What's Happening Around the Farm --- February

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8Htp6L45jEg/XHW1HxwiKAI/AAAAAAAAQjA/AHH_tnB3DBQ2NqFg6J-Psmo2S63Xo60vQCLcBGAs/s1600/20190205_140851.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8Htp6L45jEg/XHW1HxwiKAI/AAAAAAAAQjA/AHH_tnB3DBQ2NqFg6J-Psmo2S63Xo60vQCLcBGAs/s320/20190205_140851.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Knock...knock. Anybody still out there? I know I swore to you in June I'd be around more ...... but the darn internet companies have been determined to see to it that service gets worse in our area versus any better. </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">I've missed you...all of you....alot. </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">I have so much to tell you and so much exciting news and sad news that has happened at the farm.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Besides the obvious...we have Spring Fever....like much of America ... the never ending 4 seasons in a week is in full play right now in the good ole Sooner State.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Let's get the bad news out of the way first shall we?</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">7 of our goats died in a fire. Yes, 7. It was horrible. Came home and it was over. Nobody saw a thing. Burying 7 goats....all our girls and the babies and everyone ever born on the farm was horrible. It's taken awhile to process but that's that. Farm life can be hard. It was hard.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3cEaEtBtUCI/XHW1i0iZSCI/AAAAAAAAQjQ/-XdoqWbEH5IAXHbe-_t4A18yv22ZexaPACLcBGAs/s1600/20190211_163852_Burst01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3cEaEtBtUCI/XHW1i0iZSCI/AAAAAAAAQjQ/-XdoqWbEH5IAXHbe-_t4A18yv22ZexaPACLcBGAs/s320/20190211_163852_Burst01.jpg" width="240" /></a><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">My hunky hubby...Mr.Wade celebrated another birthday. Yippee. That was a blessing considering he had a stroke 3 years ago this past Jan.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">He still has the beard and it makes him look 10 years older than he is and he's already 11 years older than me.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-roEJipdzR9o/XHW1tg1vEHI/AAAAAAAAQjU/pPp2RODt1ro4wHJIstK3Nt_zf4jwcoM3gCLcBGAs/s1600/20190220_163716.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-roEJipdzR9o/XHW1tg1vEHI/AAAAAAAAQjU/pPp2RODt1ro4wHJIstK3Nt_zf4jwcoM3gCLcBGAs/s320/20190220_163716.jpg" width="240" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The best news of it all... We are opening our very own farm store...right here on our farm. I've wanted to do this for a long time. A very long time. Like...since before we moved to the farm. Now the opportunity has presented itself and here it is.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Our farmstand is becoming a reality. Our little vegetable and flower farm will be open to the public soon. </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0xgjtF-M45A/XHW13j7SGII/AAAAAAAAQjc/vmFzZJkGLBYsTXT-4cZBJz4ecvSNeVoPQCLcBGAs/s1600/20190214_120147.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0xgjtF-M45A/XHW13j7SGII/AAAAAAAAQjc/vmFzZJkGLBYsTXT-4cZBJz4ecvSNeVoPQCLcBGAs/s320/20190214_120147.jpg" width="240" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Valentine's Day was sweet this year. The hubby bought me flowers, balloons and chocolate. I know... I know ....we live on a flower farm and he has to buy the stuff. In all fairness though....it's Winter...nada thing is in bloom...yet.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PyKFg0aPSkM/XHW2CA1XCiI/AAAAAAAAQjk/4ijA2QOPxh42Nh8RiXrKPdYN2mITYNuRACLcBGAs/s1600/20190217_132706.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PyKFg0aPSkM/XHW2CA1XCiI/AAAAAAAAQjk/4ijA2QOPxh42Nh8RiXrKPdYN2mITYNuRACLcBGAs/s320/20190217_132706.jpg" width="240" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Finally my dad's little "Short Stuff" crossed the rainbow bridge after years and years of living with him. </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Some of you may remember we lost my stepmom a year ago August and Short Stuff was her sidekick.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">We promised we'd all be super good to him and see him through to the end. It was hard. But he's by her side again.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">When I get sad I just remember that and it helps.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Even with all the heartbreak this month...there is so much to look forward to. A real live dream coming true.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">A real live store at the actual farm.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">We will still go to some other locations to sell our goods but you can actually pull up in our driveway and buy stuff that was made and grown here.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">How cool is that?</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">For us....it's super cool. </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">I can't wait to share with you all the exciting plants and flowers, food and homemade stuff we do here at the farm.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The decorating, the crafts and all the fun that makes cottage living on a farm our little dream come true.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Now....please catch me up....what have you been up to?</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">xoxoxo,</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Valerie</span></div> <br /></div>

What's Happening Around the Farm --- February

Knock...knock. Anybody still out there? I know I swore to you in June I'd be around more ...... but the darn internet companies ha...