Has it really been two years since I last blogged?
Of course it has. Don't have much time to post as the farm is doing well and keeping it pay for itself has turned to keeping me busier than I would like.
Load that up with children learning, household maintenance, and... well I'll try to do better.
I guess I'll start tomorrow.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Friday, September 11, 2009
Today of all days.
Our parents have Pearl Harbor and we have the World Trade Center.
Remembering that day on September 9, 2001 happens more than once a year.
When I see Veterans I always say thank you shake their hand and ask to give them a hug. It's not only for them but the others who continue to help protect us from such acts.
While speaking to my children this morning I asked them what made Pearl Harbor and The World Trade Center different and my son said "nothing". Both were acts of war. The difference I told him was that after Hiroshima and Nagasaki our morals were changed drastically. But how can one have a war without innocent people getting hurt?
The answer I gave was you can't. That is why our troops have been over in the middle east for so long. They are trying to get the factions that planned the attack, hurting as few innocent people as possible. Terrorists will always use a human shield of innocence, when they can, to protect themselves. The innocent will learn to stay as far away from the terrorists a possible (hopefully).
Unfortunately there are always those who haven't anything, that when promised something (anything), will do what ever it takes to achieve that given something.
Stalin, Hitler, Hiroshima and Lao controlled the populous by saying that they were down trodden due to others. They just gave a target and history repeats and repeats and repeats.
The only way that I see an end to war aggression is an end to the world. There will always be those who have and those who have not. Unless you are willing to do what it takes to make gains. Sometimes there is just nothing to be done on a large scale and it needs to start at the bottom and work its way up, together.
There will also always be those who want and take things that don't belong to them. Trying to gain the easy way. But at what cost?
So today is a history lesson. Today is a Critical thinking day. Today is a day to think outside the box of our own little existance and do something for the greater good.
Remembering that day on September 9, 2001 happens more than once a year.
When I see Veterans I always say thank you shake their hand and ask to give them a hug. It's not only for them but the others who continue to help protect us from such acts.
While speaking to my children this morning I asked them what made Pearl Harbor and The World Trade Center different and my son said "nothing". Both were acts of war. The difference I told him was that after Hiroshima and Nagasaki our morals were changed drastically. But how can one have a war without innocent people getting hurt?
The answer I gave was you can't. That is why our troops have been over in the middle east for so long. They are trying to get the factions that planned the attack, hurting as few innocent people as possible. Terrorists will always use a human shield of innocence, when they can, to protect themselves. The innocent will learn to stay as far away from the terrorists a possible (hopefully).
Unfortunately there are always those who haven't anything, that when promised something (anything), will do what ever it takes to achieve that given something.
Stalin, Hitler, Hiroshima and Lao controlled the populous by saying that they were down trodden due to others. They just gave a target and history repeats and repeats and repeats.
The only way that I see an end to war aggression is an end to the world. There will always be those who have and those who have not. Unless you are willing to do what it takes to make gains. Sometimes there is just nothing to be done on a large scale and it needs to start at the bottom and work its way up, together.
There will also always be those who want and take things that don't belong to them. Trying to gain the easy way. But at what cost?
So today is a history lesson. Today is a Critical thinking day. Today is a day to think outside the box of our own little existance and do something for the greater good.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Dentist, Hell's Kitchen
My mouth was in really good shape until I moved over the Ct. River.
I have had soft teeth and have tried to take good care of them.
Three years ago when my Dentist relocated I used his replacement who basically just did cleanings and fillings and sent me to a Dr. in Groton for some more extensive work.
Both screwed up big time and I am now paying the price. I now have four broken teeth with probably no recourse and no way to repair them.
Deep Sigh......There is no such thing as a one stop dentist anymore, much like every other aspect of life everyone has to have a specialty. It's not enough to just be you and be special.
All I can say is there is nothing special about me. Just a regular girl trying to make ends meet. Trying to raise regular children. Draw little attention.
So the real motto is keep low, attract no attention, volunteer no information.
Maybe I will look forward to gumming my food, most likely not. Love crunchy food. Lots and lots of bunny grub for me.
So after a lot of calls and web search I have found a Dentist I am willing to try.
Pain is an enormous motivator. I live with chronic pain so if I consider myself in pain it's just best people and critters stay away least I use my voluminous Opera Voice to convey my feeling and thoughts.
Speaking of Opera voice;
We have a local Chef (Kevin Cottle) who is on the Television program "Hell's Kitchen". Although not the type of programing I would normally watch, we are having a good time watching. Unfortunately the main character drops the F-bomb on a regular basis and calls those who fall below standards British slang cuss words. Insulting to say the least and although my children are watching with my guidance they are being shown how really nice Mom and Dad are (because we could always try to live up to that guys standard of verbal humiliations).
