of day is early morning. Watching the sun rise as I tend to the animals around the farm is a perfect way to start the day....