Animals
- Winter's Early Arrival
As with most of the country,Winter has moved into Pennsylvania way ahead of schedule. Frigid winter winds are blowing...sending temperatures plummeting down to what we normally expect in January. We are back in the season of liberal helpings of hay......
- Piggy Pudding For All
I was in the feed room yesterday afternoon getting everyone's dinner ready.Being Christmas, I had brought a bag of carrots to the barn with me...so that everyone had special Christmas treats with their dinner. Across the aisle from the feed room...
- Fire!!
What a weekend!It was the weekend that will forever be known as "the weekend that Tin Lizzy (our 1953 Ford tractor) went up in smoke".as well as a patch of our hay field. Let me start at the beginning of the story.... We have had several weeks without...
- Campfire Cookout
The last activity of our Staycation was a campfire cookout. The boys built the fire and cooked the food. We gathered around and listened to Ryan play the guitarand ate our wonderful meal...barbequed chicken breasts with Pepperjack cheese and...
- A Day Of Rest
This morning, like every other Sunday morning, Maddie got the front half out of bed and then decided to quit. A big yawn...........and back to sleep she fell...half in and half out of bed. There are no days of rest on a farm. Each and every morning the...
Animals
Relaxation and Celebration
Because there is a never-ending list of work to be done,
it is imperative that we occasionally be intentional about just relaxing and enjoying
our wonderful surroundings.
I take a little time each day,
but Hubbs...who works away from the farm... sometimes needs a little reminder to
kick back and just relax.
Last evening, as I was breaking in the pizza oven...
(it requires small fires for three days to dry everything out)
I thought it the perfect opportunity to just relax and hang out in front of the fire.
With the smoker going...burning wood to supply the necessary coals for
putting into the oven... I decided to save energy and throw several
chicken breasts on the smoker for dinner.
A salad from the garden would round the meal out...
with a little wine... to toast the completion of the pavilion.
With our friends...Oakley, Sam and Maddie... and a couple barn kitties,
we sat in front of the fire and enjoyed our meal.
Sometimes we have to remind ourselves to breath deeply and just rest.
And that is just what we did!
A romantic dinner by the fire with our best friends (4 legged)
was just what we needed.
I have to share with you what life is like with a big old Newfie.
Here is Maddie before dinner.
Here is Maddie when she realized there was a little chicken left over for her...
Newfies and drool go together like white on rice!
Everybody got a little chicken treat...
and everybody enjoyed the time together by the fire!
- Winter's Early Arrival
As with most of the country,Winter has moved into Pennsylvania way ahead of schedule. Frigid winter winds are blowing...sending temperatures plummeting down to what we normally expect in January. We are back in the season of liberal helpings of hay......
- Piggy Pudding For All
I was in the feed room yesterday afternoon getting everyone's dinner ready.Being Christmas, I had brought a bag of carrots to the barn with me...so that everyone had special Christmas treats with their dinner. Across the aisle from the feed room...
- Fire!!
What a weekend!It was the weekend that will forever be known as "the weekend that Tin Lizzy (our 1953 Ford tractor) went up in smoke".as well as a patch of our hay field. Let me start at the beginning of the story.... We have had several weeks without...
- Campfire Cookout
The last activity of our Staycation was a campfire cookout. The boys built the fire and cooked the food. We gathered around and listened to Ryan play the guitarand ate our wonderful meal...barbequed chicken breasts with Pepperjack cheese and...
- A Day Of Rest
This morning, like every other Sunday morning, Maddie got the front half out of bed and then decided to quit. A big yawn...........and back to sleep she fell...half in and half out of bed. There are no days of rest on a farm. Each and every morning the...