• Goats,  LGDs

    Coyote Chorus

    We’ve been trying our best to intentionally spend more time with Akuna in the goat pen, training her to protect them and not play with them. The goal is for her to imprint on them, care about them and guard them, but not want to engage/play with them. Her job is to chase off anything that comes near them, but…

  • Create,  Goats,  If we were having coffee...

    If we were having coffee…

    If we were having coffee I’d hug you big and thank you for meeting me out in the hustle and bustle of holiday prep!  Then, I’d ask how you’re doing and what your plans are for Christmas (if you celebrate) and ringing in 2016?  I’d then tell you that we’re planning to stay home for at least the next week…

  • Create,  DIY

    Sky Blanket – Completion

    You guys, after all of the tracking and counting and working on this blanket for over a year in order to document 365 days of our gorgeous Northern New Mexico skies, I truly couldn’t be happier with the result! Not only is this simple blanket beautiful and so very warm, but it represents tiny moments taken every single day of…

  • Everything Else

    Counting the days…

    I’m not sure where the time has gone, but the last month has disappeared and I’d have to stop and think real hard about what each of the minutes and hours has disappeared into. There’s been work and chores and toddler busy-ness…there’s been this cruddy cold that’s hung on for weeks on end…and there’s been a blanket of funk that…

  • Create,  DIY

    Sky Blanket – The Final Stitch

    It took 378 days, countless skeins of yarn, and about a bazillion hours… But after waking up at 2:40 this morning (heavy with the weight of my job and too much stress for the night to hold), I finally finished my Sky Blanket! And so, with the sun still hiding behind the mountains and two 10 hour work days still…

  • Everything Else

    A Case of The Sundays

    Crisp blue skies, gorgeously warm temperatures, happy-in-their-dirt-baths chickens, curious goats nudging for scratches, a calm toddler, an agreeable pup (even on a leash held by the toddler), long walks and quiet moments letting the sun really soak in. An absolutely divine end to the weekend. Ans now I have a case of The Sundays. (The Sundays…You know, that sadness that…