Animals
Meanwhile, indoor activities include...
PS....your comments on yesterday's post made me feel extremely blessed...
you were so generous with your care and concern.
As for my tetanus immunization...
I had one last winter after walking into the wrong end of a pitchfork!
Farming can be dangerous business!
- Mr. Mischief
You guys are the best!Really!I was so excited yesterday when I found the photo of the bear...and your comments mirrored my excitement.Thanks so much of sharing the fun with me. Yesterday afternoon, while cleaning up manure piles in the front pasture......
- Farewell August
If I had to guess, I would bet that we are entering one of the last hot weeks of the year. And that just might be wishful thinking! The next week's weather prediction is for temps in the high 80's to low 90's... which will make for a quiet...
- Have I Mentioned That We Have A Lot Of Tomatoes?
I continue to be knee-deep in tomatoes.(Note to self...perhaps 40 plants was excessive.) The vines are beginning to die, but there are still so, so many tomatoes left to finishripening. Yesterday I harvested Amish paste tomatoes and Roma tomatoes...my...
- Blame It On The Storm!
If you happened to stop by the farm yesterday for a visit,you may have noticed that I was AWOL! A storm right after midnight on Monday night rendered me incommunicado for the nextday and a half. (Did you think that maybe a grand baby was born?...not...
- I May Have Jumped The Gun
Ok, so I was a bit premature with the "Dog Days" post yesterday.Wednesday was beastly hot.And then along came yesterday...another storybook cloud kind of day with temps in the 70's. But, still, I wasn't wrong...because, let's face it...every...
Animals
The Essence of Red
With temps in the upper 40's,
yesterday afternoon was the perfect time to work on grooming the herd.
Snow, mud, and Winter's slop has taken its toll on the horses.
Undaunted by any sort of weather, they tend to wear the weather
on their winter coats.
Brushing, combing, clipping bridal paths turned each of them into a blank canvas once again...
ready to once again wear whatever weather is upcoming.
Moonbeam is as lovely from the front...
as he is from the back...
Donnie is the fluffiest of all...
Ollie gave into my brushing...
begrudgingly.
And Red...
well, Red seems to enjoy whatever it is I decide to do with him.
He is the sweetest little horse, ever.
Watch...
Meanwhile, indoor activities include...
What's on the needles:
a shawl and a pair of socks from the same yarn.
(yarn color is "eggplanted"...love it!)
(first pair of socks...ever).
In the kitchen:
My take on Ratatouille...
(best ever)
Hot Italian sausage, cut in bitesize segments and browned (4 8" links used)
one large yellow onion chunked
one large red pepper chunked
1 eggplant, chunked
1 yellow squash chunked
1 zucchini chunked
large can of fire-roasted tomatoes (I had summer tomatoes frozen)
add more tomatoes if needed to cover rest of ingredients
three cloves of garlic
generous shake of dried oregano
hot pepper flakes
coarse chopped kalamata olives
Simmer the above ingredients until thoroughly cooked (can also do in crock pot)
Add fresh chopped basil before serving
Serve with Parmesan cheese... stew-like one pot meal.
Yummy!
PS....your comments on yesterday's post made me feel extremely blessed...
you were so generous with your care and concern.
As for my tetanus immunization...
I had one last winter after walking into the wrong end of a pitchfork!
Farming can be dangerous business!
- Mr. Mischief
You guys are the best!Really!I was so excited yesterday when I found the photo of the bear...and your comments mirrored my excitement.Thanks so much of sharing the fun with me. Yesterday afternoon, while cleaning up manure piles in the front pasture......
- Farewell August
If I had to guess, I would bet that we are entering one of the last hot weeks of the year. And that just might be wishful thinking! The next week's weather prediction is for temps in the high 80's to low 90's... which will make for a quiet...
- Have I Mentioned That We Have A Lot Of Tomatoes?
I continue to be knee-deep in tomatoes.(Note to self...perhaps 40 plants was excessive.) The vines are beginning to die, but there are still so, so many tomatoes left to finishripening. Yesterday I harvested Amish paste tomatoes and Roma tomatoes...my...
- Blame It On The Storm!
If you happened to stop by the farm yesterday for a visit,you may have noticed that I was AWOL! A storm right after midnight on Monday night rendered me incommunicado for the nextday and a half. (Did you think that maybe a grand baby was born?...not...
- I May Have Jumped The Gun
Ok, so I was a bit premature with the "Dog Days" post yesterday.Wednesday was beastly hot.And then along came yesterday...another storybook cloud kind of day with temps in the 70's. But, still, I wasn't wrong...because, let's face it...every...