Category: August 2016
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Bells
August 25, 2016 This picture is of Abby’s new harness bells. They are an unnecessary part of the harness, but they please me. I enjoy the simple chiming as the horses walk. Using horses makes a person slow down. They are animals, living, breathing creatures just like us. They must…
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Mr November
August 18, 2016 I have made it! I will be “Mr. November” in the Draft Horse calendar printed by Mischka Press. Well… Okay…my horses made it. The photo above is not the one, but it was taken that day as they filmed us for RFD-TV. Knight and Hoss are pulling…
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Trunk Wood
August 17, 2016 Yesterday, in a stiff cool breeze right before more rain moved through, I started working up these logs. They are the trunks of some big trees that were taken down in Ashtabula. All but one of them required me to cut from both sides of the log…
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A Good Day
August 16, 2016 I am not sure what makes a good day for other people, but I try to find good in every one that I am given. Yesterday, we got our first calf of 2016. He is a little bull, soon to be steer. He and mom are doing…
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Shady Summer Pasture
August 15, 2016 This patch of woodlands was recommended by the state forester to become a pasture. There were not too many trees worth saving according to him. I bought a herd of goats several years ago and let them eat whatever they wanted. I mowed what I could after…
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Pastured Piggies
August 14, 2016 As a child, I ran barefoot through the grass without a care in the world. Today, I watched my piglets and their mother foraging in the pasture, playing in the mud and eating from their dish. They watched me without caring. The little ones grow quickly in…
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Abby’s New “Digs”
August 13, 2016 I made the commitment. I dug deep and spent the money. Duke has been using a mismatched harness for four years. Abby had only been using a well worn serviceable harness, that had seen better days. She is doing well. Her and Duke will be work mates,…
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Gone Fishin
August 10, 2016 Our summer so far, with its lack of rain, has made it quite easy for me to be caught up with my work. Once we get some more moisture, the work will once again be plentiful, but in the meantime, I am finding a little time to…
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Full to the Brim
August 8, 2016 The sugarhouse woodshed is finally full to overflowing. What a great problem to have. The woodshed is quite large. It measures sixteen by twenty feet. The eave height is just over seven feet. We pile the wood up even higher in the middle, as we stack between…
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Gardening is a Family Affair
August 1, 2016 Many years ago now, I taught my son and daughter-in-law how to garden. I showed them the basics of how to raise much of their own food. I explained as many things as I could and told them that keeping the weeds out is one of the…
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