I’ve heard it said that in the life of a mother, the days are long but the years dash by. Even at this early stage in our evolution I can testify to the truth of this. My boys are growing up, no longer babies yet not grown yet, it is lovely (most of the time) but it makes me want to hold on to some of the little moments. Of course there are many moments I’d love to forget. At…
January is, for me, a month to be borne. It is incredibly cold, long and generally taxing, this year in particular. With more animals on the farm this winter there come more chores, more outside work and that means more cold. This year has been extremely cold, with a polar vortex pushing the weather of the central plains over to us. It feels like we’ve been in a permanent deep freeze since the beginning of December and I don’t think…
This winter I’ve been relearning how to make soup. I’ve done it before but it’s been a good while and, for some reason, I felt nervous about reembarking on this process. So I held off, ignored it, pretended it really wasn’t necessary. But the truth is soup is a great, and thrifty, way to fill a family of permanently hungry chaps and when I was faced with the $3 per box price tag in the store (knowing I would need…
This morning, for the sheer fun of using my camera, I thought I’d document a little of what goes into a reasonably typical morning round here. Nothing earth shattering but a slice of mid-January life. For the last couple of weeks Stephen has been doing all of the morning chores on the farm, there are lots of reasons for this but one of mine is that it gives me the chance to rustle up a hearty breakfast for us all…
This winter has been, without a doubt in my mind, the coldest we’ve experienced since we moved to Canada. I can’t say for sure that is the coldest it has been, but in the past we’ve been wrapped up warm inside during the bitterest days. No longer. Even on the coldest days, in fact especially on the coldest days, there is work to do. Keeping the animals well and safe takes extra work and that means time outside. If a…
This morning it was just too beautiful, too sunny, too fresh to stay inside. And frankly I have a new camera so I needed to go and take some pictures. Needed to I tell you! Luckily the gods of winter provided a perfect day outside for us to go burn off our morning energy. Ok the kids have morning energy I just wanted to get some fresh air. And to take pictures. Lots and lots of pictures. After 6 months…