Animals
- Re-introductions
Like much of the country, we've plunged headlong into the cold, cold, coldof winter.Although it is not nearly as cold as other places,I find myself with frozen fingers and toes each morning as I work through my list of chores. The days come and go...punctuated...
- A Perfectly Perfect Day
There is a time of day that is quite magical...those last few moments of darkness before the land begins to awaken with the rising sun. With a full moon casting a glistening shimmer to the pond,we start our day. Without the birdsong that accompanies...
- Peace And Quiet
I have so many favorite times of each day.Sunrise... when my world is just awakening... Then when the sun has risen just high enough above the horizon that the light is perfectand nature's colors become brilliant and alive... Then later in the morning,...
- Subject Matter
Each day when I compose my blog post,I worry that tomorrow I will have nothing to say, nothing to write. And then tomorrow comes and it is as full as today.I guess I should stop worrying about this. Take yesterday for example.... I began the day in the...
- Goat Tales....
Here is Myrtle, the amazing one-eyed goat. She is fully recovered from her eye removal surgery and getting along just fine. I am not sure if goats have the same depth perception that humans do as their eyes are more lateral on their face, but Myrtle...
Animals
You Wear It Well
Yesterday morning as I started chores,
I was surprised by how silent my world was.
No sounds...no birds, no owls, no wind... just silence.
I worked cleaning the dry lot in the silent, blue hour right before dawn
marveling at how peaceful the world becomes when there is snow on the ground.
It wasn't long, however, before a distant tractor motor broke the silence...
then ducks quacked and turkeys gobbled...
donkeys brayed....
and my magical moment ended.
By afternoon, the sun peeked out and blue sky was a welcome sight.
I was in the goat yard feeding the dwarf goats when I noticed Spider.
It seems he is beginning to shed his wooly undercoat...
gray "lint" peaking out from under his ebony fur.
He must have been scratching with his horn,
because he ended up with quite a collection of wool hanging from the end of it.
"You look quite silly, there, Spider!" I said.
"That might be," said he, "but I'll bet you cannot lick your nose with your tongue!"
"You got me there, Spider!" as I broke into the chorus of "You Wear It Well."
One of my winter goals is to work my way through my fabric stash...
sewing as many aprons as I possibly can before the weather breaks and
outdoor chores take precedence.
Yesterday's makings....
and....
both are for sale in the marketplace (see link below blog header).
- Re-introductions
Like much of the country, we've plunged headlong into the cold, cold, coldof winter.Although it is not nearly as cold as other places,I find myself with frozen fingers and toes each morning as I work through my list of chores. The days come and go...punctuated...
- A Perfectly Perfect Day
There is a time of day that is quite magical...those last few moments of darkness before the land begins to awaken with the rising sun. With a full moon casting a glistening shimmer to the pond,we start our day. Without the birdsong that accompanies...
- Peace And Quiet
I have so many favorite times of each day.Sunrise... when my world is just awakening... Then when the sun has risen just high enough above the horizon that the light is perfectand nature's colors become brilliant and alive... Then later in the morning,...
- Subject Matter
Each day when I compose my blog post,I worry that tomorrow I will have nothing to say, nothing to write. And then tomorrow comes and it is as full as today.I guess I should stop worrying about this. Take yesterday for example.... I began the day in the...
- Goat Tales....
Here is Myrtle, the amazing one-eyed goat. She is fully recovered from her eye removal surgery and getting along just fine. I am not sure if goats have the same depth perception that humans do as their eyes are more lateral on their face, but Myrtle...