reflections
joining The View From Right Here for Weekly Top Shot
Clean-Up Crew
Affectionately known as the Clean-Up Crew, this gang of sparrows waits quite impatiently while the ewes and lambs are fed. When everyone has wandered away, it takes no time at all before the ground and feeders are once again very busy, but this time with fluttering wings and loud chirping.
(Please, don’t forget to comment on Wednesday’s – It’s A Give-Away post!)
{this moment}
A Friday ritual.
A single photo – no words – capturing a single moment from the week
A simple, special extraordinary moment.
A moment to pause, savor and remember.
Participating with the SouleMama blog.
(please, be sure to comment on our Tee Time – It’s a Give-Away post!)
Hot Summer Sunrise
Tee Time (It’s a Give-Away!)
Well… we’re still muddling along without electric on half of the farm, but we decided to celebrate Independence Day with you. It’s a Give-Away! We introduced these Sheeps and Peeps Farm tees at our Open House and now have them available in our Etsy shop. The graphic was designed and hand-drawn by local artist, Marceline Mason.
You could be the lucky recipient of your choice of a Sheeps and Peeps Farm tee – available in adult, youth or toddler – or an infant onsie. Just comment on this post and a winner will be chosen by random number generator. Comments will be closed on Sunday at 10 p.m.
Wishing you all a wonderful holiday!
Comments are closed… winner will be announced shortly!
After the Storm
Just checking in to let you all know that we are ok after the “horrible… just horrible” (according to the four-year-old) storm that came through West Virginia Friday evening. A large tree was uprooted in the pasture where the ewes and lambs are, but everyone is ok. Half of the farm has been without electric since Friday evening, so yesterday the chickens enjoyed a fabulous picnic from cleaning out the refrigerator. The good news is that half the farm has electric, so we are able to haul water for the animals from Mom’s cistern. We’ve had no damage to buildings, so everything is ok… just complicated.
Some advice from the four-year-old – should you have a bad storm – “Just make sure that you call the FBI, and really make sure that you have your magic flashlight!”
Take care.
solstice to solstice :: hot
Like most of the rest of the country, we are experiencing extremely high temperatures for this time of year. We are all seeking shade… wherever we can find it… a little patch here… a bigger patch there. Every patch of shade has been filled with a resting animal, waiting for the sun to set for a little bit of relief. We put a hook and eye on the big door of the small chicken coop so that it can be kept open for a little more air circulation. This, of course, has been a great source of amusement for the chickens, at least those who are not hunkered down in the shade under the coop.
Appropriately enough, urban.prairie.forest chose HOT as the word for week one of the thirteen weeks of summer. We’re joining in today, and when you get a chance check out all the wonderful contributions in The Solstice to Solstice Flickr pool.
{this moment}
A Friday ritual.
A single photo – no words – capturing a single moment from the week
A simple, special extraordinary moment.
A moment to pause, savor and remember.
Participating with the SouleMama blog.
Summer Colours Week – Red
we’re joining Poppytalk for Summer Colours Week
check out all the beautiful summer contributions in the Flickr pool
