A beautiful spring day meant horses got to leave their muddy barnyard and frolic in the round pen.
Yes, they were feeling their oats.
This move to the round pen not only allows them some firm ground but also gives the barnyard a rest and a chance to dry.
Bill put the recharged battery back in the 4-wheeler yesterday, so if all goes well, I can hook up the harrow and drag the barnyard.
We both puttered at various projects yesterday---runs to the dump, photo-taking ventures, more raking and just plain taking in the beauty and the sounds of a spring day.
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In other news, I have an ulterior motive for including this link today.
First, it seems like a lovely idea.
Secondly, after reading this piece, maybe more people will be inclined to look for tea at the grocery store rather than toilet paper.
Then, I'll grab my next supply.
Enjoy.
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I saw a photo of a whole lot of pots and pans, out of their normal habitat, on my friend Marcia's FB page today. She, like others, is tackling projects, usually left for rainy days.
While on this very subject, I was telling my friend Roxane the other day about how every time I come upstairs to work at the computer, I look at the layer of dirt and fuzzies, et. al. under my desk, think briefly how that space could use a cleaning and then go on to something else.
Well, by golly, yesterday I took the broom and dustpan and cleaned it out. Even found the cookbook for the Selle Valley Carden School came sliding out with one sweep of the broom.
So, there is a purpose in doing these things. I'm gonna look for a good recipe and try it one of these days.
Today, we are planning a family adventure with my sisters and Willie and Debbie.
The rules: each household takes its own car and food and sanitary wipes, when out of the car, we'll keep that six feet of distance at all times.
I'm planning to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches as our main entree. Seems like a nostalgic thing to do. Plus, I have lots of homemade jelly.
I think we're going to enjoy this outdoor adventure together maybe a bit more than usual.
Then, I'll grab my next supply.
Enjoy.
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I saw a photo of a whole lot of pots and pans, out of their normal habitat, on my friend Marcia's FB page today. She, like others, is tackling projects, usually left for rainy days.
While on this very subject, I was telling my friend Roxane the other day about how every time I come upstairs to work at the computer, I look at the layer of dirt and fuzzies, et. al. under my desk, think briefly how that space could use a cleaning and then go on to something else.
Well, by golly, yesterday I took the broom and dustpan and cleaned it out. Even found the cookbook for the Selle Valley Carden School came sliding out with one sweep of the broom.
So, there is a purpose in doing these things. I'm gonna look for a good recipe and try it one of these days.
Today, we are planning a family adventure with my sisters and Willie and Debbie.
The rules: each household takes its own car and food and sanitary wipes, when out of the car, we'll keep that six feet of distance at all times.
I'm planning to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches as our main entree. Seems like a nostalgic thing to do. Plus, I have lots of homemade jelly.
I think we're going to enjoy this outdoor adventure together maybe a bit more than usual.
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PSA
PSA
Not to be repetitious BUT . . . .
Five things to help stop the spread of coronavirus
The World Health Organization is advising people to follow five simple steps to help prevent the spread of COVID-19:
1. Wash your hands
2. Cough/sneeze into your elbow
3. Don't touch your face
4. Stay more than 3ft (1m) away from others
5. Stay home if you feel sick
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from our friend Cindy.
#PopeFrancis asks Christians around the world to recite the Lord's Prayer together at noon March 25 & announces he will give a special blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city and the world) March 27 at 6 p.m. Rome time.
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My friend Ann.
I called her yesterday to wish her an early Happy Birthday and she was amazed that today IS her birthday.
The world events have changed our outlook enough that such celebratory events have not exactly been at the forefront.
Nonetheless, we celebrate each other.
I called her yesterday to wish her an early Happy Birthday and she was amazed that today IS her birthday.
The world events have changed our outlook enough that such celebratory events have not exactly been at the forefront.
Nonetheless, we celebrate each other.
Art from Northern Ireland artist Billy Austin
Arse en Rea in Western France
It's Mother's Day in Ireland.
To all our wonderful Irish friends who are "mum's" (even the friend Tricia who's a new Irish citizen), sending best wishes for your special day.
My friend Mary Ratcliffe from the Aran Island of Inis Mor posted this poem about mothers today.
Any Woman
by Katharine Tynan (1859 – 1931)
I am the pillars of the house;
The keystone of the arch am I.
Take me away, and roof and wall
Would fall to ruin me utterly.
I am the fire upon the hearth,
I am the light of the good sun,
I am the heat that warms the earth,
Which else were colder than a stone.
At me the children warm their hands;
I am their light of love alive.
Without me cold the hearthstone stands,
Nor could the precious children thrive.
I am the twist that holds together
The children in its sacred ring,
Their knot of love, from whose close tether
No lost child goes a-wandering.
I am the house from floor to roof,
I deck the walls, the board I spread;
I spin the curtains, warp and woof,
And shake the down to be their bed.
I am their wall against all danger,
Their door against the wind and snow,
Thou Whom a woman laid in a manger,
Take me not till the children grow!
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| I had a brief opportunity to meet these members of the Baker family who were out enjoying the fresh air along North Center Valley Road yesterday. |
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The deer are making their way back to our neighborhoods. Soon, they'll be ubiquitous and waiting for our gardens to grow. |
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| Our robins have come back in full force. Last night, every direction I looked in the fields west of the barn, I saw robins foraging for their evening meals. |
This coming Friday night we would have been staying at Lawcus Farm Guesthouse in Stoneyford near Kilkenney, Ireland.
Bill and I have stayed there twice before, and, like so many of the guests who visit there, we have developed a great friendship with owners Mark and Ann-Marie, along with other great people in the area.
While Bill and I would have stayed in our regular quarters, Willie and Debbie would have spent the night in the tree house, a lovely creation a ways into the woods from the regular complex of buildings.
Like everyone who has had to abandon plans for fulfilling dreams, we are naturally very sad. Still, we remain determined that this shall happen and maybe even better than ever.
As you can see, some aspects in the world, like the two friends from Lawcus Farm, remain happily oblivious to all that seems so sad and uncertain.
And, they make us laugh.
Since it's Sunday, my musical contribution takes me way back to St. Joseph's Catholic Church, when beautiful voices like Pat Strohmaier, Bud Brown and Paul Greenleaf, et. al. would end the Mass with this lovely hymn.
It provides a pretty simple message.
Enjoy, and may your day be brightened by beams of sunshine or little candles wherever you are.
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