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Life is Full of Ups and Downs
Sometimes you don't appreciate things until they are gone. That's how I felt about my clothesline this spring after the post that held it...
May 14, 20212 min read
Little Surprises
Life can be full of little surprises sometimes, and earlier this week as I prepared the garden for Jim to plow it up, the garden had a...
Apr 30, 20213 min read
An Afternoon Walk
I could see Jim and the horses out in the field when I got home from work, off in the distance. It was such a bright and sunny day that...
Apr 19, 20212 min read
The Time We Spend
This week I had a nice visit from my mother. She lives 3 and half hours away and in another state. She has always been a very strong and...
Apr 12, 20212 min read
Do the Next Thing
Sometimes you just don't know what to do next when there is a lot to do. I find that to be especially true in the springtime, when the...
Mar 26, 20212 min read
Slow and Steady wins the Race
Our lives right now are submerged in our new arrivals on the farm. We talk about the new Suffolk colts Duke and Earl all the time. They...
Mar 19, 20212 min read
One Day at a Time
We brought the Suffolk colts home yesterday. I think it's safe to say that they worked their way into our hearts pretty quickly. The...
Mar 12, 20213 min read
Be Kind to Your Future Self
Lately I've been thinking a lot about the phase "Be kind to your future self." What I mean is, in the future, I want to be glad I made...
Mar 5, 20213 min read
Hey Hay Hay
It's late afternoon and it's time for me "put my duds on," as Jim would say, and head out to the barn and throw some bales down for the...
Feb 26, 20212 min read
Living with Danger
If you have been watching this channel, you will see that there are many inherent dangers that come alongside working with horses. Added...
Feb 19, 20212 min read
The Value of Friendship
If you watched the latest video of our daughters, Trudy and Abby, hitching up the horses and taking their friends for a sleigh ride, you...
Feb 12, 20212 min read
From Farm to Table
It was a joy for me to be able to go out into the snow covered garden and find some produce. The carrots and onions I unearthed were in...
Feb 5, 20212 min read
Pond Reflections
Jim and I both have many fond memories of skating when we were children. Jim remembers skating with his cousins at his grandparent's...
Feb 1, 20212 min read
Thoughts about our Amish Neighbors and Contentment
It is a very brisk morning (-6 degrees F or -21 degrees C), and I would not be surprised at all to see an Amish buggy go by as they do...
Jan 29, 20213 min read
Sometimes it's Hard to come up with Good Solutions
If you were able to tune in on the last video called "This Idea Didn't work as Planned'" you would have seen that Jim was in the process...
Jan 25, 20212 min read
Patience: Possess It If You Can
Jim has been working on the same lot every winter now for the past 3-4 years (we both lost track). If you have seen his videos, you will...
Jan 22, 20213 min read
Sawmills and Skills
When we moved to Northern New York 30 years ago, Jim did not have any sawmill experience or skill. Well, other than selling logs to...
Jan 13, 20213 min read
Getting Back On Track After the Holidays
Do any of you get out of routine during the holidays? I sure do! And once those routines are upset it sure is hard to get back into...
Jan 9, 20212 min read
Enjoy the Simple Things
The New Year is underway! I finally took down our Doug Fir Christmas tree today, five weeks after Jim cut it down. That tree had hardly...
Jan 7, 20212 min read
Our Cozy Cabin
Our little cabin has sat alone and empty this holiday season due to the lack of snow. Usually this time of year it has many visitors....
Jan 1, 20213 min read
Meet Brenda!
Brenda and Jim were married in 1986. Brenda will share her view on life together with Jim and the horses and all that it entails.
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