Category: Family
Monday, Bread Day.
Monday is the day we bake bread, most weeks. We try to get it done as early as possible in the morning, so that we can have fresh bread for lunch. Since Seppi still doesn't have very much school this year, and Winnie has no school at all (except for coloring "pretty pictures") they usually… Continue reading Monday, Bread Day.
Homeschooling
The adventure never ends. Look at that newly minted ten-year-old. Studiously cruising through her math. We love you Evie! Not to be left out, Ellie has been getting into embellishing and ornamenting her math tests like a monk copying a medieval manuscript. Isn't that charming, then?
Cold Weather
It is ironic, but one of the biggest challenges on our farm has been water. We receive 41 inches of rainfall annually, yet water is one of the biggest limiting factors to our productivity, because most of that rain falls between September and May and correspond to cloudy weather, while the periods of greatest sunshine… Continue reading Cold Weather
Spoke too Soon
I know on Monday I mentioned that we had had a little cold that ran through on Friday. Well, apparently, either it was not done running, or another one was waiting to pick up the baton. Monday we tried to get a day of work done on the Farm, but Seppi was not his usual,… Continue reading Spoke too Soon
Dad life
Daddy! My hands are told!
Helping
Winnie is such a helpful baby girl. More than anything else, she wants to be intimately involved in every single thing Mommy and Daddy are doing. She starts out helping a little bit. Then a little bit more... Then finally she inserts herself right into the middle of the whole process, and "helps" even more.… Continue reading Helping
Never Underestimate…
A small man trying to show up his older sister (and cousin). I gave them the task of replacing all the cinder blocks they had taken for building their transmountain railroad, back on the stack from whence they came. All the ones they hadn't broken with hammers to make them easier to work with. Ellie… Continue reading Never Underestimate…
Bale Out!
What do you do when your pirate ship springs a leak? You bale out! But then Daddy (Uncle) comes along and tells you to put the bale back in. Daddy is particular about stuff like that. Then it becomes a problem solving/strength building exercise. Which, in many ways is just as entertaining as the pirate… Continue reading Bale Out!
Christmas Surprise in the Shop
For $50 and a few hours of work, a perfectly ordinary plywood wall in the shop can be transformed from this… Into a gateway into adventure! https://videopress.com/v/ywXAtUXB?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true
Little Farm in the Big City 