We had a lovely, sunny day in the fifties

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It was so wonderful! The sun was shining so brightly I needed sunglasses. And boy, did the snow melt! The entire west side of the goat shed slid off with a roar, dumping three...

With my canning, growing plants, and bulk bags of seed, our back porch is...

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As there's scarcely enough room to walk through there anymore, Will decided to make some shelves to go on the log wall to hold some of the bags and boxes that are now on...

Finally, our snow is going, going … but still here

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We still have too much snow to walk in the garden or backyard. But the driveway is bare around the buildings and we're starting to see flower beds and a bit of grass. Hooray!...

Sunny, warm fall weather lets us get lots done

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Finally, finally, the rain has stopped. We've had four wonderful, sunny fall days. The leaves have turned and are all gold and red. Beautiful! Last Friday we had a pair of Whistling Swans stop...

It never rains but it pours

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Okay, Will had his heart attack (and recovered), his cow dies, and our water line to the house froze. Then somebody bought up the 80 acres between our big Pines Forty and the road....