Month: March 2020

& Just like that farm life has gotten busy! Due to a neighbor’s bull jumping two fences last spring, our heifers have started calving one month earlier than expected!  Never a dull moment out here!!!

“From Pestilence, Famine, & War: O Lord Deliver Us.” There’s an old Litany of the Saints Prayer book in our little old church that had this line in it that we used to pray.  It rings much truer to me now!  I remember being about 9 years old and asking my Dad what pestilence meant.

✝️Does anybody else miss going to Mass? I really rely on my Sunday routine and miss being in God’s house! We’re going to “have televised Mass,” with some hymns by Andrew, we’re really hoping the Bishop will allow us to use our little country church during this time.”🛐

Every year I hope for a 100% calf crop.  On Monday we lost our first calf.  It’s hard to start the year that way.  My heart hurts for the mother.  I’ve been told three things, “Once it stops hurting to lose a calf, get out of the livestock business.” A neighbor told me, “if you’re going to have livestock, you’re going to have dead stock.” Our 4 year old asked if the calf can come back to life?  I had to explain that death is final.  It was a tough day for the family, we grieved.  The last rancher I talked to was on Friday, he asked how everything was going and I told him about our loss and he said, “well you can only go up from here!” I appreciate optimism.

God gifted us with a gorgeous day with summer like weather and it’s not even spring on the calendar yet!

We love our little jewel!  Andrew and I have been so blessed that she has remained so healthy, so alert, and so strong.  Any home can be a happy home when the Baby is healthy!  

Hope everyone’s Lent is going well.  Today is windy!🌬️. But it appears Spring has Sprung weather wise in Haymarsh Valley with mild temperatures… will be interesting to see if March has come in like a lamb or lion?