• 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…