Since our budget around here is tight we don't have cable or a dish and we watch the following day on the web which is cool but the screen is pretty small. Still all in all good fun. We are rooting for the Chef from Connecticut and his professionalism is showing. My crystal ball reads that it will boil down to Kevin and the short female blond chef. One would expect the Executive Chef of a world famous restaurant to have a modicum of class which most of the rest of the contestants don't.
Life on the real farm is moving along. Both meat and vegetable gardens are doing very well. Another 50 chicks and 25 poults today. Down to harvesting next week but that is how we pay our bills.
We need to redo the pig pen since I tried to expand production (under pressure and duress) which just didn't work. Second to the last pig stomped the womp outta me and since I'm not a young bumble I just don't bounce or take a beating like I used to. Probably how I broke that tooth, the Purple pig hit me so hard. I'm going to design a gate system that will squeeze them onto the trailer where I don't actually have to be in with them coaxing or grabbing an ear and tail and tossing them on.
Well we have a lot of errands to run and must get to them. Enjoy the sunshine if you have it since it wont be long before the white stuffs a flyin.
I have had soft teeth and have tried to take good care of them.
Three years ago when my Dentist relocated I used his replacement who basically just did cleanings and fillings and sent me to a Dr. in Groton for some more extensive work.
Both screwed up big time and I am now paying the price. I now have four broken teeth with probably no recourse and no way to repair them.
Deep Sigh......There is no such thing as a one stop dentist anymore, much like every other aspect of life everyone has to have a specialty. It's not enough to just be you and be special.
All I can say is there is nothing special about me. Just a regular girl trying to make ends meet. Trying to raise regular children. Draw little attention.
So the real motto is keep low, attract no attention, volunteer no information.
Maybe I will look forward to gumming my food, most likely not. Love crunchy food. Lots and lots of bunny grub for me.
So after a lot of calls and web search I have found a Dentist I am willing to try.
Pain is an enormous motivator. I live with chronic pain so if I consider myself in pain it's just best people and critters stay away least I use my voluminous Opera Voice to convey my feeling and thoughts.
Speaking of Opera voice;
We have a local Chef (Kevin Cottle) who is on the Television program "Hell's Kitchen". Although not the type of programing I would normally watch, we are having a good time watching. Unfortunately the main character drops the F-bomb on a regular basis and calls those who fall below standards British slang cuss words. Insulting to say the least and although my children are watching with my guidance they are being shown how really nice Mom and Dad are (because we could always try to live up to that guys standard of verbal humiliations).
Since our budget around here is tight we don't have cable or a dish and we watch the following day on the web which is cool but the screen is pretty small. Still all in all good fun. We are rooting for the Chef from Connecticut and his professionalism is showing. My crystal ball reads that it will boil down to Kevin and the short female blond chef. One would expect the Executive Chef of a world famous restaurant to have a modicum of class which most of the rest of the contestants don't.
Life on the real farm is moving along. Both meat and vegetable gardens are doing very well. Another 50 chicks and 25 poults today. Down to harvesting next week but that is how we pay our bills.
We need to redo the pig pen since I tried to expand production (under pressure and duress) which just didn't work. Second to the last pig stomped the womp outta me and since I'm not a young bumble I just don't bounce or take a beating like I used to. Probably how I broke that tooth, the Purple pig hit me so hard. I'm going to design a gate system that will squeeze them onto the trailer where I don't actually have to be in with them coaxing or grabbing an ear and tail and tossing them on.
Well we have a lot of errands to run and must get to them. Enjoy the sunshine if you have it since it wont be long before the white stuffs a flyin.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Pignic!
What a wonderful time.
About 150 +/- friends and family came to visit and have and share some wonderful eats.
There are those we missed but there are always good reasons. No matter, they were missed.
Hopefully next year we won't coincide with another event that took some friends away.
Jamie Larimie won the Tequilla and glass set.
Paul and Joan Tangary won the Bailey's and glass set.
Charlie Wicklien won the 100.00 Gift Certificate to the River Tavern in Chester, Ct.
We are still tired and still cleaning up but it is well worth it.
Pencil off this weekend again next year as we sold most of the T-Shirts and there will be another Pignic.
Thank you to those who donated extra to make it happen.
Just wonderful warm thoughts and hugs go out to everyone. We are all grateful that the weather paused in the rain loop to give us only one down pour early before the fun started. The sun shown, laughter a plenty and more smiles and hugs than one can imagine.
