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Spring Blooms & Spring Skies

May. 04 2012

I have been home for a few days now, and I had only been gone a few weeks with a quick weekend home in between but, spring seems to have swept through, waved her magic wand and brought everything into bloom here on the farm. It's beautiful of coarse, but I'm not sure I am processing it like I would any other year. My brain seems stuck. It seems to be use to the nice weather we had in December, January and February but the actual spring that we usually enjoy has just never happened for me. Along with all the

What do you love about Home?

Mar. 27 2012

If you peruse this here website even a little you know that I love where I live and that I adore our farm. I suppose I am a walking contradiction, since I always want to be home, just as much as I want to be out on the road trucking. When my wagon is loaded, and it is time to truck I set my sights on the road and what I'll encounter along the way. When my wagon is empty and it is time to go home, I am like a horse with a bit in its mouth heading for the barn. There really is no stopping me and I can't wait to get

Winter Skies & Winter Roads

Jan. 06 2011

What a trip last week was! Of coarse as per my usual luck I run smack dab into the last storm that rolled across the U.S. and had to ride it out from Nogales AZ back home to Minnesota. I think I had about 150 miles of good road on the way home and that was it. The sky still held me captive, as well as all the bad drivers~! The trip home was much more treacherous than going down. Please excuse my dirty windows!

Winter on the Prairie

Dec. 11 2010

We are in the middle of a blizzard here in Southwest Minnesota. This is winter on the prairie. If your sitting in the sun, somewhere warm, enjoy. Last time I looked it was 4 degrees above zero and dropping. They say by tonight it will be -12 to -17 degrees below zero. I just stepped out to see if it had stopped snowing, so I thought I would show you the view here on the farm.

Did I Tell You?

Nov. 24 2010

I purchased a lime tree. So, all fall I had been having problems with the thought of the onset of winter. It seems when I know winter is on it's way, I try to hope, pray, and trick myself into thinking that winter coming is just a figment of my imagination. Once here, I always try to embrace the season, but getting to that point is not fun for me at all. I think hubs was hoping the lime tree that was taking up all available cargo space in our Tahoe the day I came home from shopping was a figment of HIS imagination.

My Raised Garlic Bed

Nov. 16 2010

While I was home last time I spent a good amount of time outside in the garden getting dirty and loving every minute of it. The last part of October was delightfully warm which made it very easy to go out and play! Since I love to garden, even though my time is limited, I have found that raised beds are wonderful for keeping weeds at bay and saving time. For some reason I can keep the weeds at a minimum verses in our regular gardens which always makes me happy! The above bed is used for garlic regularly although I

Happy Labor Day!

Sep. 06 2010

Although so nice, our weekend went too fast. As I sit here trying to get ready to go to work, I feel it was a blur. Here it is in pictures... We had mouthy ducks before we left. It seems they now sit outside the kitchen quacking until they get food or attention. Or both. Sass will sleep anywhere. Even on my gun. Babies with spots! S/he was SO cute! My mother feeds them WAY too much, and she now has spoiled deer! If mom does not feed them quick enough, they will come looking for her. This momma, after my mother

Summer Fun

Aug. 08 2010

I have been so busy this summer! I hope you too have been enjoying all the fun things summer has to offer! You have probably noticed when I'm not trucking, I'm home. We don't really run too much. I guess because we spend our week behind the wheel, and of coarse we have a beautiful farm to work and enjoy. I thought I would share some images of our home time.Our animals are spoiled, but you knew that right? Most mornings my hens have to come sit on the front stoop to talk about what the day has to offer.This was a late

A Horse of Coarse

Jul. 29 2010

Meet Kassys Dream. Kassy for short. We went for a pretty good ride on Tuesday. One of the hottest days we've had this summer... Kassy did great. Me on the other hand, I was pretty happy to come home and lay on the couch in the air conditioning thinking I needed my head examined! She's a hard one to take photos of, because she's so dang nosey. Think big dog, that's Kassy. Afterwards, we gave both her and her new buddy a bath and they were happy to go eat grass like horses do. There is something about the outside of

Not all It’s Cracked UP To Be

Jul. 28 2010

After the hog incident last week I thought I would share this part of living in southwestern Minnesota. I wrote this post on April 26th. I've since calmed down and cleaned up the language. It was pretty hateful at the time. It's still written in past tense, but you should get the picture. Living in the country is not all it's cracked up to be, that is.... In fact at this point and time I hate living in the country. Really though it's the bastards that own the land around here that I dislike so much. Saturday hubs and