Animals
- Snow Vs. Mud
And the snow just keeps on melting.There are small rivers running through the farm right now. I stepped through the gate into the pig yard yesterday and sunk in mud up to my ankles. Mud!Where the snow is not....the mud is! The pig yard and sheep yard...
- Baa Baa, Black (and White) Sheep
Sometimes it just seems as though things were meant to be.And the way things are going this week...I feel that very strongly. I received an email yesterday announcing that my baby lambs have been born.ON MY BIRTHDAY!!!Can you believe it?How perfect is...
- Skating On Thick Ice
Yesterday morning we awoke to an inch of new ice on top of our snow. Beautiful. Treacherous. Hubbs and Amanda both fell twice in the driveway trying to get to their cars.Hubbs made his way down our icy drive, only to get stuck by the barn.Needless...
- Monday Drivel
I'll guess you won't be surprised when I tell you that it is still cold here. And Sunday graced us with more snow. Which we needed...just to top off all the ice. Every step we take outside is treacherous.I can't tell you how many falls...
- Wintry Weekend
After waiting for what has seemed like an eternity,the first snow of Winter arrived this weekend. Now, you may remember that we had a 6 inch snowfallon the weekend after Halloween.(Yes, that was the weekend we drove to W.V. to pick up our piglets,and...
Animals
A Wild and Wooly Weekend
The sun is shining...
the temperatures are rising...
and the snow is melting!
Although we are still covered in snow at the moment,
it is getting slushy and melting a little more each day.
Spring is just around the corner...
I can feel it.
I am energized once again,
almost giddy with anticipation.
It's been a long cold, snowy winter for the critters.
Their worlds have shrunk in the past three months...
each day lived out on a series of small paths through the snow.
I know that sunshine and green-ness are the cures for what ails us all!
This week the temperatures are not to fall below freezing at all...
and daytime highs will be in the 40's and 50's...
a sharp contrast to previous weeks.
After some considerations, Hubbs decided to invest in cross country skis for us both.
This is the time of year to make this kind of investment, the prices are way low!
Luckily our equipment arrived last week and I had the bindings attached on Friday.
This weekend gave us what might be our last chance to practice.
And practice we did...
up hills, across flat expanses, down hills.
I am amazed at how quickly they become natural...much easier that walking in the snow.
It had been many years since I last downhill skied,
but it didn't take long to get the hang of skiing down
hill on these.
This will be a fun, aerobic winter activity for us in the coming years.
Great fun!
Thanks, Hubbs.
The mail lady brought a surprise parcel this weekend, too...
a most thoughtful gift from a friend...
an adorable custom box with a drip spindle and wool roving.
Thanks, Joyce!
Now I am all ready to learn spinning...and ready to practice.
All we need now are for our two little lambs to be born and come to the farm to live!
PS....Jessica of "Blessings In The Country"....you are our gift card winner from
Friday's giveaway. Email me with your email address and I will notify
dogfencediy.com to send you your card!!
PS....Jessica of "Blessings In The Country"....you are our gift card winner from
Friday's giveaway. Email me with your email address and I will notify
dogfencediy.com to send you your card!!
- Snow Vs. Mud
And the snow just keeps on melting.There are small rivers running through the farm right now. I stepped through the gate into the pig yard yesterday and sunk in mud up to my ankles. Mud!Where the snow is not....the mud is! The pig yard and sheep yard...
- Baa Baa, Black (and White) Sheep
Sometimes it just seems as though things were meant to be.And the way things are going this week...I feel that very strongly. I received an email yesterday announcing that my baby lambs have been born.ON MY BIRTHDAY!!!Can you believe it?How perfect is...
- Skating On Thick Ice
Yesterday morning we awoke to an inch of new ice on top of our snow. Beautiful. Treacherous. Hubbs and Amanda both fell twice in the driveway trying to get to their cars.Hubbs made his way down our icy drive, only to get stuck by the barn.Needless...
- Monday Drivel
I'll guess you won't be surprised when I tell you that it is still cold here. And Sunday graced us with more snow. Which we needed...just to top off all the ice. Every step we take outside is treacherous.I can't tell you how many falls...
- Wintry Weekend
After waiting for what has seemed like an eternity,the first snow of Winter arrived this weekend. Now, you may remember that we had a 6 inch snowfallon the weekend after Halloween.(Yes, that was the weekend we drove to W.V. to pick up our piglets,and...