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Pony pasture and Scoria

June 10, 2020 / Monica Jacobson / 2 Comments

The children, especially Simon, Grandpa, Grandma, and I fixed up the pony pasture by pulling out a fence and fixing the perimeter. There were three loads of scoria delivered and paid for today. Andrew wants to touch up our driveway a bit and Grandpa wanted to continue working on a road that will make it easier for trucks to deliver grain.

Twinkle appears to be happy in her new pasture.

Pulling up posts and rolling up old wire that used to be a dairy calf pasture from when we used to purchase dairy heifer calves and raise them to maturity back in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Checking out their new pasture and watering tank.

Andrew working on the Scoria after supper, we went to work on weeding the pumpkin, squash, and zucchini patch.

Mary’s Maple

June 9, 2020 / Monica Jacobson / 0 Comments

Mary’s maple sprouted some leaves!

Hoping to keep this tree alive especially during this dry year! I imagine it would be just wonderful if she is able to sit in the shade, relax, possibly reading a book someday when she is older 🌳❤️📖

The tomatoes transplanted nicely, the cauliflower did not.

The ducklings are growing like weeds and our 2 year old had to be taught that the ducklings tank is not a recycling bin. The boys named the biggest duckling Fluffy, I am not able to distinguish Fluffy from the rest.

Mix Up

June 8, 2020 / Monica Jacobson / 1 Comment

By accident, we mixed up two cows on Saturday, so today, when checking the herds to make sure everyone was okay we had to correct that mistake by rounding up a cow and calf and taking them to the rented pasture where their correct calf and mother were.

I mistakenly thought this cow was the cow in the picture above, her baby was so happy to see her!

After we checked all the pastures and all of the pairs seem to be correct and happy, Simon was able to gather a beautiful basket of eggs.

Pleasant Evening, Moved out Pairs & Graduation Party

June 7, 2020 / Monica Jacobson / 0 Comments

We’ve had a very busy weekend!

Friday evening was beautiful! I love our house! Every once in a while I’ll see it at a new angle or in a new shade of light, Andrew did a nice job! ❤️ 🏠

We moved out pairs on Saturday. It was terribly windy.

First Niece to Graduate! I remember very well attending her Baptism, my goodness how time flies!

A colorful rainbow and sky greeted our arrival home last night. Magnificent! Thank you Lord for the moisture!

Andrew’s parents gave us some dianthus for our yard, they are blooming!

Baby Ducklings 🦆

June 5, 2020 / Monica Jacobson / 0 Comments

This morning at 7 a.m. the post office called me and said the baby ducklings had arrived. The two oldest boys have talked nonstop, especially the second oldest about ducklings this entire spring. They asked Grandpa Russell to order White Peking and Rouen ducks.

With the amount of joy in this house, you would have thought it was Christmas today, they were very excited about the ducklings.

Finished product, except we might add some perennials eventually.

The potatoes are coming in very nicely, a little crooked, but nice. I guess that’s what happens when a four-year-old & seven-year-old plant the potatoes.

The sweet corn popped up! 🌽. It will need to be cultivated but it is up!

Andrew’s been using his John Deere mower from his parents to keep the churchyard tidy.

Perseverance

June 4, 2020 / Monica Jacobson / 0 Comments

Everytime I see Speckles’ mother in the pasture I think of the perseverance of Andrew and Grandpa. They lifted her twice a day for 21 days straight not knowing the outcome. It appeared that she had given up on life and then an Easter miracle! Andrew went out to the barn to see her standing on Easter Sunday. She doesn’t look great but she’s on the mend and she’s a testament of perseverance. The Bible parable of one lost sheep makes more sense to me now. Even though we have so many healthy cows I get so happy when I see this one!