Captured by Sarah Photography ~ August 29, 2012

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Thursday, April 9, 2015

with a nod to a daybook

 

Whichever daybook prompts come to mind I guess… with help from my photo files.

Outside now – Accuweather says it is 45F with a real feel of 33F.  And I think our window thermometer would agree.  We’ve had a pretty strong round of thunderstorms roll through here again this morning, so it is cold and wet – and muddy of course. 

But so far my forsythia is keeping its blooms so I am thankful for temps above freezing.

Actually there has been a lot happening outside here on the farm…

Sunday morning {Easter} our calving season officially began!

Patty    Keiko

Patty took first place honors with the arrival of Anastasia {which Abby tells us means ‘resurrection’ in Greek}.  Later in the day Keiko’s calf Lily arrived. 

And sometime early Monday morning, Valerie’s bull calf Hus arrived as well. 

Valerie

Hallelujah’s new calf was born on Tuesday, whom the Popper has named Hydrangea.  We are thankful for the new shed that has offered some shelter from the rains this week.

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Looking further back to the previous week – Mr. W. came to disk our field on March 30

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Inside the house, Abby’s amaryllis is blooming very nicely

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And you can see some of the forest of growing things that are longing for the great outdoors – and this was almost 10 days ago, so they are bigger now  of course!

The Popper’s daffodil is trying to bloom too.

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This radish sorta got overlooked in my window box of greens – and overgrown.  Can you see how huge it is??  I should have taken another photo with size reference before they ate the spicy thing, but alas, I did not.  You will just have to believe me.  It was huge.

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Back outside, Tim & the Cattleman spread some seed before the first rain came

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Of course we’ve had daily days – our school year is wrapping up.  {woot}  All three have finished their math courses.  The Cattleman finished English.  He and the Popper both completed research papers.  The Cowgirl must still be working on hers.   We finished reading from our TruthQuest Guide as well as spines – ahead of schedule – love that.  So we will enjoy reading Co. Aytch.  Oh, and we finished our 2014 photo book at Shutterfly – it arrived in the mail earlier this week.  The Popper already broke a string on her ‘new’ violin, so I will have to do something about that soon – as in, today if possible.  I am attempting {one day’s efforts so far} to make use of a free online budget application that Dave Ramsey promotes – Every Dollar.  We shall see how far I go with that little project.

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The past week or so I have been glued to my little laptop watching another health-related seminar.  This one is called The Truth about Cancer:  The Quest for the Cures Continues.  (<—click for hyperlink)  I think I have 3 episodes left to watch.  It’s one of those online seminars you can view for free for 24 hours before the next episode takes its place.  {Each day’s episode is only about an hour, so it’s not an all-day commitment!}  Anyway IF you are at all interested, the currently available episode 9 is to include doctors who have battled cancer with alternative solutions themselves.  The one thought I will leave with you, even if you don’t choose to look it up:  Cancer is a symptom of a sick body.  If you can keep your immune system strong enough, the idea is that God made our bodies to heal themselves – or keep from getting the terrible disease.  The doctors interviewed have varying views of whether you can completely avoid ‘conventional’ chemo/radiation, but I am a firm believer in the Hippocratic oath of “First do no harm.” 

{putting my soap box back in the closet now…}

 

:::Great News of the Day:::

According to FlightView, our Kate has less than five hours remaining on her flight from Beijing to Chicago!!

http://www.flightview.com/fvPublicSiteFT/FlightViewCGI.exe?qtype=gif&acid=UA850&depap=PEK&arrap=ORD&depdate=20150409&pctcomplete=62

 

Sooo on that note, I’ve got places to go and things to do!  {It’s also violin & piano lesson/groceries & errands day before we take a drive to the DsM airport after supper.}

Ciao for now!

Friday, May 3, 2013

when life gives you lemons…

 

…make lemonade.

When it snows in May… go sledding. 

 

The snow continued all day, although it did start to melt.

