December 5

 

Creek Reflection

First Snow of the Season

 

Just getting started


 

Hot chocolate and popcorn...


 

...with marshmallows...


 

by the campfire!

December 4

 

Echinacea in snow

December 3, sort of

 

Why, yes, I did forget to take any photos yesterday, just 1 day into my commitment to the December Photo Project. So this is one of the first ones from today, starring Odin.

December 2

 

Spontaneous paper chain making happened at our house last night and this morning. And yes, that is dirt on the windows, not on the camera lens.

DPP: December 1

 

OK- so not exactly an award winning photo, but I didn't know I was going to need one for this photo challenge and I only had a couple to choose from that I just happened to take on Dec 1...

December Blogging

So, I'm a day late, but I just discovered this and want to join in! To catch up, I'll post a photo for yesterday and one for today and then try to stay on track for the rest of the month. We'll see how I do when it comes to holiday travel time...

Farm Decisions

Well, we finally made some decisions about how to balance the arrival of a new baby in May and what we have going on with the farm. After much deliberation, we are selling our Jersey heifer.



I knew early on that we didn't need to have a lactating bovine along with a lactating me. It took a little longer to decide to not keep our unbred heifer at all.

We have had some responses to an ad we posted to sell her, so I am hoping to have everything taken care of before winter sets in. As much fun as it was hauling 5 gallon buckets of water from inside the house out to the barn in two feet of snow and freezing temperatures last year, I thought it might not be *quite* as much fun while 6 months pregnant. But who knows, maybe I'm wrong...

Regardless, it was still a difficult decision and we'll all feel some sadness when Ellie finds a new home. We all know it is for the best, though. Just having her for the past 19 months has taught us so much about cows, farm life and ourselves. And honestly, one of the best lessons was learning that I think I may be more suited to having goats!

Next challenge will be to restrain myself on my garden seed order...

Our New Neighbors

We're all excited about the new abode on the farm!

 

It started out looking like this:

 

But with a lot of this:

 

It turned into this:
 


There's more finishing work to be done, but Ben (my brother) and Stacey moved in yesterday. And so the adventure begins- Ben & Stacey embark on their tent-living adventure and we all embark on our pseudo-communal-living adventure. Fun and challenges to come for all. I'll post more detailed pictures of the building process soon. They should be adding a working door today!

New Plan

So, what if I just write a new blog post every four months or so? Hmmm... might be too much to expect.