We worked super hard to get ready for freezing temperatures
Around here, hard freezes usually come way before this. And we're so grateful that this year we had a very long fall so we could get more and more of our crops harvested before...
What a whirlwind weekend!
I'm sure you've all had those days, but our Saturday was a humdinger. We'd been hard at work all day. Will was working on our new pasture fence and I was harvesting beans and...
Our first calf of the year arrived yesterday
This calf is so cute! He's out of our favorite heifer, Hope, who has always been a huge pet. All of our cattle get scratched, petted, and fed treats. All have names. Such softies...
Wow, today it warmed up to 1 degree above zero!
I drove to the post office to mail seeds this morning after chores, figuring I'd make a trip to the 25-mile-away town of Virginia afterward, to do a little shopping. Nothing major, you understand,...
Getting back to normal
After last week's scare with Will's heart attack, then adjusting to life afterward, we're back to a kind of new normal. No sugary goodies or cases of Pepsi for Will, handy at all times....