About 150 +/- friends and family came to visit and have and share some wonderful eats.
There are those we missed but there are always good reasons. No matter, they were missed.
Hopefully next year we won't coincide with another event that took some friends away.
Jamie Larimie won the Tequilla and glass set.
Paul and Joan Tangary won the Bailey's and glass set.
Charlie Wicklien won the 100.00 Gift Certificate to the River Tavern in Chester, Ct.
We are still tired and still cleaning up but it is well worth it.
Pencil off this weekend again next year as we sold most of the T-Shirts and there will be another Pignic.
Thank you to those who donated extra to make it happen.
Just wonderful warm thoughts and hugs go out to everyone. We are all grateful that the weather paused in the rain loop to give us only one down pour early before the fun started. The sun shown, laughter a plenty and more smiles and hugs than one can imagine.
Friday, June 19, 2009
Busy girl
You have it. We have been very busy.
This year I have grown many more critters than usual due to a persistent client who knows what he likes.
More work for me and everyone else.
I have come to realize there are too many.
I will finish this year and reduce numbers next year and people will have to be happy with what I have to offer.
Our Linear Appraisal went well with our girls just the other side of comic relief.
We will do less fairs since it is my belief that the virus we caught at one of last years fairs has been the culprit to most of our troubles this year.
Jeopardizing the whole herd to prove you have nice animals is not in the realm of my consciousness.
We will continue with the fairs we did last year (OK, maybe not all of them) and be happy to know we have nice animals but keep them to ourselves.
The stinking bees swarmed already but gave us 25 lbs of honey which someone bought the whole kit and caboodle. Some people are not sharing well.
That's OK, their bill is paid and so are mine.
I am now getting concerned with my hay supply. The weather has been less than good for making the stuff and I am wondering what I am going to be feeding everyone.
Matter of fact I just got up and called and left a message to the person whom I get my hay from. Better start looking now.
I am still looking for a bull for the cows. I did find a Short Horn (yes it is a breed type not a fashion statement) and hopefully he will be here soon as the girls are nine months into their lactation and this may leave me milkless over the dead of winter. What will I do with myself without teats to pull?
Our ducks have been hatching and we have had three sets of fourteen. We also learned that that is too many and we have to take many away for safty reasons. They actually drown. The duck are not too carefull where they lead the little ones and sometimes they get caught in deep buckets and when just hatched they don't float very well if at all.
My hatchery has once again threw a wrench into my well laid calander of events and if not the wrong bird the wrong time. I bought an incubator last year and will hatch our my own ducks and geese and depending on the turkeys maybe them also. I will set it up this weekend and set some chicken eggs to see how well it works.
The incubator is a larger cabinet type which hatches hundreds of eggs at a time. I only need a few dozen at a time. Might as well work out the kinks now, as the way things go for me it will be better to make the thousands of mistakes and get them over with.
The Garden looks fabulous (if a little muddy) and almost everything is growing well.
My herbs didn't come up so I will have to purchase plants and I have been comparing prices and it is going to be expensive.
Now to look foward to the Pignic. Make the pinata and get the menu planned. Must send out the flyers. I guess I will do that now.
See ya.
This year I have grown many more critters than usual due to a persistent client who knows what he likes.
More work for me and everyone else.
I have come to realize there are too many.
I will finish this year and reduce numbers next year and people will have to be happy with what I have to offer.
Our Linear Appraisal went well with our girls just the other side of comic relief.
We will do less fairs since it is my belief that the virus we caught at one of last years fairs has been the culprit to most of our troubles this year.
Jeopardizing the whole herd to prove you have nice animals is not in the realm of my consciousness.
We will continue with the fairs we did last year (OK, maybe not all of them) and be happy to know we have nice animals but keep them to ourselves.
The stinking bees swarmed already but gave us 25 lbs of honey which someone bought the whole kit and caboodle. Some people are not sharing well.
That's OK, their bill is paid and so are mine.
I am now getting concerned with my hay supply. The weather has been less than good for making the stuff and I am wondering what I am going to be feeding everyone.
Matter of fact I just got up and called and left a message to the person whom I get my hay from. Better start looking now.
I am still looking for a bull for the cows. I did find a Short Horn (yes it is a breed type not a fashion statement) and hopefully he will be here soon as the girls are nine months into their lactation and this may leave me milkless over the dead of winter. What will I do with myself without teats to pull?
Our ducks have been hatching and we have had three sets of fourteen. We also learned that that is too many and we have to take many away for safty reasons. They actually drown. The duck are not too carefull where they lead the little ones and sometimes they get caught in deep buckets and when just hatched they don't float very well if at all.
