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!

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Still cold...

It's still cold outside, so cold the snot in your nose immediately freezes upon hitting the artic air! Why do we live in this climate? Where did my good friend, El NiƱo run off to? 

On the way to dropping off the boys to school this morning, the car said the temperature outside was negative 7 degrees.  Early this morning, Farmer J was off to the big city for work.  Luckily for me, he doesn't have a night class tonight, so I'm hoping I don't have to do the pm farm chores.  Fingers crossed.  

Things I do on cold days:
- only park my car in sunny parking spots
- wear my hat everywhere, including indoors
- appreciate the fact that farmer J starts and warms up the car for me whenever he can
- be thankful for my car seat warmer and that the bathrooms in our new house get toasty warm (the bathrooms in our old farmhouse were always so cold, especially the toilet seat, which was brutal!) 
- bake, bake and bake! The oven warms up the kitchen and the time baking with my boys warms up my soul

I'll leave you with our latest picture of the lamb nursery!


Left birthing pen: lamb Skye with mama Una

Right birthing pen: lamb Saoirse with mama Beatrix

Center: lamb little boy with mama Jane

Hoping for warm-er weather but thankful for a healthy farm family (furry, wooly, feathered and human!) 

PS: the heat lamps not only warm the lambs but have tricked the hens brains into thinking the days are longer...and we are now getting some eggs! 




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