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Today the snow continues…

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So the Cattleman built a snowman  :)

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Thursday, May 2, 2013

oh the weather outside is frightful…

 

 

…is not what we usually sing in May. 

But there it is.  Snow. Wind.  On the second day of May.

 

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Bullwinkle and the Jersey calves look sad {the cows are off in the far trees}.

 

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The blooming forsythia is probably not happy either.

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The high temp was ~80F on Tuesday; 50F yesterday; and currently 33F today.

But the weather is sure to warm up – and stay warm – one of these days.

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

spring {break} cleaning -- April




Caroline is hosting a spring cleaning this month at her blog, The Modest Mom...



She offers daily physical tasks as well as ideas for cleaning out our hearts and minds.  She began in her children's bedrooms last week; this week her focus is the master bedroom.

While my focus so far has been on our storage areas in the basement, it's been good to read these posts. 

Clean Sweep: Dusting Away the cobwebs from our spiritual and temporal lives

Thursday, April 29, 2010

signs of spring... summer is coming!

Green is the color of growth... Pastor H. talked about being like an evergreen on Sunday:  they grow all year long, but it the spring they have a major growth spurt that you can see.


These pansies survived the winter under a thick blanket of snow... what a pleasant surprise to find them alive and happy this spring!


These beautiful blooms are almost gone.  It's been very windy.



I don't remember seeing actual flowers on these plants before.  I wish I'd seen them before they began to wither.  I don't even remember what the plant is called... I thought it started with a "B" but this bougainvillea doesn't look right either.  Very strange.  Can't find it on the Jung websiteAnyone know what this is??


Can't tell you what this is either - I know we bought it at Holub's 8 or 9 years ago  :-)


One of the hawthorn trees...


And of course, my two-year-old geranium.  :-)   I finally moved it outside, so it has taken a real beating in the wind today.  I wonder if I should bring it in before it really storms? 

Monday, April 5, 2010

our own March Madness

The water softener went kaput... the kids enjoyed the big box while Tim worked to install a new one.



Friday of Birthday (& TFC) Weekend, we grilled steaks and had cream puffs (profiteroles) for dessert, as per the Popper's requests.  The Cattleman's wish was for mashed potatoes with gravy and a two-layer birthday cake.  I suggested Miss Artist bake the cake (from scratch) on Friday.
Saturday was a L>O>N>G> day at Talents for Christ.  Here we're waiting to enter the room for Miss Artist's turn to compete.


To celebrate both birthdays and TFC competition, my folks took us out for supper at a nice restaurant ~ The Machine Shed.  The kids seemed to perk up again when we got home... played basketball, rode their bikes, made noise,... decorated the cake!




The rest of us went to bed and left Miss Artist to finish her creation - and to clean up the kitchen - it was an especially long day for her!


Sunday we invited my folks for the homemade birthday dinner of beef roast, mashed potatoes & gravy, and of course, cake!  (and presents?)  Eight candles for the Popper and ten candles for the Cattleman ~ their friendship is such a blessing!



The Cattleman has decided he should be baptized soon.  He's been wanting a new "study" Bible ~ he and Tim are looking over his new Thompson Chain Reference  :-)


He also had a long list of garden seeds and plants, so he was pleased to open packages of peas, radishes, popcorn, onions, etc.  And the Popper's been wishing for a sewing box... complete with gadgets and fabric for new pillowcases.


Thanks, Grandma (&Grandpa)!

Monday, March 15, 2010

what a week can do

In our yard there is a little drainage ditch from the field to a culvert (under the road) to the hill down to the river (follow that?)  Anyway, here's the culvert end of the ditch last Saturday (March 6).

 

And again yesterday (Sun, March 14) ~ note the SUNshine :-)  We didn't see much of that all week.


And here's the field a week ago. 


And again yesterday.



Tim added the stove pipe and got it going this weekend  :-)  The basement is much drier and warmer now (in-floor heat).  yAy! 




Here are the boys who stayed home to play basketball yesterday.

 

And my pansies which have been covered with snow since early December.  We're curious to see if they'll continue to grow this year ~ amazing.