Good day there is fall in the air.

A sweater was needed last night and this morning.

 I do love fall but I am so not ready to give up my summer. I realize I write a lot about the jobs and the work that is being done and needs to be done. On a farm, yes there is a great deal of work, never ending, same over and over.

And, yet it is so satisfying.

 Nothing better than being out in Nature every day, hands dirty good ole hard work to keep you grounded

. As it is work ~ it is relaxing, it is pretty and it is home.

This cold air has made me think decorating with Pumpkins :)

Oh the Inspiration is everywhere

Good Morning.

Another hot sunny day ahh love summer.

Today I am off to support "A chance at change in 1 day" soccer game at CMS.

There will be hot dogs/water for a $1.00 all going to Ethiopia. Wonderful cause some very special children won over my daughter. If you’re local come on by.

 It will be fun and a very hot day!

The day turned out wonderful they raised over $500.00.

It was hot, extremely hot.

 The soccer players seemed to have fun.

An amazing Good Morning!

 I am off again this morning this time to the fire base to pick up my truck. I have been most of the summer truckles...I think she will need a wash and polish to make her sparkle!

 We sure can feel fall in the air here ugg how does it happen so fast you know fall means school and hockey. Two worst things ever, however on that note I hope your day today is full of love, magic, Inspiration and Lavender.

Yesterday the kids and I took my Mom to the airport.

 Ahh I had to drive from the airport through Kelowna-to the mall- through Kelowna some more-to a fast food restaurant-over the Coqu.

For some you would say so what for me my husband has drove for the last 25 years.

I have so lost my confidence it makes me want to throw up.

 No I won't try it in the winter but I did it and I know where the mall is now :)

Warm, sunny days here. The sheep seem content in this photo, they have settled down a bit now. The cougar was caught a few days ago. The goats are still spooked. They were getting better then yesterday there was a bad dog fight over at our neighbors and now they are scared again.
It has seen a change in the weather even though it is still very hot in the day it drops quite cool at night and early morning. I am not ready to let summer go yet. Enjoy the last few weeks of school holidays

We have been having some wild thunder storms here. Crazy!
I hope your summer is going well mine is going way to fast. Quite sad really darn school is really, really really close. My fire fighter has been kept quite busy which is great for him the fires have not been too big, so not too much damage. (I don't think anyways).
We are having trouble with a Cougar it has killed one lamb two goats and way too close for comfort. It was right next to our front yard, right up above our house and right in the barn yard. I heard it was stalking one of our neighbors last night. Sigh...so stressful
Well on the that note have a wonderful day

There is not one flower I do not like they are all beautiful.

 I have favorites.

 I would like one of each please.

 But, do you know I really think hens and chicks are quite amazing~they are very forgiving, they don't care if they get stepped on, they don't care if they do not get watered, they land feet down and start new roots no protesting, they will grow in a tiny flower pot, they will grow in a ring around a tree. They will produce offspring without any hassle.

As simple as they are and quite over-looked I really like them.

Perfect for a nice display but short on water.

Good Morning it is hard to believe it is August 1st.

Wow July flew by that would be because of my amazing projects. Now for August I hope to slow it down, enjoy more quiet time.

 I am not very good at all at doing nothing! So it may be a challenge. I will let you know how that works out.

 We must finish up with this last garden so that is on the agenda today.

 I hope you have an amazing day take a moment to check out the Olympics those athletes are unreal. The dedication is amazing

This is our Olympics

Happy Summer

Another busy weekend, we went on a day trip to Armstrong to pick up five more Ewes for our herd.
 Quite nice girls and a good size.
 It really is a lovely drive so pretty.
The little town we went to had a storm come through Friday there were trees down, tree branches about. The sad part was seeing some of the cut hay fields under several inches of water. Wow what a waste. The other hay was being turned and it was yellow.
Our herd is at nineteen now so not too bad of a count, a good number for us. I would like to raise a breeding stock so I am going to research the breed on improvements. I may invest in another ram next year.

This is last summers picture. We do not have any wool sheep on the farm now. I miss them but our shearing time was tough our Springs so hard for the animals. This new breed of sheep so far have been quite good.

Today was a serious GOOD day! I accomplished an amazing amount of work, so excited. It was one of those day where it all fell into place it was a good moment. Don't let it fool you, my days are not for the light hearted we work from sun up and sun down but Oh Man am I winning! I even get to smell the lavender while I work. And, my hands are back to normal!!

