Happy Cow Appreciation Day

Happy Cow Appreciation Day

Today is Cow Appreciation Day. On our farm, everyday we appreciate our cows. We care for them and feed them everyday. We appreciate watching them graze peacefully in green pastures under blue skies. Although many of our animals are slaughtered for food, we recognize...
(Little) Hard Workers on the Farm

(Little) Hard Workers on the Farm

When I go out to do chores everyday, I have a little helper–my shadow–I affectionally call her. It’s my daughter, and she goes wherever her mommy goes and does whatever mommy does. It’s cool…she’s 3! However, when I was telling...

Happy 2016!

Well it has been a while since I sat down at the computer & wrote. In all honesty, I think my last post was right before we finished harvest, and we finished back in October–October 22 to be exact. While I haven’t been entirely away from writing; I...

Harvest in Pictures Update #3

So I have found lately with the kids’ schedules, harvest, my schedule, and the million other things I need to be doing, blogging has taking a back seat, unfortunately. I still like to keep my readers up to date with the progress of harvest, but the past week and...

Harvest in Pictures Day 2

Day 2 of harvest was B-E-A-U-TIFUL! The sun was high, the sky was blue, and there was a warm wind. Perfect conditions for combining. I was busy with the kids today, and had my farmer husband take some of the photos for me today. We also had the last of our cows due to...

Random rant of the day

I moved to the Edmonton area 11 years this past June. When I first moved here, Edmonton’s population had not reached 1 million. There was lots of farm land still close to the city. Today I was thinking about this and I wished one thing–I wish I would of...