A beautiful 77 degrees and you can bet your shirt I'm out in it! You can also bet your shirt I feel my age and some!! So much hard work in need of doing. I head out to clean the barn first because frankly its a huge mess with chickens pooping everywhere! Got that done..took a break. A friend dropped by for a quick visit, ate a snack of and headed back out. My goal? Get the pigs pen raked and cleaned! Last time I got it raked it rained and I didn't get the piles picked up...so you can understand how bad it must be now! Well after raking and shoveling pig mess in a wheel barrel, wheeling to a spot chosen just for it..and back for more, my back hurts, it burns and aches! My arms feel like weighted lead! But I got'er done and I feel good! Accomplished even. Pigs pen is done and the girls are happy. Ok the girls were happy before. They actually don't seem to care either way LOL. but between me working and giving scratches, they felt the love! As they slurped down the fresh water in their freshly cleaned water dishes, laid in the cool shade..princesses. Spoil little princesses in their clean pen. LOL
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Weather is warming up! It's so beautiful. Grass is coming up, so much so Kenneth mowed yesterday. Trees are still bear but wont be long before they grow their new leaves. The bird are laying!! Yahoo..Im on my last bucket of water glassed preserved eggs! We now have fresh chicken and duck eggs for our family and soon will have enough laying to sale a few. Our geese, Eleanor and her daughter from last hatching are laying eggs as well. I counted over 20 eggs last count! I was hoping they be in their new home before they started laying!
We got the planter boxes moved and I will begin preparing them. They should have already been prepared but things around here have been difficult. Elmer is not doing well. He pretty much stays a sleep most the day. Pain meds have been increased and its a struggle to get him to eat much. It's such a beautiful time of year and I pray he gets to enjoy it. We have a wheel chair ordered and I hope I can encourage him to sit in the warm sun a little each day. Preparing for spring while caring for a terminally ill spouse is very difficult. Im just trying to hold on, trying to cope, trying not to fall apart. My life long partner is leaving me behind, and that alone is hard to face. My sister came to stay with me a few weeks and Rachelle and family are in Texas. Making the final move here, Praise God! They will stay a week here before settling in their new home down south. Having all my kids fairly close is a blessing. Maureena and family are in the home stretch getting their house out here. Im excited for them to start their homestead life out here. So strange how life goes on when one slowly heads out. After being gone a whole week, i was so happy to be home. Its my happy place. A place of calm. Some may not understand this, but even as I sit on the patio drinking my coffee, Loving on my dogs and looking at all the work that needs to be done, I feel at peace. Yes sometimes its frustrating to see the work, and not be able to tackle it all straight away, but its also a pull for tomorrow. Get done today what today calls me to do, and then tomorrow will have its own list.
My son in law, Eric will be here tomorrow to work on their house area. I will have the kids, so my farm work will wait, but as I get to embrace my grandkids for the day, We get to see more progress toward my daughter and her family living this dream right along side of us. Now that is a good day spent. |
AuthorMy husband and I would go on a country drive any chance we got. Driving the back roads, looking at the farms and dream. My favorite places to see were the old abandoned farm houses. I would take pictures and wonder who built it, who grew up there and what was life like. Owning land, let alone land with a house on it, seemed unreachable. Moving to Texas we could finally realize our dream. We came with 6 kids, adopted 2 more and now we have none. So Our solo farm adventure begins...Cathy Archives
April 2024
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