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Frozen

For the past four days we have had some cold temperatures here on the farm. A lot of things are covered in ice. It sure is pretty.        The pond started to freeze. Apparently the pond has frozen enough in the past that it was used for ice skating. The boys took ice off […]

Our Affectionate Animals

Michael has been taking care of opening the barn in the mornings. It helps me to not have to rush getting everything done before I wake the boys up at 7:30. I miss seeing the animals each morning though. I went out in the afternoon to visit the chicks and the goats. Apparently Brown Sugar […]

My Handy Hubby

Michael has been hard at work checking projects off of his list. He is quite the renaissance man. First it was plumbing….. Now it is electrical. One of the things we thought would be good to have is a light on the barn that is triggered by motion. If any critters (coyotes mainly) were to sneak […]

Just Stuff

Hi there. I thought I might share a few pictures. Just fun stuff being out here in the country. This is a fort the boys have been building. The positioning of the three trees made a great spot for the fort. It is at the edge of the upper pasture and overlooks the lower acreage. […]

Water Logging

One of the projects Michael wanted to get done this weekend was pulling old logs out of the creek. The water is really low and it seemed a good time to do it. We will leave some logs for the fish but it has too many in it and they must be pulled out. Here […]

My Mornings

Well, it is no longer light at 5:00 am and it certainly isn’t as warm/dry. But other than that my mornings are just about the same. Seven.days.a.week. I wake up somewhere between 5:00 and 5:30. After the usual shower and getting dressed I sit down in the “sun room” (can it really be called a […]