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Linking up with SouleMama…a moment from our week.
Archive for January, 2015
fun (and work) on four-wheels
With all the excitement of preparing for our four-legged friends, I haven’t mentioned a four wheeled arrival. Our 1988 Nissan plow truck that came with the house broke in December. We shoveled the first few big snows after that by hand, then got a quad. We brought it home and I got to be the first driver, […]
almost ready
We took a trip to the feed store and got our hay, straw, feed, and all things goaty. We pulled it all up the mountain in a trailer and set up a feed storage area in the basement. David has been working like crazy to finish the shed (with rubber flooring) and build a pen. […]
nighttime barn raising
This actually wasn’t a barn raising–more like a barn fixing-up. Of course, barn raising sounds way cooler. All we needed was an Amish neighbor to complete that homey thought, but Amish neighbors are few and far between in our neck of the woods. David and Caleb had to do the job on their own in […]
our goats
We found our goats!!! This little mama and her boy are coming to live with us in one week! They are African Pygmies, a miniature breed originating in West Africa. The baby is tiny–about the size of a cat–but the mama is little, too, about 22 inches, I think. They are so awesome and just […]
