Recently, on social media, this photo caught my attention. Dave and I were so totally green at farming but God was (and is) good and kept us (me) safe and all the while teaching me lesson after lesson after lesson. One year we bought hay like the photo and it was enormous, easily weighing 1,000 pounds, perhaps more. It arrived…
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February was Tough but I Persevered
After I post this, I’ll begin answering your kind comments left lo! these many months. As you read, you’ll begin to understand. Also, there’s some glitch with adding photos so those will be added later. Hopefully. If you’d like to catch up March, April, May, June, July, and now August be sure to sign up with your best e-address so…
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If Trouble Don’t Kill Me I Reckon I’ll Live
~ Sadie Beau Hunkous, my final heartbeat ~ If trouble comes in three’s, the farm and I should be safe for a while. A very long while, please God. Today it was Sadie Beau Hunkous taking the rest of my battered and shattered heart. If you’re one of those people who don’t understand how animals are part of the…
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Faith Full not Fearful
Sadie and I as photographed by my sister and I’m not quite sure why dressing like this brings me such pleasure. The hat, shawl, apron, dress, spinning wheel…all hand crafted by loving hands. Even the shawl pin is hand made. Sadly, I’ve forgotten names but the shawl is hand spun, hand woven from a Michigan shepherd and the wheel from…
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Country Living Mindset ♥️
If you’ve always dreamed of country life now might be the time to put feet to that dream. If 2020 taught us anything, it’s life changes in a moment and today is the day because tomorrow never comes. This article gives an excellent beginning for making the move from city mouse to country mouse and if you remember Green Acres,…
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My Cheap Kitchen Solutions 💰
It’s that time of year when it seems everyone wants something, mostly monetary donations. I’m here to keep more of the dosh in your pocket; it may seem like only pennies but like Benjamin Franklin said, “Watch the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves”. My first cheap frugal solution concerns the kitchen. Some of the cheap frugal things…
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I Hate Saying Good-bye 😢
Pixie (Siamese), Hattie (calico), Grandma (gray) and Inky (black) I’m tired of saying good-bye. Tonight it was Hattie Cat, one of the first barn cats I brought to the house more than 24 years ago. Old age comes to those of us most fortunate and it came to Hattie, so named by Dave but unbeknownst to him it was my…
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Fire Starters – Fast, Inexpensive Small Gifts
~ ingredients ~ At the last farm, heat was provided by a couple of stoves…one was a black, round, potbelly stove that was used for coal and the other stove was a stove using wood. Dave always liked “fat wood” to start his fires while I, being the cheapskate, liked to make and use fire starters. Fat wood is, basically,…
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A Small Thing but My Own
Winter Farm Prep, Hodge Podge Catch-Up
Winter Farm Prep looks different for each farm but there are a few things that every farm has in common. My small garden takes an afternoon to prep while the prep for horses and equipment takes much longer. Speaking of the garden, I gather the last of the fruit and vegs then pull up the plants to take to the…
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