I just watched the movie Julie & Julia on Netflix. It is a story of a young woman who takes “Mastering the Art of French Cooking”,by Julia Child’s and writes a blog about completing all 524 recipes in 365 days. It was such a sweet story. I really enjoyed it. I was such a fanContinue reading “Julie & Julia”
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Calf Update
I am worried about my little brown calf. He is not taking a bottle very well. I am having to force him to take the bottle. He is still getting up and moving around. I have him under lights in the calf nursery. It rained most of the day. The tarp over the nursery penContinue reading “Calf Update”
Identity
I often wondered why people wrote under different names. Now I know. As a writer you become very vulnerable. Who knows what you will say that will offend family and friends. There would be great freedom if we were people of no governors. In reality our care for others emotions is what makes us greatContinue reading “Identity”
Sally Sells Seashells by the Seashore
I have a sister in law named Karen. She has her quest bathroom decorated in seashells. This year for Christmas I gave her some of my watercolor originals of shells and fish and coral. She was touched by the gift. At our age we both have everything in our house that we could imagine. WeContinue reading “Sally Sells Seashells by the Seashore”
Calf has a tummy ache
OK I am concerned for my little calf. He has a tummy ache. I have googled and realized that he has been through a trauma moving around to my farm. I have put an extra heat lamp in his pen. I have fed him some electrolytes and I have not made his milk replacer soContinue reading “Calf has a tummy ache”
Cream of Wheat
One of my favorite breakfast food is a bowl of cream of wheat. It is one of my ultimate comfort foods. I take mine with a pat of butter, a splash of cream and a spoonful of homemade jelly. My mother would feed it to us as children. It was cheap to make and veryContinue reading “Cream of Wheat”
Our Baby Calf has been delivered
Today was a symbolic beginning to Chuck and my retired farm living. Today at 4:30 pm our little brown calf was delivered to the farm. We have purchased black Angus pregnant cows in the past. They are pretty expensive. I enjoy seeing the births but it takes a wile to turn a profit. We areContinue reading “Our Baby Calf has been delivered”
Preparing The Nursery
As you see from the picture I was getting an early start on the day. I had to get this pen ready for my doodler (bottle calf). This pen has been used for all sorts of animals. My mother kept chickens in it. My daughter kept bunnies in it. Now I am getting ready toContinue reading “Preparing The Nursery”
How Now Brown Cow, or Should I say Bull
I am so excited. I have been looking for the first project on the farm to share on my blog, This little guy is it. A bottle fed calf is called a Doodler. When my kids were little we would buy a few doodler Holsteins at the sale and my kids would bottle feed them.Continue reading “How Now Brown Cow, or Should I say Bull”
Our Friend Bill
Chuck meets many people working at the grocery. He had one customer who truly stood out. This customer is a 80 something year old 6 foot 4 tall rancher. He would come asking Chuck for the store brand orange soda in the two liter bottle. Once Chuck realized how much the rancher was buying heContinue reading “Our Friend Bill”
Dinky on the Farm 