Being a Grown Up isn't Easy

I'm back ! I make a promise every day to blog more often and as you well know life gets in the way. I remember telling my youngest son to enjoy the years in high school as they will go by so fast. Now that he has been out of school for two years he totally agrees with me.
Being a grownup is never easy. With the economy as it is decisions have to be made. Spring was hard and the summer weather is even worse with hardly no rain. So I am downsizing all of my critters dramatically. The hay and corn will not be what it needs to be come harvest. My sheep that I have sold have gone to very good homes and the ones left that are for sale hopefully will go during fair week. I have also found a good home for three of my donkeys. Thank goodness for the great people out there that can become new moms for my guys ! Thank you all.

A farmer's life is never easy and he hardly breaks even on the good years. So to those that believe otherwise step into our shoes for a year.

Hello All

Cannot believe that it has been a month since I last blogged. Bad girl, I made a promise to myself to do it more often and look what Father Time has done to me but fly by.
Getting ready for fair. Have a nice set of lambs and yearlings going I think nine in all. I had twelve but had a chance to sell three ram lambs for sires instead of them going to market so let them go before fair.
Finally got first cutting hay up and even after this awfully wet spring am now wishing for rain right now for the corn and beans.
Hubby and I went on a "date" picnic and day at Sauder's Village it was a grand time that we do not get to do very often.
Does one ever wonder what destiny has in store for you. Peeling back the layers of time like an onion and living each layers to it's fullest.

Good Day All

Peaceful Moments

When the world is in an upside down spiral motion for you and there is no light at the end of the tunnel look for the "peace" in the simplest of moments.
After I had dug up thistles in the pasture I sat on a little hill. The humidity was gone and the skies were blue with white fluffy clouds. I leaned my head back to feel the sunshine on my face and felt the soft breathe of a favorite ewe of mine, Melody. We bumped heads the way the ewes do that are in the same herd. She was acknowledging me as one of them. We stayed head to head for the longest time as she chewed her cud. I took a deep breathe  and smiled as I realized how lucky I am to have the connection I do with many of my animals. That is PEACE.

                                                   My Melody as a lamb last year

My guys that are for sale

 The sheep pictured here were not listed on craigslist but are available for sale. Registered Shetland ewe and Romney/Shetland ewe cross.

Male llama: halter champion and proven breeder

Rosa: red female

Destiny

Destiny is the reaching of souls across the sands of time for each other through the ages. Intertwined and connected by a single strand of "knowing" that each other is there for eternity for the other.

God's gift of love

Many people go through life never knowing the feeling of unconditional love that a treasured pet can give you. It does not matter if you are in a bad mood or if you just want to sit in silence. Nothing can be more gratifying than a soft nudge or to look into adoring eyes. I have known this many times in my lifetime as I was blessed to have these pets for a short time and then had to experience the heartache of losing them as in the end we do have to give them back.
I have many pets in many shapes and sizes ranging from mini-donkeys to llamas to goats, sheep, bunnies, dogs and cats.I even have a 600 pound Hampshire sow that when I scratch her belly she falls over for more ! Each have their own personality and their own quirky ways. It seems I always get the ones that have these precious traits. It does not matter what type of pet it is or how often I visit them in a one on one setting, they accept me as I am and love me unconditionally.
Recently a loved one lost a precious member of their family, their cat. She said to me " I cannot do this anymore, no more animals for me, I cannot handle the heartache". After our conversation I thought long and hard about the losses I have had and the impact of these special creatures on my life. I then told her that it is my belief that one of God's most precious gifts is to allow these animals to come into our lives and allow us to "borrow" them for a short time as there are those of us that do give these pets the love that they need and deserve.

The heartache that we experience with the loss of a "best friend" is God's reminder of how valuable unconditional love is and that we should treasure and nurture it as it is a fleeting moment in our lifetime.

Mother Nature

The lambs and kids are growing like weeds. I thought I would have had to feed hay all summer due to the pasture needing reseeding but God has smiled on that problem at least for awhile. Now if Mother Nature would see fit to stop raining until we get crops in I would be eternally grateful. We have yet a small window left and as of right this moment we are getting poured on. Not good.