Missing Willow Farm

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We always have a few of these laying around.  They’re good for temporary stock enclosures and chutes for handling our animals.  This year, we put a few to really good alternate use… as trellises in our garden.  They are 16 feet long, so when bent and fastened between two raised beds, they make the perfect structure for cucumbers and tomatoes to climb on and are plenty tall to walk under.

The post office called at 7AM today to come pick up these cuties.  They were shipped from Ohio two days ago.  They arrived healthy and loud and seem happy to be done with their long journey.

Honey from this year’s harvest heated with lemon slices, cinnamon sticks and cloves then processed in a hot water bath.  Can’t wait to try this in a cup of tea!

Our  turkeys are getting big.  We started with four, in hopes of ending up with at least two for the holidays.  So far so good.

Lobster, shrimp and bleu cheese mashed potatoes, fresh berries, champagne and cranberry juice… and that’s breakfast!  Our 25th anniversary was last week.  Happy anniversary to my sweetheart!

Bindi enjoys helping with the laundry.   She’s particularly good at folding.

Our sheep often run to me for protection during herding practice.  It’s both fun and scary at the same time to have a herd of sheep charge you at full speed.  And as you can see, cute little lambs sometimes don’t grow up into cute sheep.

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Jessica tries to give Jack a kiss as he cools off after a run.  Jack plays hard to get.

We often find deer asleep in our front yard down by the pond if we’re out and about after dark.  This morning, one of the fawns that lives in our woods was lingering down by the pond underneath one of our maple trees.  Just lovely.

Jack takes his favorite spot in our Mule.  Milos, Jessica and Mina look wonder when their burn behind the wheel will come.