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29 Monday Apr 2019

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Ok, everyone- I just want to let you know that my laptop is not turning on… why? Who knows? What this means is that I’m going to be blogging from my phone. What that means is that the posts are gonna be Shiite and sweet for a bit, until I can figure out what’s up, or rather, get someone else to figure out what is going on. I guess you can figure out that this has nothing to do with the title, right?! Continue reading →

fri-yay!

26 Friday Apr 2019

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friyayLooking forward to this weekend. We have some fun things planned as well as some projects and I’m hoping to get them all in. We also want to take care a few things for impending events. We can talk about those later.  I can tell you that we are still on duckling watch. Had a short scare that she’d given up this morning, but she just got off the nest to stretch her legs and get some fresh air. Sue was telling me that is smelled really bad in there this morning. So the mama maybe needed to clean out her nose for a bit. Either way, she got back on the nest and doesn’t seem to be giving up just yet. We’ll let her decide. Continue reading →

life’s roses

24 Wednesday Apr 2019

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FullSizeRender - 2019-04-24T164456.974One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today. – Dale Carnegie
In my mind, this post was going to take on a slightly different slant, but then Sue sent me this beautiful photo of the old-fashioned climbing rose growing over at the “dinky house”. It is so genuine and gorgeous. Easiest care rose around this place. It grows when it’s time, blooms when it wants; is as happy as punch if you simply remember to water it every once in a while. Brings a smile to my face whenever I think about it. Got me thinking – what else around our farm gets us smiling? Turns out that there’s quite a lot that does! I really need to think about this today. Continue reading →

back to normal?

22 Monday Apr 2019

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normal12Monday finds us back to normal; as normal as we’ll ever be, I guess. The cow poses an interesting question. What is our normal? I suppose I’d say the part of our life that is normal are the “chore” periods. We normally do chores three times a day: feed, water, gather in the morning, feed, water, gather in the afternoon, put everyone to bed in the evening. That happens every day. without fail. Everything else is a toss up. Weather affects everything we do, obviously. Weather may be predictable, but the forecasters are rarely 100% accurate. So that throws “normal” out the window. We just play everyday by ear – plan as much as we can and make up the rest as we go along. Continue reading →

the morning light…

19 Friday Apr 2019

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FullSizeRender - 2019-04-19T152734.737…the lily white, declare their Maker’s praise. Sometimes you hear God, via hymns, in the simplest of things. Sue sent me this photo with the title “morning light through the RCW”; immediately “This is My Father’s World” began going round my brain. We’ve been taking an extra close look a our Father’s world this week with my folks. Mom especially. We have been walking over the property and finding little wildflowers that she hasn’t seen before, looking them up in the books, agreeing (or disagreeing on the identification) only to have to look them up again because we’ve forgotten what was decided. Almost the same thing happens with the birds. I do believe we finally agreed that the mama bird taking little tasty treats to the babies in a tightly woven nest build in our porch eaves, is a Cactus Wren. Took some convincing to bring mom over to that way of thinking. We’re always seeing renewal and rebirth around us. Often accompanied by silliness and laughter. Continue reading →

wednesday – short day

17 Wednesday Apr 2019

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IMG_4376So, we know that Wednesdays are always short blog post days; I think that today might be even shorter. Sue has been entertaining my folks during the day, until I get home from work in the afternoon. Today they did the round robin of feed store, grocery store, and Walmart. Dad drove, so that was the big outing for today. Mom did the watering for today, it being Water Wednesday, after all. Sue turned on the orchard for an hour; it’s doing quite well. I’ll do the gabion garden right quick in a few minutes. There’s just not a whole lot going on that’s new and interesting to report. I can say that Thumper’s foot is doing a great deal better today. Swelling has gone down a lot and he’s hobbling around on all four feet. I think in a couple of days – if he’s smart about things, he’ll be right as rain. One of the most exciting things that happened this week was Dad’s gifting of “extra” tools that he wanted to get rid of – he sent a list to Sue and she said, “Bring ’em all!” So he did. A scroll saw, little saws-all, drill, two circular saws.  Not bad! Thanks, Dad! Continue reading →

finally

15 Monday Apr 2019

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IMG_4374It feels like it’s been weeks, but really it has only been one. You’ve just missed us that much! So much has happened… I have no idea where we’ll start. I have no photos; really, I just checked. So I turned around and took one. Hey, that’s Pops! Yes, that is right. The Parental Units are here for a visit – through Easter and, as long as it doesn’t snow any time this week, they’re taking the 5th wheel back home and seeing if my brother will do some work on the water tank and other little things that have been bothering them. Sure is nice to have them with us for Holy Week. Dad asked me what we have planned for them, and my answer was, “Probably more church than you’re used to!” We don’t make them go- but they like to hear Sue play the organ, so go they shall. Anyway, that has nothing to do with the update, more to let everyone back home know that they made it here safely. Continue reading →

here we are…

12 Friday Apr 2019

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Bite-off-moreIt is late on a Friday night, and I know it seems that we’ve disappeared; however, in reality, I just seem to have bitten off more than I can chew at the moment. This Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week, our choir is doing a Cantata at all three worship services, I volunteered to create the slides this Sunday and next. What was I thinking? Well, I’m done with the first Sunday now, so – if you’ll be a bit more patient with me – tomorrow night I’ll catch you up on the goings on down at the farm. (How ’bout all those prepositions?) Thanks much. We’ll be back soon! ‘Night.

sprung

08 Monday Apr 2019

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IMG_4347We’ve been doing quite a few posts on Spring and how it’s sprung up all over around here. Guess what? We’re going to do another one today! We have something interesting going on with one of the ducks that we want to share and we have more flowers blooming. This photo is of one of the iris I brought with me from California. It is the first time it’s bloomed since we’ve been here. I think it finally bloomed this year because we had a nice wet winter. We’ll also talk a bit about what went on over the weekend, and the current project Sue’s working on. Ready?

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pollen

05 Friday Apr 2019

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pollenmOK, yes – I skipped a day. It’s always difficult for me to get back on track when I’ve been traveling for a while. We’re on our way to being normal again. I came back home and the landscape was completely changed. Pollen is everywhere! On the wind, on the ground, in the house… everywhere. Rather takes its toll after a while. This cartoon rather sums it up for me. Continue reading →

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