Last year the garden was planted and then ignored. Cancer happens and every thing else goes on a back burner. This year we are trying a different method of gardening. We decided to put down garden fabric to control the weeds. We have a ton of lovely compost and thought it was time to use […]
Cutting Down Trees Around the Pond
Our pond is surrounded by trees. When we moved here there were a lot of trees. Four years later and the trees are huge. In this picture you can see a Great Blue Heron in a Willow tree. The branch it is sitting on was horizontal to the ground. Michael and the boys started to […]
Our Family is Growing
No, not the four legged ones. We are officially all sold out of baby goats. I mean the two legged ones. Baby chicks! Let me back up a bit. Our 15 chickens are over three years old. That means their egg production is decreasing. We needed to start thinking about what to do with our […]
Snow in Amity
Snow? Nope The weather people keep teasing everyone with the possibility of snow. I don’t mind that because I know the weather people are rarely correct on their predictions of snow. Western Oregon is difficult to predict for any type of weather except rain. We are close to the ocean, we have the Coast Range, […]
Baby Goats!!!!
The barn and soon to be the whole upper pasture is bouncing with baby goats. Guess how many…..6? Nope……8? Nope…..keep guessing……12? Nope 15 babies all cute and cuddly. It began on Wednesday January 31. Michael was out of town and the boys and I were all getting ready for school . Nicholas does the chores in […]
♫Honey, Honey, Honey ♪
The date : September 6th. The accomplishment: honey extraction. Casualties: one stabbed palm, one cut across a thumb and, one bee sting (all mine). Thank goodness for extra special friends. Our dear friend Nancy came down from Milwaukie yesterday morning to help me with honey extraction (Michael was in chemo). I really would have messed things […]
August Happenings on the Farm
Yes, I’m writing a post on the Solar Eclipse day. We are pretty excited to live within the path of totality. All we have to do is walk out the door, put our glasses on, view it and then walk back into the house. I’m old enough to remember the one back in Feb. of […]
A New Gate, Pretty Flowers, and Cancer
Life hasn’t slowed down at all. I spent the weekend with my youngest niece while her parents flew to California for a vacation. She is beautiful inside and out. Great laugh. Update! Update! Get Your Cancer Update! Tuesday we had our first appointment with the oncologist. Great guy. He has been a doctor for 40 […]
Climbing on Mom
Just some fun pictures of Brown Sugar’s now one-week old buckling. He has certainly found his legs. All done. I’m so cute, I can get away with anything. It’s a good thing a mother’s love is so strong and they are so lightweight at this age. Hope this put a smile on your face, Karen
And Then There Are Eight
From two babies to eight. Here is how it happened. Wednesday was a busy day for our family. We all had appointments and thus were gone from late morning until mid-afternoon. We knew we had four goats with expected due dates this week so we checked on them before we left home. We have been […]
First Baby Nigerian Dwarf Goats of 2017
Brown Sugar gave birth to two adorable kids last Thursday. Meet the first babies of 2017. That is their heated dog crate. Since these two were born during 14° temperatures, Michael cut a hole in the top of the crate and inserted a heat lamp. Michael said when he was growing up, his uncle, who […]
Brrrr, It’s Cold.
Our temperatures have been below freezing since Sunday.We are having some serious winds but, it has been mostly dry which is what I love. Clear skies and below freezing temperatures don’t make me as cold as when it is any temperature and raining. Rain chills me to the bone. Here is what our pond looked […]