Animals
- Please Excuse Me....
Please excuse me while I take today off from blogging.We have out-of-town guests with us for a few days. And....I am busy consuming this pie! Peach crumble pie....best pie ever....in the history of pie...ever.Seriously!The secret? peaches frozen...
- Wild And Wonderful Weekends
To you, reading this blog, it might seem like the everyday routine on the farmis awfully busy.And although you are right, it is busy....there is a sort of rhythm to the work.It is all very quiet, usually calm and completely peaceful tending to daily chores....
- Memories.....
The storm is over, but we continue to be in the midst of grey, cloudy, drizzly days.The animals are all "hibernating" and staying in where it is warm and dry.And so, I have no new pictures to share with you from this week. Except, perhaps, for a leaping...
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A whole year has passed since we bought our last batch of ducklings.We added a mixture (17) of Cayugas, Swedish, and Pekins to the pond;home, then, to the solitary Methuselah (Khaki Campbell drake.) Every day since the new ducks came,we go to the pond,...
- And Then There Was Sam....
Life happens.You make plans.You change plans.You make new plans.Life happens. Also.... Dogs happen.You bring a dog into the family.You get a second dog to keep the first one company.The first one ages, so you add another dog to keep the secondone company,...
Animals
I May Have Lost My Mind
Just between you and me,
I think that I may have lost my ever-loving-mind!
Remember several days ago, as I lamented that Methuselah, our elder duck,
had gone missing?
Remember that I said how a Mallard had taken his place?
Remember?
Well, Hubbs pointed out to me this weekend,
that that Mallard was not a Mallard at all,
but was indeed Methuselah.
Now, to me he looks different...somehow brighter and showier than
our old khaki Campbell, Methuselah.
But alas...
he is one in the same,
and I am most surely embarrassed
and of course entirely relieved!
So please excuse me as I offer this retraction.
Methuselah lives on...to continue to earn his name.
As I hang my head in shame...
I've lost it!
Oh well, let's get on with it....
I have a few pictures from the weekend to share with you.
First...
as we were standing at the kitchen sink, washing eggs yesterday,
the sunlight filtered through the kitchen window and just happened to hit
this bunch of daisies perfectly...
for a moment I saw a glimpse of summer.
I took a deep breath and felt the energy of plant life enter my soul...
and for the first time in weeks felt filled with hope.
We had weekend guests...friends of Amanda.
The animals were very glad to have company...
anything to break the monotony of a snowy winter.
Crackers for goats...
Belly rubs for piggies...
And a little extra dose of loving for the horses...
I believe I see a smile on Moonbeam's lips!
He loves girls.
And here is little Red, peaking through the fence.
Do you see what I see?
Do you see this cute little smiley face?
Now, look back at the above picture.
Red has a natural smiley face!
We never noticed that before this weekend!
And last, but certainly not least...
Amanda baked an orange-poppyseed cake this weekend with orange frosting.
Yummy!!
- Please Excuse Me....
Please excuse me while I take today off from blogging.We have out-of-town guests with us for a few days. And....I am busy consuming this pie! Peach crumble pie....best pie ever....in the history of pie...ever.Seriously!The secret? peaches frozen...
- Wild And Wonderful Weekends
To you, reading this blog, it might seem like the everyday routine on the farmis awfully busy.And although you are right, it is busy....there is a sort of rhythm to the work.It is all very quiet, usually calm and completely peaceful tending to daily chores....
- Memories.....
The storm is over, but we continue to be in the midst of grey, cloudy, drizzly days.The animals are all "hibernating" and staying in where it is warm and dry.And so, I have no new pictures to share with you from this week. Except, perhaps, for a leaping...
-
A whole year has passed since we bought our last batch of ducklings.We added a mixture (17) of Cayugas, Swedish, and Pekins to the pond;home, then, to the solitary Methuselah (Khaki Campbell drake.) Every day since the new ducks came,we go to the pond,...
- And Then There Was Sam....
Life happens.You make plans.You change plans.You make new plans.Life happens. Also.... Dogs happen.You bring a dog into the family.You get a second dog to keep the first one company.The first one ages, so you add another dog to keep the secondone company,...