"If you choose not to have joy in the snow, you will have less joy in your life but still the same amount of snow." ~Walt Humphries Friends. This is my new favorite quote. It encapsulates so many imporant lessons for all of us. We can substitute many, many other words, phrases, and ideas in … Continue reading Joy in the Snow
Farm Life
Life Lessons on the Farm
Farming is a dichotomy. There are days of joy and days of frustration. There are moments of intense beauty and moments of intense difficulty. There are days of exhaustion and days of exhilaration. The animals bring joy and the animals bring sadness. The flowers grow and the flowers die. "The grass withers and the flowers … Continue reading Life Lessons on the Farm
Sunflowers and Weeds
Summer is both stunningly beautiful AND miserably hot here on Green Acres. In life, we have to accept the bad along with the good that comes our way. Push through the knee high weeds to capture the beauty of forgotten sunflowers. Push through an overgrown path to reach the ripened fruit. Look up high to … Continue reading Sunflowers and Weeds
Farm + City Connections
My life is so humorous at times. It is such a dichotomy due to the fact I lived in Houston, Texas for 50 years and still have many, many connections with friends and family from the world of education and NASA, but now I live on a farm and raise pigs, cows, goats, and chickens … Continue reading Farm + City Connections
Part 4: The Unfitted Farmhouse Kitchen Reveal +The Pantry
Well, Friends, here it is!! The moment you have all been waiting for! (Actually, it's the moment I have been waiting for! 😉 Our unfitted farmhouse kitchen is (almost!) complete!!! We have some bigger projects and some smaller projects that need tweaking, to be sure, but it is completed enough to share with you all. … Continue reading Part 4: The Unfitted Farmhouse Kitchen Reveal +The Pantry
Farm Antics
I've learned a thing or two about hungry cattle in the past six years. When you come out into the pasture with a bag of cattle cubes during a drought, even the most complacent cows become like the bulls you see on television during the Running of the Bulls in Spain! This morning, I felt … Continue reading Farm Antics
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