Animals
- Spring Fever...continued
Although Spring is in the air...winter is still on the ground. Our farm is situated on the north side of a gradual slope,so we retain our snow for the longest time.As I drive through the countryside...I watch the fields emerge from beneath the snow.But...
- A Farm Day With Mrs. Murphy
(Today's "tail" is a little wordier than usual,but stay with it....I promise it will be worth it in the end.) In the early days of blogs, before we lived full time at the farm,there was a favorite one that I would read.It was written by a woman in...
- My Love/hate Relationship With Mother Nature
Today's post might be shorter than most.At the risk of sounding melodramatic, I must share with you...I am despondent. I awoke to a heavy frost yesterday morning.(We're talking ice in the goat's water buckets...that's how cold it was.)Apparently,...
- Quiet Friday
Well, Friday is here,and for once I find myself short on words. Bird's eye view of our gardenYep.It's unusual, right? I have nothing to say today, except that it has been an exceptionally busy short week.I've canned jam, made ratatouille,...
- A Day In The Life
I thought I would take you along with me to do the morning chores. You'll have to bundle up, it's freezing outside. Ten degrees with a wind chill of much lower....we'll be out for about 2 1/2 hours, so dress warmly! A warm hat and warm, waterproof...
Animals
What a Surprise!
I refuse to complain as I realize that many of you
are experiencing far colder weather than we are right now.
But let me just tell you that this is about as good as it gets right now...
my hair is plastered to my head from wearing all of this gear.
(What do you mean I'm not so good at taking selfies?)
(and no, I don't think my nose is really that crooked!)
I have been going outside to check on my friends every couple of hours....
throwing fresh hay to everyone,
filling water buckets (heated, of course),
trying to scoop poop (but it freezes as soon as it hits the ground and becomes like granite),
and making sure that all are surviving.
(believe it or not, this is in the sunshine)
The farm is a skating rink.
I'm wearing Yak Traks on my muck boots to keep from breaking a bone.
And I am still wearing yesterday's Under Armor.
Each trip outdoors is as short as possible...no time to take pictures.
We are all eating our way through the cold!
I hear that things are going to start warming up tomorrow.
Yay!
And now I really do have to go take a shower...
and put on a new set of Under Armor.
And that's as good as it gets.
Ok, it actually gets a little better....
Last evening, after I had already written today's post (above),
I sat down with the mail...
some seed catalogs and the newest issue of MaryJane's Farm magazine.
I opened the magazine and was oohing and aahing over the cute animal
pictures on this particular page, when I suddenly realized that there was a picture
that I had submitted some time back.
Our very own Moll, MaryAnn, and Milford were right there on the page!
How about that!
Ok, it actually gets a little better....
Last evening, after I had already written today's post (above),
I sat down with the mail...
some seed catalogs and the newest issue of MaryJane's Farm magazine.
pictures on this particular page, when I suddenly realized that there was a picture
that I had submitted some time back.
Our very own Moll, MaryAnn, and Milford were right there on the page!
How about that!
- Spring Fever...continued
Although Spring is in the air...winter is still on the ground. Our farm is situated on the north side of a gradual slope,so we retain our snow for the longest time.As I drive through the countryside...I watch the fields emerge from beneath the snow.But...
- A Farm Day With Mrs. Murphy
(Today's "tail" is a little wordier than usual,but stay with it....I promise it will be worth it in the end.) In the early days of blogs, before we lived full time at the farm,there was a favorite one that I would read.It was written by a woman in...
- My Love/hate Relationship With Mother Nature
Today's post might be shorter than most.At the risk of sounding melodramatic, I must share with you...I am despondent. I awoke to a heavy frost yesterday morning.(We're talking ice in the goat's water buckets...that's how cold it was.)Apparently,...
- Quiet Friday
Well, Friday is here,and for once I find myself short on words. Bird's eye view of our gardenYep.It's unusual, right? I have nothing to say today, except that it has been an exceptionally busy short week.I've canned jam, made ratatouille,...
- A Day In The Life
I thought I would take you along with me to do the morning chores. You'll have to bundle up, it's freezing outside. Ten degrees with a wind chill of much lower....we'll be out for about 2 1/2 hours, so dress warmly! A warm hat and warm, waterproof...