Animals
- Things To Do On A Hot Summer Day
It seems that most of the country is experiencing a heat wave this week.And we are no exception...however, we are luckier than some.Our high temps are just in the low nineties...it could be much worse. But still, for animals that are used to temps in...
- Fur Coat Ettiquette
The questions that you posed a couple weeks ago continue to provide me withsubject matter for this time when not much is happening on the farm. Since it has been so incredibly cold this week,it's a good time to address this next question. Annie V....
- Sunny Days Are Made For Play
Forgive me for going on and on about what an absolutely magnificent summer we are having. It has been the most perfect summer of my life, I think...or at least for the years in which weather was so important. I can hardly believe that we have only used...
- Happy As A Pig In Mud!
Summer gave us a preview yesterday as temperatures soared to 85.Part of why I love Pennsylvania so much is the change of seasons.But, usually the change is a little more gradual.Not so, it seems, this year.Spring arrived ahead of schedule,and it looks...
- Uncle!
"UNCLE!" That is what we used to cry when we'd had enough.Well, "Uncle!" I say. I have had enough! Of this..... HEAT!! Yesterday afternoon the thermometer on the sunny sideof the house read 120 degrees....that's all the higher it goes.The...
Animals
Frittering Away in The Heat
What do Sam....
Red Fred....
and Milford have in common?
They are panting!!
Remember last week when I talked about skipping through the chores
on an Autumn-like breeze?
Well Summer must have heard me and decided to stop slacking.
She's back with a vengeance.
I am told, though, we only have two hot days to suffer through and then it's
back to cooler temperatures.
The donkeys could care less.
Heat never seems to bother them.
In fact, they prefer to stand in the sun over a cool spot in the shade!
And the goats? Well, as long as dinner is on time,
they don't care about the temperature!
As for me...
I'm heading for the shade and with a tall, cool drink!l
And maybe one of these...
I took pears, sliced them, dipped them in batter, fried in sunflower oil,
and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar, others in confectioners' sugar.
Pear Fritters! (Recipe here.)
Easy and delicious.
Love.
- Things To Do On A Hot Summer Day
It seems that most of the country is experiencing a heat wave this week.And we are no exception...however, we are luckier than some.Our high temps are just in the low nineties...it could be much worse. But still, for animals that are used to temps in...
- Fur Coat Ettiquette
The questions that you posed a couple weeks ago continue to provide me withsubject matter for this time when not much is happening on the farm. Since it has been so incredibly cold this week,it's a good time to address this next question. Annie V....
- Sunny Days Are Made For Play
Forgive me for going on and on about what an absolutely magnificent summer we are having. It has been the most perfect summer of my life, I think...or at least for the years in which weather was so important. I can hardly believe that we have only used...
- Happy As A Pig In Mud!
Summer gave us a preview yesterday as temperatures soared to 85.Part of why I love Pennsylvania so much is the change of seasons.But, usually the change is a little more gradual.Not so, it seems, this year.Spring arrived ahead of schedule,and it looks...
- Uncle!
"UNCLE!" That is what we used to cry when we'd had enough.Well, "Uncle!" I say. I have had enough! Of this..... HEAT!! Yesterday afternoon the thermometer on the sunny sideof the house read 120 degrees....that's all the higher it goes.The...