The one thing I will miss the most with summer ending is the evenings spent out on our deck simply watching our birds enjoying their free ranging. We've already had some evenings that were too chilly or rainy for sitting out, but there will still be plenty more to enjoy. The colors in our gardens are slowly fading but they are not giving up yet. As you can see in the … [Read more...]
Farm Life – Taking Care of Each Other
I recently wrote about how Luke and the Dadz were taking care of me while I’ve been busy getting my business going, and how Dadz and I were taking care of our injured hen, Martha. First, I want to thank everyone who sent good wishes for Martha, she is recovered and back with the flock! We feel she may never be back to completely normal – her eyes seem droopy and she can still … [Read more...]
A Farm Girl’s New Dream
At the end of last year, just before Christmas, I was again faced with losing a job – the bookkeeping work I was doing mostly from home. However, I had three more bookkeeping jobs lined up as possibilities. Just after Christmas, I found out two of those had fallen apart. Not only was I losing that client, but another client I had started working for in the summer wasn’t turning … [Read more...]
A Not-So-New Normal
This pandemic has affected us all in many ways, some far worse than others obviously. Today we are most thankful for our health (knock wood); I say as long as we can stay healthy, the rest of this is just inconvenient. For us here on our little farm, not really much has changed anyway. As a shy introvert, I could be the poster child for social distancing on any given day … [Read more...]
Bring On the New Year
Happy New Year! While this new year is going to present some more challenges for me work-wise, I’m determined to be optimistic and focus on the good things it will bring. I’ll be losing one of my bookkeeping clients as he is selling his business, so I will need to replace that income. While selling my homemade and farm products is enjoyable for me, it’s just not bringing in … [Read more...]
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