The elves are back!

Christmas elves have been part of our family's Christmas traditions since the 70s (wayyyy before that little shelf sitter came along LOL). My Mamma had one who sat in her curio cabinet year round to "report back to Santa". I found the little guy with the checkered shirt when my oldest was very little and … Continue reading The elves are back!

Is that honeysuckle???

"Hey! Look what I found!" "Is that...????" "It is! It's honeysuckle!" "Yummmmmmm.....you're a good finder, Goat!" Side note from the farmer: it blows my mind that this honeysuckle bloomed on the vine November 30th and December 1st!

Back up the hill…

The goats and Bessie ate both of the round bales in the past two months. Ted moved them back up the hill yesterday. If I'm feeding them square bales until the next set of round bales gets delivered, it's a lot easier to do so up here. Today's weather was absolutely gorgeous outside. It felt … Continue reading Back up the hill…

The best part is yet to come…

...The best part of baking a turkey, that is! I drained off as much of the broth from the cooked turkey as possible and set it in the fridge to cool overnight. It came out looking like jello this morning which means that it did what it was supposed to do while cooking. You want … Continue reading The best part is yet to come…