Animals
- What Your Mother Meant When She Said "don't Eat Like A Pig"
As I sit here gathering my thoughts,the house is filled with the aroma of roasting pumpkin. This year I snagged one of the big Cinderella pumpkins that I had foundfor Autumn decorating...cut it into segments (only using about a third of the pumpkin...it...
- Washed Clean
There is something wonderful in a morning that follows a night of showers. The air and the land are clean and fresh...all hints of pollen, dust, and grime temporarily gone. It's a fresh slate....and it's just waiting to be doodled upon. That's...
- Pumpkin Carving 101
Little did I know, when I placed my Autumn display in the yard,that the display needed yet one more addition... pumpkin carving!! The roos, farm stylists, have taken it upon themselves to carve the large orange pumpkin.It is a work in progress...every...
- Between Showers
I just might be suffering from cabin fever.I've cleaned and reorganized,canned and baked.Now what I need is a sunny day so I can get back outsideand take care of the garden and trim horses' hooves.It must be cabin fever, because I am feeling an...
- Rainy Day Projects
Warm weather arrived suddenly this week. Several days of warm, dry, sunny days made watering necessary. By the end of the week, our four rain barrels were completely empty. Finally, today it is raining....a good steady soft rain. The kind of rain that...
Animals
The Great September Deluge
It's raining.
Actually, it's pouring.
I'm thinking of building an ark.
Really.
Sunday night around 5 pm it started to rain...
pour, actually....
so badly, that we had some water leaks in the house.
And it hasn't quit raining.
As of yesterday afternoon, the rain gauge was over 4 inches.
This morning I will have to empty that gauge, or it will over flow.
And we have 2 more days of solid rain predicted.
The ducks are happy.
Their pond is as large as it gets...
almost over-flowing.
The turkeys don't seem to mind.
Poor Edith looks like a drowned rat as she hurries to and fro.
The rest of the animals
have stayed under roof all day and night.
Little Leo is happily making the upstairs hayloft of the barn his new home.
With frequent visits from us humans and the barn kitties Bobby and TomTom,
he seems quite content to stay.
This weather makes outdoor chores a bit tedious,
so I am turning my sights inward,
cleaning out closets,
re-organizing the pantry,
scrubbing the inside of the refrigerator,
and
cooking and baking.
I turned this little pumpkin baby from the garden
into this yummy pumpkin pie.
If you have never had a fresh pumpkin pie,
I have to tell you
there is nothing like it.
It is a little more fibrous than that canned pumpkin,
a little less orange...
but oh, so much more flavorful!
The rest of our pumpkins will get roasted and frozen
for use in pies, breads, or soup throughout the winter.
Yummy!
Do you need some rain...wherever you are?
I would love to send you some of ours.
I believe we have had enough!
- What Your Mother Meant When She Said "don't Eat Like A Pig"
As I sit here gathering my thoughts,the house is filled with the aroma of roasting pumpkin. This year I snagged one of the big Cinderella pumpkins that I had foundfor Autumn decorating...cut it into segments (only using about a third of the pumpkin...it...
- Washed Clean
There is something wonderful in a morning that follows a night of showers. The air and the land are clean and fresh...all hints of pollen, dust, and grime temporarily gone. It's a fresh slate....and it's just waiting to be doodled upon. That's...
- Pumpkin Carving 101
Little did I know, when I placed my Autumn display in the yard,that the display needed yet one more addition... pumpkin carving!! The roos, farm stylists, have taken it upon themselves to carve the large orange pumpkin.It is a work in progress...every...
- Between Showers
I just might be suffering from cabin fever.I've cleaned and reorganized,canned and baked.Now what I need is a sunny day so I can get back outsideand take care of the garden and trim horses' hooves.It must be cabin fever, because I am feeling an...
- Rainy Day Projects
Warm weather arrived suddenly this week. Several days of warm, dry, sunny days made watering necessary. By the end of the week, our four rain barrels were completely empty. Finally, today it is raining....a good steady soft rain. The kind of rain that...