Over the weekend we went out to do the milking, and saw two of the baby goats (Huck and Sid) playing rambunctiously together.“Where’s Tom?” I asked Ethan, who was in the paddock with me.We walked all around the paddock, which is fairly small, but there was no sign of him.  May suddenly realized she couldn’t…

May’s baby was born last week.  He looks just like May!  And he got the long Nubian ears that are so adorable.  May has tons of milk this time.  Mirin and Rose are bitterly disappointed that all the babies so far are boys.  They were both hoping to name them after My Little Ponies.  (I am…

{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.}

We have begun the GAPS diet this week. Since Mirin was very young he has had mood behavior issues that are directly related to things he eats.  Last fall he had some cake at a friend’s wedding, and was miserable for weeks afterwards.  We tried to do this for him when he was very young,…

Yesterday morning I heard a strange tapping on the front window.  When I opened the curtains, Penny was standing on the windowsill peeking in.  Later, we discovered her sitting in the egg basket that Ethan left on the front porch.  She looked very comfy. She made herself a little nest and when she got up,…

Peek-a-boo!I do hope this becomes more of a habit.I thought I might write a little about the gardens–my winter garden, and my dreams for the summer garden– Thanks to our friend Danny, we found a wonderful source of horse manure.  It’s a horse-boarding place, there’s tons and tons of it, and they are so happy…

It’s been so long now since I have written here.It has been on my mind so often to write about such-and-such, but I never seem to be able to find the time these days!  But I have carved out a little today, so here are a few random pictures– Last year we had a good…

The Summer garden has reached the point where things have mostly been harvested and plants are getting the crispy-and-brown-around-the-edges look.  The black cherry trees have begun to show yellow spotted leaves and the pastures are rank with bahia grass gone to seed. Even in the very hot, humid weather these days I have felt a…

It has really been a long time since I’ve written here–so long that I’m not even sure what my last post was about!Sooooooo much has been happening, I’m afraid I won’t ever be able to catch up.  Things have been going so well, but not necessarily documented and written about.  I have kept up my…

I’m just peeking in here.  I feel bad I haven’t posted in so long, but my hands have been full–specifically full of Clothilde.  She really can’t stand it when I’m on the computer.  In fact, she screams her face off if it looks like I might be working on the computer.  I’ve tried setting her up…

Here’s Bee, the magical escaping pig (she literally ripped apart a hog panel–have you seen how sturdy those things are?) and her five sweet little piglets.  They look a bit like little dalmatians, because they turned out so spotty.  Our other Glouchesershire Old Spots are not at all as spotted. We were worried about the piglets,…

The last post was not a happy one–truly that week was just awful.  Not only did we lose Mairie, but a Glouchestershire Old Spot sow we had just bought busted out over a hog panel and through another fence and escaped.  She was due to have piglets in just a couple weeks.  We were hoping to…