by Kara | Jul 31, 2019 | Country Living, Cows, Grief, Reflections
“I don’t know what lies around the bend, but I’m going to believe that the best does.” ~Anne of Green Gables I have blogged only twice in the past two years, and life has changed a lot during the passing of that time. I’ve discovered...
by Kara Williams | Jun 30, 2017 | Chickens, Cows, Summer
“It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside.”~ Maud Hart LovelaceSummer is here. Real summer. 80...
by Kara Williams | Feb 25, 2017 | Cows, Winter
No matter how long the winter, Spring is sure to follow.~ProverbThe title is a bit dramatic if you’re comparing our winter to the one in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s book by the same name. We are not nearing starvation and we have not suffered blizzard...
by Kara Williams | Jul 24, 2016 | Chickens, Cows, Goats, Summer
Summer is rolling by. The pastures are parched, the garden is growing, and the kids are enjoying mostly unscheduled days.Last blog entry I shared how three animals in the photo at right should be pregnant, but are not. Marianne, the little black goat, was our last...
by Kara Williams | Jun 10, 2016 | Chickens, Country Living, Cows, Goats, Reflections
Hope is tomorrow’s veneer over today’s disappointment. ~Evan Esar We started the year with such excitement and high hopes. In Janurary we purchased a pregnant Irish Dexter named Annabelle with her steer (neutered male) calf. She was expected to...
by Kara Williams | Jan 25, 2016 | Cows, Garden, Goats, Winter
Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.~Proverbs 19:212016 arrived with hopes, and dreams, and plans,It’s sparkling cider, I promise.and the snow that our family had been longing for for two years....