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 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.
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
Inside the house, Abby’s amaryllis is blooming very nicely
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.
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.
Back outside, Tim & the Cattleman spread some seed before the first rain came
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.
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!!
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!
