Animals
Our local river is a haven for bald eagles, egrets, blue herons, cormorants, kingfishers,
- A Perfect Summer Weekend
It was a perfect summer weekend...and boy, did we pack a lot into it! Our newlyweds, Tim and Amanda were home for the weekend,so we took a trip to State College (PSU) and attended their Arts Fest.We sat and watched the Bubble Man blow the most enormous...
- Of Ducks And Garlic
I have avoided talking about our baby duck situation...because we lost our entire batch of 17 ducklings.Unfortunately, Mrs. Waddlington was not a good mother.She was frequently off galavanting around the farm, leaving her babies to fend for themselves....
- 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...
- 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...
- The Arrival Of Autumn
We have had such unseaonably warm temperatures during September and October. As a result, the trees have held onto their green for much longer this year. Just within the past two weeks, however, have we begun to see our forest's colorful Autumn transformation....
Animals
The Weekend Update
There's no place like home.
Absolutely.
No place.
All I have to do is leave the farm for a few days, and this becomes my mantra.
So... I am home and happy to be here!
Before leaving on Wednesday,
we had been without any significant rain for the past couple of months.
Our pond was the lowest I had ever seen it.
While I was gone it rained and rained... about 6 inches in 36 hours.
When I came home, the pond looked like this...
Saturday, Hubbs and I took the kayaks to the river for probably our last trip of the year.
ducks and geese,
so I took my camera in hopes of getting a few good pictures.
Blue herons seemed the most plentiful.
Sitting on the bank,
they would take off in flight as we approached.
I love these giant birds and their quiet, graceful flight...
legs extended, neck tucked...
skimming along right above the water, never touching it.
Sunday we stayed home and caught up with a little work around the farm.
Planting garlic for next summer's harvest...
Baking pies from our plentiful butternut squash...
(same recipe as pumpkin pie)
Hanging out with the horses, yesterday afternoon,
I wondered what the horses would do if they saw themselves on my i-pad screen,
so I turned the camera around so that they could see themselves on the screen.
Here are the equine versions of "selfies"....
Needless to say, they were quite curious about the horse in the screen!
- A Perfect Summer Weekend
It was a perfect summer weekend...and boy, did we pack a lot into it! Our newlyweds, Tim and Amanda were home for the weekend,so we took a trip to State College (PSU) and attended their Arts Fest.We sat and watched the Bubble Man blow the most enormous...
- Of Ducks And Garlic
I have avoided talking about our baby duck situation...because we lost our entire batch of 17 ducklings.Unfortunately, Mrs. Waddlington was not a good mother.She was frequently off galavanting around the farm, leaving her babies to fend for themselves....
- 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...
- 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...
- The Arrival Of Autumn
We have had such unseaonably warm temperatures during September and October. As a result, the trees have held onto their green for much longer this year. Just within the past two weeks, however, have we begun to see our forest's colorful Autumn transformation....