Adventures in Haymarsh

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Twinkle ✨

The boys made their first pony sale.  Twinkle has a new home.  Beth is an excellent horse trainer and has a 5-year-old daughter and a three year old son that are so excited for their new pony!  We couldn’t ask for a better home for Twinkle.

Saying Goodbye to Twinkle, but since Beth helps us move cattle, I have a feeling we might see Twinkle again.
Twinkle ✨ is going to a great new home.
The new owners 💜💙💛
Shipping out the 2nd round of yearlings.
We’re blessed to know such great stockmen/women!

Fieldwork

Andrew is out harrowing the field prepping the ground for some drought tolerant clover he’s going to plant.  As you can see by the dust, we could use prayers for adequate rain.

“The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn’t still be a farmer.” — Will Rogers
Meanwhile, they’re giving their car a good wash.
Saturday morning chores, it’s supposed to get up to 61 degrees today.
We ate supper out on the porch on March 13th, that’s got to be some sort of record. It was nice of my cousin to come help us set up the corral to sell another round of yearlings.

It’s Official 🙂

It was imperative that the new little calf get a personalized ear tag (if you know our second child, you’ll understand this statement).  Thank goodness for Grandpa and his help… The only thing is we’re going to have to tell Grandpa that it’s spelled Sh ei la!

She’s a cutie!
Gotta 💜 small town papers.
He was able to help out at St. Ann’s too!

First calf!🌟

We had our first calf of 2021!  Andrew was able to witness the miracle of life during morning chores, before he left to do a full day of school observation since he’s on the School Board.  Ambrosia is our milk cow, and Ambrose named the new baby heifer, Sheila. 💖

When everything works out and everyone is healthy, it is such a blessing!🌼
Mother love 💕. The kids and I wanted to get close to get a better look at the little calf, but mama cow was telling us to stay back for now.

Stations of the Cross✝️

Our Bishop approved Stations of the Cross at St. Clements for the remaining Fridays of Lent.  We had a beautiful gathering of 14 participants with our oldest being able to help out for the first time by carrying the cross.💜

We had a couple hundred feathered friends in our backyard last night. They are so interesting to watch.
Story time is up and running again! It was wonderful to reconnect with all the mothers and catch up. The kids enjoyed the craft and story.
Planting seedlings for the garden!
I joke with the children that our chickens color us Easter eggs. The hens have really picked up in production these last couple of days.

In the good old summertime🎶🌞

It may say March 3rd on the calendar but it feels more like spring.  On Saturday we’re supposed to get in to temperatures that will feel like summer weather🌡️

We had to play yard games with the nice 🌞 shine.
We overdressed when we went to gather eggs.
An Araucana chicken.
A Silver Laced Wyandotte hen.
A Black Star hen.
Afternoon Siesta 💤
She got a sun hat from her Godfather for her birthday, well today was warm enough to use it! She definitely inherited Andrew’s fair skin so, we were glad to have it!
It was so nice to have such beautiful weather to walk over to Grandpa and Grandma’s house! 💛🏘️💚
We couldn’t resist pulling out the chalk and doing some artwork in the sunshine.☀️

Duck Eggs vs. Chicken Eggs

The Master Chef this morning for breakfast cooked up a duck egg and put it in one bowl and a chicken egg and put it in the other bowl.  I believe the final vote was three to 2 in preference of duck eggs over chicken eggs.  The duck expert on the farm claims that White Peking ducks have 200 eggs a year on average and the Rouen ducks are not actually very good layers.  Part of the discussion was how duck eggs are a bit more grittier.  I, for one, prefer our fluffy, tasty, chicken eggs.

Family chore time 💙💛❤️💚🧡💜🤍
A duck egg.
“The family is one of nature’s masterpieces.” –George Santayana
Cozy Saturday Mornings @ 🏠.
Stations of the Cross last night. Stations of the Cross has become one of my favorite prayers over the years. The simple, meatless, soup suppers afterwards are enjoyed by all. Community and gatherings are so important for the human soul. We feel very blessed to live where we do, where the Parishes have really “kept calm and carried on.”

Much Joy 💖

There is so much joy being a Homemaker.  Feeling entirely Blessed to be a part of these little ones’ lives full time.  I’m going to miss the little pitter patter feet sounds and the simple joy that is contagious around children.

So excited to greet the Big Brothers as they arrive home from school.💙💕💛
We’re getting some moisture! God is good!

Loss

We lost a big, beautiful, bred, 5 year old, Black Simmental/Cross cow on Saturday.  It’s sad and frustrating because there was no apparent cause of death.  I keep going back to the saying, my Grandma used to say, “If you are going to have livestock, you’re going to have dead stock.” My Dad shared this article he just read, I guess we’re not the only ones.

It’s really fascinating watching the daily patterns of the yearlings and heifers. There is a heifer that always takes the lead and as soon as she starts moving the rest follow. They have a grazing pattern, napping/rest pattern and heading to water pattern.
I know it’s Lent…but yesterday our second and I were grocery shopping and the Valentine’s Day flowers were free, and we just thought there was enough life in the flowers to make a pleasant sight, so it looks a little like spring in the dining room. Also, we had a dusting of snow last night and then a morning rain shower. It’s so dry here, we’ll welcome any kind of moisture. 🌧️
…& now we’re having a snowstorm.
The boys enjoy filling in their Lenten calendars. If any of you mothers of young children would like to use this countdown too, let me know.
She loves to “read” her books.
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