Animals
- Tuesday For You....friday For Me!
I can remember as a child my Nana talking of the "Dog Days" of summer.Although I was never quite sure which days were of the canine persuasion...I guessed they were the hot and muggy ones that usually accompanied August. If you asked me now...I'd...
- Laboring
Even though the calendar says we are still in summer...it feels like summer has ended.Don't you agree? Labor Day weekend always feels like the end of summer.I suppose it goes back to those childhood days, when Labor Day was the last picnic,...
- What Happened To Summer?
I have to tell you...it's been a weird summer! The weirdest (although I am not complaining one bit) weather I have experiencedin all of my life has been ours all summer long.Cooler than normal temps with more than average rainfall has made this...
- How I Got Here....
Quite often, when visitors come to our farm, I am asked if I came from a farming background. "No," I reply. But I have to admit I think it is in my genes.Ever since I was a little girl, I was happiest when I had dirt beneath my fingernailsand...
- The End Of Summer
Today is the last day of summer. Just when things were starting to get really beautiful in the garden... The vines are full and blossoming... something for which I have waited the entire summer. And with one frosty nightit will all begone. Until next...
Animals
Weekend Musings
It was a quiet sort of weekend around the farm.
Most everyone, except me, had places to go and things to do.
Sure, I had things to do...
but they all involved one corner of the farm or another....
particularly the garden!
I took quite a bit of time and cleared my kitchen counters of a week's worth of
freshly harvested produce,
turning it into pickled beets, yellow tomato chutney, and spaghetti sauce...
all of which will help to fill the pantry shelves in preparation for the cold months ahead.
After finishing the kitchen work,
I spent a little time outside enjoying the "feel" of late summer.
Although the gardens are at their height and bursting with color,
the nights have turned cool, the days are shortening,
and Autumn is whispering to me from just around the corner.
Do you feel it too? Has Autumn whispered your name, too?
The grapes are ripening...
the last of Summer's fruits.
All too soon, life will slow down to a different pace than that of Summer.
Weeding, watering, harvesting and food preservation will be finished in the coming weeks,
and days will once again give us time to relax.
For now, though, we grab the moments when we get the chance,
taking time to snuggle and cuddle.
And the beauty of it all is this...
no matter how much or how little time we have,
there is always some sweet soul ready to fill our laps and our hearts.
Each evening, before retiring to our own nest,
we take one last trip out to the barn for bed time feedings.
Ginger and MaryAnn eagerly await our arrival with their chow...
and never cease to make me smile,
not just a little upward crease at the corners of my mouth,
but a big, wide toothy grin!
I love those pigs!
And then, there's pensive Daphne, with her dreamy, far-away look
as she munches on her bed time snack.
These gals make me chuckle ...
"But they're cousins,
Identical cousins all the way.
One pair of matching bookends,
Different as night and day. "
(You have to be old enough to remember the Patty Duke Show to get that!)
Identical cousins all the way.
One pair of matching bookends,
Different as night and day. "
(You have to be old enough to remember the Patty Duke Show to get that!)
And so, with everyone happily munching their bedtime snack,
we head home...
to the comfort of our nest.
Tomorrow is another day...
with sweet surprises that await us!
- Tuesday For You....friday For Me!
I can remember as a child my Nana talking of the "Dog Days" of summer.Although I was never quite sure which days were of the canine persuasion...I guessed they were the hot and muggy ones that usually accompanied August. If you asked me now...I'd...
- Laboring
Even though the calendar says we are still in summer...it feels like summer has ended.Don't you agree? Labor Day weekend always feels like the end of summer.I suppose it goes back to those childhood days, when Labor Day was the last picnic,...
- What Happened To Summer?
I have to tell you...it's been a weird summer! The weirdest (although I am not complaining one bit) weather I have experiencedin all of my life has been ours all summer long.Cooler than normal temps with more than average rainfall has made this...
- How I Got Here....
Quite often, when visitors come to our farm, I am asked if I came from a farming background. "No," I reply. But I have to admit I think it is in my genes.Ever since I was a little girl, I was happiest when I had dirt beneath my fingernailsand...
- The End Of Summer
Today is the last day of summer. Just when things were starting to get really beautiful in the garden... The vines are full and blossoming... something for which I have waited the entire summer. And with one frosty nightit will all begone. Until next...