With a very busy weekend almost complete… Full of: Cultivating the garlic and up-potting tomatoes… Moving our compost pile and spending quality time with the ducks… Visiting a day-old calf and building a “living tent” for Ember (stay tuned)… Enjoying the sunshine and dirty, sweaty, down-in-the-dirt work… Sowing peas and…
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Next Saturday is technically Acequia Clean Up Day, but with help at hand today (brother and daughter), we decided to clean out our portion of the acequia this weekend rather than waiting. There were leaves to be raked and moved to the garden and mole hill remnants to be shoveled out……
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I’ve been driving myself a bit crazy trying to figure out if Mama is pregnant…reading a bunch of articles, constantly checking for signs of heat, watching her belly…all in the hope that she will, in fact, give us at least one (but maybe more!) kid in May! I am so…
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With two full months to go before our guaranteed last frost date, I’ve found myself incredibly torn by the pure beauty of these apricot blossoms (tickling my already antsy Spring Fever) and the acknowledgement that, unless we have a phenomenally warm spring with no frosts or freezes, these gorgeous flowers this early…
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It’s officially that time of year again! One of my very favorite activities each February is picking out the year’s flock additions. So, yesterday, after a long, exhausting day at work, we thought eight chirping, fluffy butted babies would be the perfect answer. They were! We are still looking to…
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{this moment} A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all…