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…
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Well, if you’re paying attention, you learn something new everyday. For example, last night we learned what a goat in heat sounds like. Yep, you read that right. And so now we are officially tracking Mama Mello’s cycles with the intention of breeding her in December so that we can welcome our first kids to the farm next May. Ooohhhh…how…
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We’ve finally named the girls!!! I know, I know…it took forever! Let me officially introduce you to Lucy and Ethel. Lucy is the younger/smaller blondie, full of enthusiasm and curiosity… Ethel is a bit more calm and subdued but more than happy to go along for the ride when Lucy encourages her to do so. Ember can’t yet say their…
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Technology allows us to edit and crop the real life out of the “real lives” we all share via our websites and on social media. As a blogger, I want to document our journey while creating a pretty, inviting space that you, my dear reader, want to spend some time exploring. The truth is, though, real life, unfiltered, isn’t…
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The last couple of weeks have been a bit trying for me. Between work and home, there’s just so much to do and so little time! I’m exhausted all the time. Happy, but truly exhausted. I feel behind on everything. The garden is still being put in, we need to name and register the goats, and the weeds just won’t…
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The last few days have been a bit of a blur. It all started with the ending of another week and the beginnings of a whole new chapter in our lives and on our farm with the introduction of our very first milking goats! Since then, with a whole new routine building, we’ve spent a lot of time down in the…
