Elaine | October 24, 2010
I bet everyone wishes they had a porcupine chicken, humm? This was a favorite hen of one of the old roosters. She is molting now and her feathers are starting to come back in. I think she looks exactly like a porcupine. Not only that but she is not the only one! Y’all come back [...]
Elaine | October 23, 2010
We said Goodbye to a dear friend today. Roscoe had been with us for almost sixteen years! He showed up on our doorstep as a tiny puppy the night we got home from our honeymoon. God’s little wedding present. The boys helped us pick out a burial spot this morning and then they even helped [...]
Elaine | October 16, 2010
Every once in awhile I have a camper here on the farm. Rudy is one of the more frequent campers. We got a cold snap the night before last so it is a little chilly until the afternoon. I caught Rudy napping in a sunbeam. Then he caught me taking his picture. about 15 mins [...]
Elaine | October 15, 2010
I was cleaning up the garden getting ready to till it for winter. I thought the sweet potatoes were a bust this year as well. Everything else was a bust this year, why not the sweet potatoes? Boy was I wrong. I told Jacob he could dig for some if he wanted. After the fourth [...]
Elaine | October 4, 2010
I was doing my evening barn chores, with the boys’ help, of course. I had just about gotten everything accomplished before milking and I could hear the boys but didn’t know what they were doing. They were done in the barn but I could still hear them laughing and talking. I peeked around the milk [...]