My hatchery has once again threw a wrench into my well laid calander of events and if not the wrong bird the wrong time. I bought an incubator last year and will hatch our my own ducks and geese and depending on the turkeys maybe them also. I will set it up this weekend and set some chicken eggs to see how well it works.
The incubator is a larger cabinet type which hatches hundreds of eggs at a time. I only need a few dozen at a time. Might as well work out the kinks now, as the way things go for me it will be better to make the thousands of mistakes and get them over with.
The Garden looks fabulous (if a little muddy) and almost everything is growing well.
My herbs didn't come up so I will have to purchase plants and I have been comparing prices and it is going to be expensive.
Now to look foward to the Pignic. Make the pinata and get the menu planned. Must send out the flyers. I guess I will do that now.
See ya.
Monday, April 27, 2009
The Black Hole
Well it has been quite a few weeks.
Very tiring.
Water heater had to be replaced (nightmare for today), Cow is back from Vermont, Kidd trouble (lost a few but have since found out it wasn't my fault, yippie doesn't make it easier), a Friend loosing one of her Does and Kidds, just so many little things it isn't worth being listed nor being reminded of them.
I have decided that it has been those horrible e-messages that you get from people warning if you don't forward them you will suffer bad luck for so long.........well I'm not going to chance it any more. If you get a message from me that has the subject of ****one of those**** just delete it.
A vortex is bad but this black hole just won't quit!
Very tiring.
Water heater had to be replaced (nightmare for today), Cow is back from Vermont, Kidd trouble (lost a few but have since found out it wasn't my fault, yippie doesn't make it easier), a Friend loosing one of her Does and Kidds, just so many little things it isn't worth being listed nor being reminded of them.
I have decided that it has been those horrible e-messages that you get from people warning if you don't forward them you will suffer bad luck for so long.........well I'm not going to chance it any more. If you get a message from me that has the subject of ****one of those**** just delete it.
A vortex is bad but this black hole just won't quit!
Saturday, April 11, 2009
All is well
Things have been going well.
Many kidds have been place in pet homes and the Does are milking well with only two now had to be dried off. They are both single milkers and were having problems with their udders.
Lovely went to live on a farm in Vermont. The people kept asking what was wrong with her since she was priced to "sell". I told them the truth, that we wanted her to go to a home. That I encourage farming and Lovely will make a great family cow. They said the deal was too good to be true.
"Welcome to my vortex" I said and I'm sure they will call frequently to update her life. That is fine with me.
Now I will be forced to pick up the pony in Maine for my daughter. I told the person who owns the horse that if my daughter doesn't work with the horse or is frightened of it the horse will go home at the end of the summer.
Since I haven't heard back perhaps they don't like the conditions. At this point I am happy with one less mouth to feed.
We only have a handful of Does to kidd and on to start the gardening season.
Looking forward to grubby nails again.
I am going to have a meeting of "natural mom's of New London". People who are interested in raising their children closer to the earth. Well our farm is a good place to start.
I will have to ask Amy how to handle the whole project.
Second set of chickens and duck have arrived and all are doing well. I am going to purchase a plucker to make my life a bit easier. I so love being in debt. With any luck the birds of this year (in the hundreds) will pay it off.
Still working on the Farmers Market and what I will have available to sell.
Well there are always my children......
Many kidds have been place in pet homes and the Does are milking well with only two now had to be dried off. They are both single milkers and were having problems with their udders.
Lovely went to live on a farm in Vermont. The people kept asking what was wrong with her since she was priced to "sell". I told them the truth, that we wanted her to go to a home. That I encourage farming and Lovely will make a great family cow. They said the deal was too good to be true.
"Welcome to my vortex" I said and I'm sure they will call frequently to update her life. That is fine with me.
Now I will be forced to pick up the pony in Maine for my daughter. I told the person who owns the horse that if my daughter doesn't work with the horse or is frightened of it the horse will go home at the end of the summer.
Since I haven't heard back perhaps they don't like the conditions. At this point I am happy with one less mouth to feed.
We only have a handful of Does to kidd and on to start the gardening season.
Looking forward to grubby nails again.
I am going to have a meeting of "natural mom's of New London". People who are interested in raising their children closer to the earth. Well our farm is a good place to start.
I will have to ask Amy how to handle the whole project.
Second set of chickens and duck have arrived and all are doing well. I am going to purchase a plucker to make my life a bit easier. I so love being in debt. With any luck the birds of this year (in the hundreds) will pay it off.
Still working on the Farmers Market and what I will have available to sell.
Well there are always my children......
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