We all chose one thing we were thankful for this Thanksgiving! Luke is thankful to be an unofficial "farm dog". He enjoys his fresh eggs and vegetables from the farm! The Momz and Dadz are thankful for our home, our little farm and of course all of our animals, family, and friends (including online friends of course!). The chickens and guinea hens are thankful … [Read more...]
A Little Help from the Rainbow Bridge
I didn’t intend to write another sad story about how we lost another one of our chickens recently. After all, we have almost 40 birds, and sharing each loss will probably wear on me in time. But this story has a little extra something to it, something hopeful in the midst of sadness, that I wanted to share. I don’t want to go into the details of her illness, but one of our … [Read more...]
Happy Independence Day 2019
We hope everyone has a wonderful holiday weekend! Today we are thankful for our freedom, and for all who fought and gave their lives so we could gain and keep it. Here's a few ways we show our patriotism around the farm: And don't forget: Thank you to our friends at Brian’s Home for hosting the Thankful Thursday blog hop. Please … [Read more...]
Early Morning Walks
On this Thankful Thursday, Luke and I are thinking about how thankful we are for our (almost) daily walks. What I love about this time of year is that we don't have to wait until later in the morning for it to warm up before going for our walks. It's the opposite instead, we try to go early to beat the heat - not that we've really had much heat yet! Because the bugs are … [Read more...]
The End of an Era
That was how full our lives were of pets in late 2004, when our golden retrievers Sheba and Moses joined the family that Christmas. The first loss of that group came in spring of 2005, when our cat Don Juan went to the Bridge. He was 14, so we had already known that he would most likely be the first to go, even though it was too soon. The recent loss on April 25th of our cat … [Read more...]
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