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Month: November 2017

Change is in the air

Change is in the air

Fall is quickly taking hold with the trees shedding their leaves and frost on the ground when I wake up. We put up more permanent fencing on the hill for the sheep to winter on.  The waters in the pastures this morning had a nice layer of ice on top that I broke apart for the animals. I realized that I have been feverishly knitting christmas gifts but don’t have a pair of mittens for myself. I worked Gus today…

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I’m going to live forever…

I’m going to live forever…

I have figured out why farmers live so long… because we are tough as nails.  All those times our farm animals give us small heart attacks makes our heart strong.  I discovered last night that a stray dog had run my horses through the fence and they were missing.  Thankfully my paint is afraid of water and didn’t cross the creek so they were relatively close to the barn still.  After catching them and locking them in their stalls I…

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