From the monthly archives:

December 2007

Wicked Wind

December 24, 2007

We lost about a foot of snow overnight with all of the rain. Unfortunately, it’s now a skating rink in all of the pathways, which is less than fun. But it is supposed to stay above freezing during the day for the next week, so who knows how much snow we’ll lose. As long as [...]

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Happy Solstice

December 23, 2007

Little Ms. Naughty is just something else today. She’s so spunky and willful, but adorable. She is just fearless — she finds her way into all the pens, grrs and args at the sheep, until they take a step near her, and then she runs away, only to grr and arg at them again, this [...]

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Back in the saddle

December 22, 2007

Even if you go over the edge, the thing to do the very next day is get right back in the saddle. Driving that tractor in the woods in deep snow is really not very fun, just for the record. I’m pretty good at maneuvering it around, but I don’t like it, and when I [...]

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Oops, I did it again.

December 21, 2007

I sure seem to have a knack for getting the tractor stuck in ditches or foundation holes, or in the mud or snow. Wow. It sucks. I was pulling a pine log for the newly established pulp wood pile, misjudged where the ditch was, and got it good and stuck. Frank tried using the bucket [...]

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Logging in the snow

December 20, 2007

We logged for a while this afternoon, despite the snow. It was that sort of gentle snow, with fat, fluffy flakes, and the temp was just below freezing, with no wind, so why not. Frank found a trucker, and he thought my idea of using the long driveway to roadside next to would work fine, [...]

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Navigating rough waters

December 19, 2007

One of the (thousand) times I was walking the puppy today, I was pretty sure I heard what sounded like an eggaluyah. But since I had the (naughty) puppy with me, I didn’t want to take her into the coop to find out, so I just told Frank. I was right. (I speak chicken!) The [...]

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Being naughty

December 18, 2007

Bjarki had a great time today, introducing the new pup to all of the farm animals. She is just a fearless little thing. Everyone wanted to meet her, too. Doppa and Sue were the two sheep most interested, but she went under every fence, into every pen, to at least take a look. I asked [...]

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