Good Day Sunshine and... whatever comes our Way

Let us start the morning with duck and chicken eggs...  because we need a lot of protein for all the things we have yet to do!

Duck egg on Right

Outside, the sun is working it's magic on everything and everyone.  

Daffodils popping up everywhere

Ducks heading to the bog along with kids & dogs

Charlie Looking for Frogs

Elijah finding a floating jelly mass!  Some sort of Egg


Then on to Bush Creek to see how high the water got from all the rain

And lets finish it off with swimming in the pond, even though the water is freezing

And now it is time for the bees to arrive!  I painted the beehives today and tomorrow will set them up in a perfect spot!  

And as I write this, I am exhausted!  But I got a job today!  My son met a man from Gordonsville (down the street from us) who sells his honey at the same market in Arlington, VA.  After talking a while, my son found out he and his wife could no longer manage all the work of their 400 hives and were looking for some help.  So today I went with him to meet the couple and they hired me for 3 hours a day for 3 days a week to work in their kitchen.  They make everything from candles & granola, to all different types of honey products.  What a connection for me to learn how to make all these different products.  Just one of those 'connections'!! and .....saying 'YES'.

Slip Sliding Away....

Alyce and I are into our 7th week on the farm.  Last week I left the farm for a week to visit my parents.  There was no snow and the sun was warm where I had been.  Today, I have returned to the snow, the ice and the mud of the farm - and ...I liked it!  I believe this is becoming my home.

The words 'slip slidin' away' came to me as I was sitting on a stump near the burn pile.  I was eating a plum, soaking up the sun, day dreaming; and I had a sensation that I was slip slidin' away from the life I knew.  Slipping through the middle of what was my life; and sliding into a rabbit hole of another.  It was a little weird.

Speaking of sitting on a stump eating a plum... I had let my hand drop down with the plum in it.  The next thing I knew, a chicken and flown up and pecked the plum right out of it.  I did fight the chicken for my plum and won.

I am amazed that I get outside so much when the weather is not so pleasant.  And once out, the quiet of the place - in rain, snow, ice, or mud - takes hold.  We will see how it goes once there are many more animals to take care of and going out isn't a choice any more. Will keep you posted.

The big Black chicken that attacked my plum

As I write this, the snow is coming down yet again.  This is suppose to be the last hurray and spring is on the other side.  The beehives have to be painted and prepared for the bees arriving in April.  The barn apartment is coming along.  If all goes well, we should be moving into the barn the end of March.  Then we can move out all the furniture in the barn for the 100 chickens coming.  The fence has to be finished for the sheep and goats.

And every day ends with a bottle of beer or a glass of wine - and it is all good......

 

The Barn Apartment is Coming Along

Trekking through the woods