I do not have the most lady like hands on a good day. I work hard every single day. My hands are in dirt, moving hay, pulling weeds. My hands use a hammer, my hands paint. My hands are washed many, many, many times in a course of a day. However this is one to go on record. Horrible spray foam all over them, now dried and nasty.
Not the most lady like look I will tell you.
It will not stop me onto my next project.
I hope you have a wonderful glue free day!!

Today another valuable lesson was found. Do not use foam insulation without gloves. Do not try to pick it up and replace it. I have tried paint thinner, soap and hot water, nail polish remover, some orange hand cleaner. I wonder how I am going to sleep. In case you are wondering how am I typing...I have plastic wrap on my hands.:)

Only 10 degrees this morning.
 Wow that is a dramatic change. I sure hope our summer is not over.
We have had a lot of thunder storms the ski yesterday just grumbled all afternoon.
 It has been different around here everyone coming go mostly going and mainly me home. The kids growing up sure did happen fast. I am okay with it because they are all happy. The hard part is my husband gone so so much that is new and I am not sure if I like it. yes, we need him to work but...
My projects are going well, slow. The lavender harvest is half way it would be way better if I could quit cutting my fingers. The scissors get me so fast and there is nothing good with trying to work with band aids on all your fingers :)
I hope your weekend is going well. Take time to do something fun!

I hope you are enjoying yourself

Take

Time

to

relax and smell the flowers

We are enjoying summer.

The hot beautiful weather. We have been having a lot of thunder and lightening which we do not usually get.

Projects, dreams and work all happening on the farm.

The animals seem to be well. Enjoying the abundance of green grass, the warm days. The goats fly a hundred miles an hour at the first rain drop.

I hope your summer is going well.

 Take the time do something you enjoy

Summer is upon on the gardens are full we just need the sunshine to stay more than a second.

We are busy building.

My family is a bit sick of me with my projects so I had better not pick such hard ones for the next while.

Sheep are molting which looks very funny. We do not shear this breed.They all seem quite content.

My ram is proving to be a jerk. Amazing how lovable he is one minute and tries to get me the next.

My goats look amazing. So bright and shiny even brown goat is doing well. She looks old but she sure is loving the summer. I must make sure she does not get bred this winter. I think that will be best for her. No easy task though.

The goats are so bad though. They climb on everything working the fences constantly.

One thing when we had the Angora Goats they were rough on each other but actually really well behaved.

Well off to run the farm.

Have a wonderful day.

Today

is

my oldest brothers

BIRTHDAY.

Happy Birthday Glen.

Hope your day was fun and full of Celebration!

We worked on my new project. I am very grateful for my sons and husband who helped me.

I sure do wish I could do it myself though. Ahh get me up on a ladder and I get all wobbly. I hate it, I have so much I want to do and can't.

Well I am off to bed tomorrow our oldest daughter celebrates her birthday.

So

More

Cake for us!!

 A busy Grad weekend! Our middle son graduated so proud of him. It was a whirl wind of a weekend with trips to Kamloops, visiting, usual chores, school exams plus the usual grad stuff.

All our children were home it was lovely.

We have four kids graduated now. How cool is that only two to go. Not Bad!!

Hmmm I hope the next two go smoothly. ...

We have had horrible weather lately.

Great storms terrible thunder and lightening.

How are you going to celebrate the next two days.

First Day of Summer

Take time to be out in Nature

Find Peace

Relax

Center yourself

with

calmness

Laugh

enjoy

life

enjoy

your

MOMENT.

Yeah for a beautiful, sunny and not soo windy day.

Finally it has been so miserable here. We had a nice weekend but went by so fast. My husband was home which was nice, he is on the road a lot lately. The only sad moment we had was we did attend a funeral of a good family friend.

We did power shopping of grad shoes, handkerchief and suspenders and a grad gift. We put up the beams for my next project.

Today I was hand watering over three hundred lavender plants.

I was wondering if I could put a harness or collar on a goose to let her roam in my garden? I wonder how that would go over?

I painted our back door step this is the before and after

We have been making bread and cinnamon buns here on the farm.

Our weather has not been very nice so on a few days we needed to be in for a couple of hours bread, is the perfect past time.

In spite of the dreary, gray , cold , freezing weather the gardens our green and budding up.

The sheep are out and about. They are growing so fast.

The goats however may be counting their last days here.

THEY ARE SO BAD!!!

I am so sick of them.

We have Chucker eggs in the incubator.

They should hatch next week if all goes well.

Man I hate the smell of incubators.

Today we have had Eagles flying about male and females.

The are truly amazing. I am pretty sure my lambs and too fat for them.

Well must run I hope your day is going well.