I woke up this morning, feeling a bit beat up. I’m not sure if it was the excited energy of yesterday (jam packed with chores and cleaning and prepping in anticipation of our good friends arrival for an evening full of good food, tasty drinks, and moon watching to go along with a sleep-over, or if it was the busy-ness…
-
-
It all started when Akuna, in what I can only imagine was an attempt to escape the property over a portion of barbed wire fencing, sliced one of her toe pads straight open creating a deep and painful gash that has required all kinds of TLC and daily first aid… And continued with the flat tire that was luckily caught the evening we…
-
Working since 6:00 this morning in an effort to flex a little time this afternoon with Sprout since I’ll be working all.day.long. tomorrow, the house and property were quiet for hours before everything (everyone) began stirring. As per our agreement, Kim was to take care of Sprout and the animals while I hammered out some Training Prep for tomorrow and…
-
Utilitarian, beautiful in it’s simplicity, incredibly helpful at keeping the livestock in and the predators out (as long as we keep it up and in good shape), and fun to photograph! Who knew? 😉 And, just for fun… xoxo, M In response to the Weekly Challenge – Grid
-
AMONG THE ROCKS by Robert Browning Oh, good gigantic smile o’ the brown old earth, This autumn morning! How he sets his bones To bask i’ the sun, and thrusts out knees and feet For the ripple to run over in its mirth; Listening the while, where on the heap of stones The white breast of the sea-lark twitters sweet.…
-
We don’t need the acequia now as much as we did at the height of the season, now with the garden all shutting down and the fields browning despite our best efforts to keep them green. The cooler nights and shorter days are quietly calling for everything to stop trying so hard to battle against the high desert of…
