I never, ever tire of looking down the valley, towards the head of the Cove; in late afternoon and early…
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Ag Day
It’s been raining and raining and raining and raining and…remember the old Andy Griffith comedic routine? It’s been a wet…
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Alpaca Shearing Day
Today was alpaca shearing day Mary Martin’s. As you may recall, Mary helped at Thistle Cove Farm on sheep shearing…
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Since The Late Unpleasantness
We’re the third owners of Thistle Cove Farm, at least, since The Late Unpleasantness as Leslie Shelor once told me….
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Cove Life
Today was breathtakingly beautiful. The sky reminded me of New Mexico, with wide sweeping vistas, white white clouds and the…
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Blustery Cold and Snowy Day
It’s been a day, several actually, but there’s no way to catch up, only to say a few words before…
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Sabbath Keeping
“What I do is me, for that I came…” There are words that catch our souls on fire, that light…
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Sabbath Keeping
Yesterday, April 4, was Sheep Shearing Day. Clinton Bell, is shearing one of my Shetland sheep while, in the background,…
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Farm Life This Week
It’s been a week! We’ve had a bit of snow, a lot of rain and the sun was able to…
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Fiber Arts Friday Carnival
The two hand dyed skeins of yarn are farm spun while the naturally colored yarn is mill spun. I bought…
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Farm Happenings
We’ve had a couple of warm, sunny days and that means farm chores. This week the farm chores are getting…
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