The day after Christmas the high temperature reached 43 degrees Fahrenheit!  This this made for a beautiful day even though we knew that the silver lining was surrounded by a dark cloud… Kim enjoyed the weather anyway and lingered in the barn doing chores and visiting with her animals. However, the temperatures dropped below freezing [...]

Filed under: Home, Pets, Weather on December 28th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Believe it or not this photo was not staged!  On Christmas day Basil decided to take a nap on the presents underneath the Christmas tree.

Filed under: Basil, Home, Pets on December 26th, 2008 | 3 Comments »

There hasn’t been much exciting going on at our small farm now that winter has settled in with a vengeance. A couple of Kim’s chickens died last week (probably of exposure as there were no marks on them), but otherwise it’s amazing how hardy the farm animals are in the bitter cold we’ve had lately. [...]

Filed under: Home, Weather on December 21st, 2008 | No Comments »

Bob, one of my few loyal readers from work, yelled at me the other day since I hadn’t posted on the blog recently.  My excuse of course was that I hadn’t had anything notable to blog about.  I also would prefer to add photos or videos to the entries as well, and I didn’t have [...]

Filed under: Home, Home Projects, Pets, Weather on December 12th, 2008 | 1 Comment »