John Muir quote

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Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.

~John Muir


Welcome to The Wary Farmwife seasonal journey! My goal, to blog daily (give or take a day, week or month) to showcase hobby farm life across the seasons. Stop by The Wary Farmwife blog and check out what we're up to...our front porch door is always open!

Thursday, April 26, 2012

First pictures... now video

So by "video" I really mean an 11 second clip.  This is a link to Youtube.  J did a time-lapse photo session of one of our morel mushrooms.  He thought he would catch it slowing growing... but instead, it is slowly shrinking.    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsVKW3YvCo8&feature=youtu.be

I don't have too much time today as I've been working every day this week- ughh!  But... farming isn't cheap so it's good to have work! 

Here are our updates:
-Chicken coop needs to be finished in 24-48 hours- the chicks are no longer chicks but small birds.  One flew out of the box today and J found him on the floor.  
-J told me to put Magnolia on my shoulder (she is getting pretty tame).  A second after I moved her, she pooped all over the floor.  That was a close call!
-For those of you who know me well, you know that I am fascinated by Amish culture.  J and I watched the PBS special "The Amish" online.  Amazing program.  I highly recommend it.  A lot of what we saw validated our decision to try and live closer to the land and attempt to lead a more simplistic life.  
-I'm thankful for the mother who lived here before me.  You may ask, "How do I know a mama lived here before me?"  Because there are high door latches on all the original doors/screen doors to outside-- which I had to use tonight to keep my littlest inside when all he wants to do is sneak out to help "Dada" with the coop!
-We are woken up most mornings by a male robin that keeps flying into the window (outside our bedroom). J thinks he is trying to scare away his male competition (i.e., himself).  I could make a comment here about men but that would be too easy!
-Lastly, suppertime is really distracting when you are a little boy and there is a dumptruck outside dumping organic dirt into the garden!

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