• Ducks

    Muscovy Duck Cuddles

    Who knew that Muscovy Ducks would become some of my very favorite critters on the farm?! Don’t get me wrong, I have a deep affinity for the chickens and goats and turkeys and barn kitties and dogs, too!  But the ducks just have me feeling all warm and fuzzy these…

  • Everything Else

    Barn Dance

    Just because sometimes one needs to move. . . And another needs to smile (or even laugh in appreciation) at the silliness of it all. . . I share with you today. . . Jay Lavery’s Barn Dance. I dare you to dance a little yourself today (and every day…

  • Everything Else

    Morning Walk – New Year’s Day

    In order to celebrate a proper closing of 2016 and ring in the New Year with a (relative) bang, some friends spent the night with us on New Year’s Eve with their three-year-old. The kids played and watched a couple of movies while we ate a Steam Pot, enjoyed desert,…

  • Everything Else

    2016 into 2017

    2016 was quite a doozie, but they really all are, aren’t they? If we’re paying attention, staying present, pushing ourselves to learn more/do more/be more. . . If we’re standing firmly in our Learning Zone, open to new ideas and opportunities, growing, changing, evolving as people on this planet, then…

  • Everything Else

    Warm December Days

    There is a cold front moving in as I type this but I can’t really complain. . . We have experienced an unseasonably warm December has been absolutely gorgeous! Light jackets, tons of sunshine, and plenty of opportunities for running / jumping / sweeping / watering /pure fun filled outside play.…

  • Goats

    Breeding Season

    Breeding Season appears to have actually been made up of just a few short Breeding Days. . .at least for Mama and Lucy. . . Since Ricky’s arrival, our three ladies have been in such a tizzy! Though in heat right before he got here, they all swiftly went back…

  • Goats

    Blue Eyed Buck

    So. . . This happened yesterday: Kim and I have talked at length about our next steps with this little herd of ours and the answer is that we have no definitive answer yet. We know we love keeping our three ladies. We know Mama is a pain in the…