A friend of ours rang me up to say hello and see if we’d be interested in going to one of these Christmas markets that are oat-and-aboat at this time of year. There were things for the kiddies, so how could I resisit?! It was in the village of Fourcès. Were someone to blindfold me [...]
Archive for December, 2011
Nothing perks up the soul like a warm, sunny day in December (well except maybe hot chocolate by the fire after a long day working in the cold). Today was dry so Brent and the gentleman helping us with the barn roofing could move swiftly fixing the crazy holes and damage incurred during the mean, [...]
I’m not even sure how it happened, but I launched a Chess game on my computer. It must have been one of those gaps like during those two days before and after the All Star Game where not a single professional sport is being played. I had ten minutes where I could sit down and [...]
Brent has been working and designing cattle pens. We are designing a pen for low-stress animal handling. Brent took pieces from low-stress animal handling experts that work with our size herd as well as our animal handling skills. The result is simple and something the cows will happily trot through. We’ve used the existing pens [...]
wild palombe. four of these babies given to us from a friend. PeeWee : But what? Everyone I know has a big “But…? C’mon, Simone, let’s talk about *your* big “But”. Who knew that PeeWee’s Big Adventure would be so deep. Somehow this gem hit our screen a few weeks ago and carrying an arm [...]
Mr. Vine Man came to finish the vines. It turns out he brought a truck to haul out the hot wire. I tried to rush and get my camera to capture the smoking wire as it smoked a trail down our driveway, but one can only run so fast carrying a baby in the backpack. [...]
