My girls are gone to an outdoor camp for three days, today through Wednesday. They were so excited they didn’t get a wink of sleep last night. I went to wake them at 5 am only to find them already emerged from their room with silly grins on their faces. Mikah is very happy right [...]
In the Trenches
September 28, 2008 By 3 Comments
Our (actually, Jeff’s) weekend project is to trench from the pole barn to the well house for the new water line and pump circuit. A few bumps along the way. First, having to spend more time than we planned finding the current electrical line, an old sewer line, and current phone line. Yesterday, he dug [...]
The Weekend
September 22, 2008 By 5 Comments
Jeff walking along the rock wall he’s been building all summer. Naomi and Mikah climbing up some downed madrone branches. Jeff digging around power line and water line. Annie is ever the curious and social goat who loves to be where the action is. The kids dissembled some garden beds we attempted to use a [...]
Rock Climbing
July 20, 2008 By 2 Comments
I mentioned that we got a load of rocks the other day. We have gotten one more load since then, too. We will be getting more, too, we hope. We have retaining walls to build and we love the look of rocks. The goats love the rocks, too. They’re on them more often than not [...]
Madrone Tripod
July 8, 2008 By 1 Comment
We had a heap of madrone stumps, dug out last fall during a work day exchange. This weekend, the same friend who helped Jeff take out the stumps came back with his fork lifts so they could move those stumps up away from the house and barn. Our friend had the brilliant idea to turn [...]
The Weekend in Photos
June 16, 2008 By 4 Comments
Jeff started out Saturday morning with the weed wacker, to trim our walking trails. He ran out of gas right by the pump-house and stopped in there to check on it. Found a leak! (Which he repaired on Sunday.) Since we are planning on updating our water system imminently anyway, he began work on that [...]
Adjusting to Our Goat Family
June 10, 2008 By 2 Comments
We know that are certain things that must be figured out. In the meantime, our little goats are joys! The first day the goats were scared and wouldn’t venture off into the tall grass much. In fact, they still don’t do that. But they don’t seem scared anymore. When the kids walk the trail on [...]
Peacocks!
June 10, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Our morning visitors… a mating pair of peacocks! Jeff heard them on Sunday evening, nearby to where he was in the woods. Then last night, he found out the sounds were from peacocks; they came within 5 feet of him while he was tying up loose ends on the fencing. He has that effect on [...]
We Got Our Goats!
June 8, 2008 By 4 Comments
We’re done enough with our fencing to bring our goats over here. They are all from our neighbor. She gave the kids eight goats as payment for all the work they’ve done for her. There are three babies and each baby’s momma, making six. And then two others — Annie, a one year old who [...]
Fencing Progress and Other Weekend Adventures
June 2, 2008 By 2 Comments
Over the weekend, we continued to work on fencing. We almost finished up the last side. Jeff had to work by himself on Saturday morning, as I had to be in the kitchen preparing a meal to share with friends who came over for Saturday afternoon and evening. Saturday afternoon was overcast, perfect for burning [...]
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