On Saturday Ethan went out to do the chores very early so we could drive to South Florida to visit Ethan’s Grandmother for her birthday (she’s 97 this year!).It’s amazing how different it looks out there in the morning. We are usually there in the evening for the late afternoon/sunset. The shadows, light, and wildlife…
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Better
I’ve been feeling better this week. The weather is slightly drier and cooler (whew!). This time of year down here is like February for everyone up north – you don’t go out much, and when you do the weather drives you back inside after a little while. At least I don’t also have to shovel…
The Truth
I was just looking through the blog archives for a specific picture, and realized what a crummy job I’ve been doing writing here. I’m sorry, for myself and for whoever is even trying to read here. The truth is, I hate being on the computer. It wastes my time and leaves me feeling icky. The…
Creepy Guy Antics
Last week, before we knew Ethan would be sent out-of-town for work, we had separated Flora and her calf (who ended up being called Ninja – he was always hiding somewhere. More than once we thought he was lost). The other cows were right on the other side of the fence for a few days,…
Surviving
I’ve been feeling very quiet lately. And there hasn’t been much time to write. Ethan was out of town last week, we had all the chores to do ourselves for a couple of days. But home school planning is mostly complete, there’s one garden bed built for fall, and we all survived – except Mirin…
Creative Pickles
I thought I had gotten a lot done at the farm this weekend, but really I mostly moped around and complained about how hot it was. It’s been REALLY hot – too hot to do very much of anything outside. It’s sunstroke weather. A little bit of pickling got accomplished, however. I realized I had…
Cowboys and Crazy Cows
Mirin riding on Geranium It’s been so hot and dry…and it’s only June. Tropical Storm Bill is sucking up all our rain somewhere in the gulf. Somehow the grass still managed to grow, and yesterday a storm went so close to us, the thunder seemed right overhead, and I, always lightening-shy since my 5th grade…
You Know Your Garden is Overgrown When….
you find a wild turkey nest tucked into the zuchini! I came across this egg the other day, and picked it up thinking Ethan had accidentally let one of Gorgeous’s eggs roll off. But then I noticed it was in a nest! (Gorgeous, by the way, was one of the turkeys we had raised…
Cows in Love
I didn’t know cows could fall in love….but Isla and Explorer apparently are. They are always mooning about each other, licking necks and goring each other playfully with their horns. Isla is the only cow Explorer will allow to share the water trough with him while he is drinking. It’s very romantic. I guess she’s…
Protesting Cows and the Playground Nanny-state
While we were in France we let the cows have most of the pasture to graze on, thinking it would be too much for my mom to move fences every day. They loved it and gorged themselves. But now that we’re back, we have to feed them hay while we wait for the grass to…
Goodbyes Are Sad
Our plumbing was back to misbehaving again, and even backed up into the laundry room, but hopefully that is all smoothed over. It always feels like our house is on the verge of some sort of collapse. It was the 1950’s version of the modern stucco-and-particle board cookie cutter house – some things were not…
Adjusting
It has taken a week to get used to always being hot and sweaty, but I feel like I have acclimated. Yesterday it was 78 F, and the wind felt incredibly cool because it was not 90 F. I have also realized how incredibly beautiful the clouds are in Florida, especially the purple, billowy ones…
Toadstools And Fairy Rings 