Animals
Sadly, the most interesting story of the weekend is one for which I have no picture.
Hubbs came face to face with a black bear on Saturday night
while taking Annie out for her bedtime potty break.
The bear simply lumbered off into the woods...unafraid.
I know.... a picture would have been great!
- Why Am I Working While Everyone Else Is Sleeping?
Finally,after months and months of waiting...Spring has arrived on the farm! Yesterday reached 68 degrees.I worked in the garden for 6 hours in a t-shirt.Let me tell you...it was heaven.The feel of sun on my skin...wind in my hair...heaven! And while...
- A Very Hoppy Birthday!
What a weekend!Where do I start?Yesterday was my birthday...and once in a blue moon it falls on the same day as Easter...making it a very Hoppy Birthday!! It was a perfect weekend.Saturday's weather was superb... sunny and 52 degrees. Given the choice...
- Brighter Days
Before getting to the heart of today's post,I must tell you that I was overwhelmed and humbled by the outpouringof love and sympathy that was bestowed upon me yesterdayover Hickory's passing. From the bottom of my heart....thank you. Today we...
- In The Heat Of The Day
What a splendid week of beautiful weather we have had....sunny days, warm temperatures, balmy nights.The warm temperatures have given my garden boxes a jump start.The onions are up about 4 inches.The radishes and sugar snap peas are up.I have spent the...
- Garden Party
The really warm weather that we had last week may be gone for now, but signs of Spring still remain. This past weekend Hubbs and I finished moving oak bark mulch into the vegetable garden. (A big thanks to our adopted "son" Tim for moving...
Animals
Wild and Wooly
Happy Monday!
I hope your weather is as beautiful as ours has been these past few days.
Our days have been sunny and cool...
the wind blowing through the trees and the birds singing joyously!
I am once again loving hanging out the laundry and working in the garden.
I am once again loving hanging out the laundry and working in the garden.
A portion of my weekend was spent in the garden.
I planted carrots, beets, spinach, and some of the seedlings that were growing in the greenhouse.
Our garden boxes are now filling up with radishes, spinach, lettuce,
sugar peas, kale, chard, onions, garlic and perennial herbs.
We took the dogs for a hike.
Annie had her first hike off-leash through our woods.
She stayed pretty close to Oakley...so we had no worries.
Hiking was interspersed with horseplay with Sam.
Our garden boxes are now filling up with radishes, spinach, lettuce,
sugar peas, kale, chard, onions, garlic and perennial herbs.
We took the dogs for a hike.
Annie had her first hike off-leash through our woods.
She stayed pretty close to Oakley...so we had no worries.
Hiking was interspersed with horseplay with Sam.
Sadly, the most interesting story of the weekend is one for which I have no picture.
Hubbs came face to face with a black bear on Saturday night
while taking Annie out for her bedtime potty break.
The bear simply lumbered off into the woods...unafraid.
I know.... a picture would have been great!
It's that time of year when our goats look more like sheep
that are desperately in need of sheering.
With the frigid winter that we had,
they all grew a thick undercoating of fluff
that is starting to shed.
Feeding time usually ends up being a grooming session
as I pull handfuls of wool from their coats.
As soft as it feels in my hand, I would have thought it would make soft yarn,
but last year we had it spun into yarn...
and it ended up rather itchy.
So, I suspect this year's shedding will end up as lining in birds' nests.
In mid-shedding, Andy looks as though he has dreadlocks!
By the way, there has never been a goat more difficult to photograph than Andy.
He runs like the wind as soon as I point the camera in his direction.
By summer, everyone will be sleek and lovely again.
For now, though, they are a rag-tag bunch of wild and wooly goats.
You have probably figured out that I am just loving Springtime.
I'm even loving all of the work that goes along with it.
The work will pay off...
by mid summer everything should look spectacular!
You have probably figured out that I am just loving Springtime.
I'm even loving all of the work that goes along with it.
The work will pay off...
by mid summer everything should look spectacular!
- Why Am I Working While Everyone Else Is Sleeping?
Finally,after months and months of waiting...Spring has arrived on the farm! Yesterday reached 68 degrees.I worked in the garden for 6 hours in a t-shirt.Let me tell you...it was heaven.The feel of sun on my skin...wind in my hair...heaven! And while...
- A Very Hoppy Birthday!
What a weekend!Where do I start?Yesterday was my birthday...and once in a blue moon it falls on the same day as Easter...making it a very Hoppy Birthday!! It was a perfect weekend.Saturday's weather was superb... sunny and 52 degrees. Given the choice...
- Brighter Days
Before getting to the heart of today's post,I must tell you that I was overwhelmed and humbled by the outpouringof love and sympathy that was bestowed upon me yesterdayover Hickory's passing. From the bottom of my heart....thank you. Today we...
- In The Heat Of The Day
What a splendid week of beautiful weather we have had....sunny days, warm temperatures, balmy nights.The warm temperatures have given my garden boxes a jump start.The onions are up about 4 inches.The radishes and sugar snap peas are up.I have spent the...
- Garden Party
The really warm weather that we had last week may be gone for now, but signs of Spring still remain. This past weekend Hubbs and I finished moving oak bark mulch into the vegetable garden. (A big thanks to our adopted "son" Tim for moving...