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Happy June!

June 2, 2020 / / 0 Comments

Grandpa Russell’s mare had a baby filly on June 1, a good start to June!

Schwan’s man came, sometimes a break and treat are well deserved 🍦
The Lilly of the Valley from Andrew’s mother are coming in!
Iris.
The hostas from Great Aunt Neva are coming nicely.
Many blossoms on the strawberries.
I drove the children to the dentist this morning for a checkup and stopped by Cashman’s nursery and bought some of their last impatiens, it’s nice to see color again where the tulips were.
My good little helper!
Every baby born at St. Alexius gets a tree from Cashman’s Nursery. It’s a silver leaf maple tree. Daddy picked a spot and now Mary and I are going to plant it.
We decided to call in the professionals.
The start of my herb garden! Alyson, from my book club, shared her chives with me.

Working Calves & Excellent Help

May 31, 2020 / / 0 Comments

This past week I had the honor of getting to know my niece and nephew better as they stayed for a week to learn about Life on the Farm.  We also had a most wonderful calf working crew numbering 27!

Heading out to gather the herd!
Andrew snapped this picture when they were rounding up.
Here comes the herd!
An excellent rope horse.
Lunch time!
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Such an amazing helper!
He helped me rototiller the pumpkins, squash and zucchini.
He got to harrow a little.
Hoeing potatoes.
Moved heifers to a summer pasture.

Twinkle ✨

May 22, 2020 / / 0 Comments

The boys decided on the name Twinkle for the new filly.  Her dame is Star.  So I thought that was fitting 🙂

Leading Jet, Twinkle, and Star to their picket lines.
Memorial Day is Monday. We went to St. Clement’s cemetery to locate the deceased Veterans. Forever grateful for being born and raised and continuing to reside in the Beautiful U.S.A! God Bless America & Happy Memorial Day!

Potatoes and Ponies

May 20, 2020 / / 0 Comments

A couple of potatoes popped up.

Potato.
It’s so neat to glance out and see him jumping off and on his pony. She’s getting used to him and he’s always very good about asking me if he can work with his pony so that I am able to keep an eye on him.
More tulips opened. It doesn’t appear as if any daffodils are coming!?! Hmmm.

Flowers!

May 16, 2020 / / 0 Comments

“Flowers… are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty out values all the utilities in the world.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Our Little Flower!
Ever since we had that streak of tough luck, I appreciate every healthy calf we get!
He has really enjoyed watching the 🌷 grow and now bloom!
It is fun watching Andrew work the field while I do dishes! I didn’t have to go very far to bring him lunch!
Gifted this beautiful pot! 🤍💜💝

Rain & Rough Day

May 13, 2020 / / 0 Comments

It’s raining today. That’s good. We had a rough day with the cow herd.  After a wonderful streak of tagging 6 to 9 healthy calves every day since April 24th, we had the misfortune of losing 3 calves in the last couple days.  Two were unexplained deaths and one was deformed.  We were having such a fantastic run with the majority of our herd calving in 18 days.  We have approximately 30 head to calve out still and the calving is starting to slow, tagged just one calf yesterday.  Hoping we can wrap up the calving season without anymore losses.  The cloudy, gloomy weather just adds to the sad losses found today.  The rain is much needed though.

This poor momma cow is searching for her deceased calf. Death can be so sad.

Grandma Mary is 95!

May 11, 2020 / / 0 Comments

We aren’t able to throw Grandma a big party today, I’m so happy there was a big party for her 90th birthday.  Happy 95th birthday, Grandma!  I always thought 100 was a nice round number; good goal to aim for 😉

A picture of Grandma as I remember her in her farmhouse. Looking forward to celebrating with her once we’re able to enter the nursing home.
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