I’ve always felt a special connection to Thanksgiving. There is just something so special about devoting time to being Thankful for all that we have in our life. The preparation of a big meal, done lovingly by family members. A warm house with the noise of young cousins. The start of a magical holiday season, […]
Finding Happiness Through Loss
This year has been tough. And as I dressed in black for the third time this year this past weekend, I couldn’t help but feel this year has been unfair. Suicide, cancer, car accident, three funerals that shouldn’t have happened continue to break my heart into a million pieces. I thought it couldn’t break anymore […]
A Good Day
Sometimes, every once in a blue moon a perfectly ordinary day, is a good day. Nothing spectacular happened, nothing that was earth shattering good news, it just was. And in that just being, there was total peace and happiness for me. Add in a gorgeous sunset to end a beautiful Fall day in Oregon and […]
Prairie Californian’s Thirty Days of Food
If your like me I am always looking for new recipes to try. If your in the market to fill up the recipe box than look no further than Prairie Californian’s Thirty Days of Food. Jenny does an amazing job for the whole month of November bringing awesome recipes and featuring a farmer that produces […]
Transformation Tuesday
Remember two years ago I shared a sweet story about a very special new baby calf? Well Marna is in with the cows and expecting her first calf at the end of month and my Little Farmer is very excited! I just love watching these girls grow up and develop, they are the future of […]
Something has to Give
Another month and no posts. Fairly certain many of you have given up on my writing, don’t blame you! I seriously have had zero time with my keyboard and it breaks my heart! With a work force of four on our farm, my main job is caring for my family and Ladies. It is what […]
Through the Daily Grind: The Passage of Time
I have a theme. Where did the time go. How is it June, July, August, September already. Each day clouded by an immeasurable number of diaper changes and tasks for every living being in my vicinity except for myself, I am always amazed as the hours seem to slowly creep by in the day. And […]
Changes Coming Soon……
In the middle of our busiest time of year; show season, harvest, the biggest calving month we’ve had in years, I got a crazy idea to reexamine my blog and the direction I want it to take. I love this space, it feels like home, but I am ready to take it to the next […]
Flat Aggie
I volunteered to host a very special guest on our farm this month all the way from Kansas! Flat Aggie is part of a super fun and educational school program that introduces classrooms to different sectors of agriculture. We had a lot of fun showing Aggie our farm and this is the report for the […]
As the Pasture Gate Closes
We’ve come to that point in the year where the Oregon weather has made the ground wet enough that it’s time for the Ladies to come off the pastures and into the barns for winter. We rotationally graze our herd for as many months out of the year as the weather allows. But once the […]