Animals
- Checking In With Ginger And Maryann
These days if we want to see the porcine princesses,we have to visit them in their winter palace. It's been way too cold for pigs this past week. They have been staying in their house,nestled snugly in a bed of hay with a warm heat lamp radiating...
- It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like.....winter!
Winter arrived this weekend, and we plunged headlong into the holiday season. Despite the calendar claiming it still to be Autumn,our world was a frosty wonderland Sunday morning. Nighttime fog had enveloped every bare surface and frozen there by morning......
- It's Beginning To Look....
Due to the fact that yesterday was my day off farm chores(thanks to Jim filling in for me)and also due to the fact that I am under the weather right now(my annual dose of laryngitis).... I spent no time with my precious four legged friends yesterday...but...
- Rainy Silliness
Yesterday afternoon I ran to town to do some Christmas shopping. I left the Littles in the front pasture for the afternoon, as the weather was cold and cloudy. Sometime while I was in town, however, it started to rain. This is what I came home to......"Hey...
- Feathered Friends
We have become quite fond of bird watching at Bee Haven Acres. We keep our bird feeders full and provide nesting boxes for the bluebirds. Quite often we will stand inside the front windows with the spotting scope or telephoto camera lense focused on...
Animals
Winter Quiet
Another Christmas holiday has come to a close. It was a wonderful holiday here at the farm this year....filled with family and friends.
A few days of rain followed by bitter cold has slowed life down a bit. Daily chores are made up of mostly just the essentials....keeping manure cleaned up and plenty of feed to keep the animals warm.
A few days of rain followed by bitter cold has slowed life down a bit. Daily chores are made up of mostly just the essentials....keeping manure cleaned up and plenty of feed to keep the animals warm.This time of year gives us more indoor time....time to reflect, time to plan, time to reorganize our lives.
Bird watching is great right now as the cold weather drives more and more of our feathered friends to our feeders. Here are a few that visit with regularity.
Mrs. Downy Woodpecker
Mr. Downy Woodpecker
Mr. Cardinal (Mrs. visits, too)
Having the kids around over Christmas gave us a chance to stock up on firewood. Nothing makes me feel warmer in these cold winter months than knowing we have plenty of wood on hand.
This picture of our wood pile was taken with my Christmas present.....yes, Santa was very good to me...there was a wide angle lens under the tree (Thank goodness that Santa reads my blog!)
- Checking In With Ginger And Maryann
These days if we want to see the porcine princesses,we have to visit them in their winter palace. It's been way too cold for pigs this past week. They have been staying in their house,nestled snugly in a bed of hay with a warm heat lamp radiating...
- It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like.....winter!
Winter arrived this weekend, and we plunged headlong into the holiday season. Despite the calendar claiming it still to be Autumn,our world was a frosty wonderland Sunday morning. Nighttime fog had enveloped every bare surface and frozen there by morning......
- It's Beginning To Look....
Due to the fact that yesterday was my day off farm chores(thanks to Jim filling in for me)and also due to the fact that I am under the weather right now(my annual dose of laryngitis).... I spent no time with my precious four legged friends yesterday...but...
- Rainy Silliness
Yesterday afternoon I ran to town to do some Christmas shopping. I left the Littles in the front pasture for the afternoon, as the weather was cold and cloudy. Sometime while I was in town, however, it started to rain. This is what I came home to......"Hey...
- Feathered Friends
We have become quite fond of bird watching at Bee Haven Acres. We keep our bird feeders full and provide nesting boxes for the bluebirds. Quite often we will stand inside the front windows with the spotting scope or telephoto camera lense focused on...