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The girls & I made a Memorial Day weekend visit to Lime Springs with my parents. My grandma was born here, on her grandfather’s farm northeast of town. First we stopped at the cemetery. A couple of my Civil War … Continue reading →

Morning tea. Farmers market. Catching up with our Mennonite friends at their greenhouse. Supper get-together complete with beanbags and campfire. A really, really good Saturday.

The day was like my own quiet rollercoaster. Maybe I would have felt better if I’d thrown some rocks, too.

A walk through the pasture at the end of the day brought us upon this… …our last remaining muscovy duck. He does have some company. I counted 11 Canada geese along the creek this morning, and spotted a Mr. and … Continue reading →

Things I’m doing right now: * Getting ready to start another summer of farmers markets * Getting ready for the end of the school year and the beginning of softball/baseball season * Wondering if summer will ever arrive this year … Continue reading →

Our spring piglets are here! One sow had 12, and one had 14. I think they each still have 10 at this point, which are really good numbers considering we farrow outdoors in large huts with no heat lamps. Good, … Continue reading →

The laptop is on the blink (still), thus the lack of posts. I have a camera full of spring farm pictures I’m dying to download, but until then… Did you know April is National Poetry Month? I’ve been reading my … Continue reading →

This is something I wrote sometime in the spring of 2010, forgot about, & recently rediscovered. I’m publishing it here for the first time. I feel inadequate to tell the story. Or any story for that matter. What words could … Continue reading →

It occurs to me that a blog is quite a bit like a romantic relationship. It starts out all fresh and new and oh! so! exciting! You have so much to say to each other. You miss each other (or … Continue reading →

Nine is picking out a really real bow. Quite an upgrade from your starter bow. I don’t even know what all that stuff is on there. Nine is turning into a reading machine. Nine is going from not being able … Continue reading →