Tag: nature
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Look! What snow feels like before it falls

If you have ever been pregnant. It feels like that. The air is heavy and still and morbid with anticipation. Before I dive into this weekends writing though – I thought I would show you … Yesterday! A little snow was in the forecast. But everyone went to bed early. So I took that as a…
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The Chopping Block got the Chop
I would have taken a shot of the chopping block but it was chopped and in the fire before I knew it, last night. So, all this years firewood is gone. From now on we will have chilly starts. And early to bed evenings. I don’t mind I spend most of the day outside anyway.…
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Hairy MacLairy gets all Kissy Kissy
Farmy work never ends. Hairy loves children. He likes to Kiss them. When we were walking we stopped to listen to the rustle of the dried winter grasses and investigated tracks in the snow, and peeped into empty nests and ran up and down the pathways through the wild grass. On the way back even…
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When flawed is just perfect..
And imperfect is exactly right. Yesterday was one of those delicious days when nothing much happened. I went about my work. Not too energetically. Alone on the farm again. The quiet is getting quieter. The road is still blocked by construction from both directions, it has been like this all summer but they seem to…
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We got rain!
The storm rolled in with a primordial presence. That created a zing of excitement and terror TonTon literally hid for the entire afternoon. I mean he hid but had to have me in sight too. Such a confused dog. But there were puddles for water play. I had to start using the purse camera…

