It is a rare occurrence that I am out in the (very rundown) pasture at the same time as the children but it just so happened I was there a couple of weeks ago to capture something I didn’t even know was happening.
I was out there helping Stewart and happened to have my camera and Abram happened to not realize that last fact. I am sure if he had it would have never been caught in a photo. But I am very thankful it was.
These are blurry days, these first couple of months with a new little one. We’re just getting back into some school and some homesteading stuff three weeks in as a family of eight. And somehow I ended up with only these pictures – and none of baby Hannah – on my camera card. So Stewart…
From the very beginning we have been running our barnyard in a way that sounds all too familiar to my own situation, now that I have to say it out loud: There’s a whole lot going on, all in stunning mediocrity, with a bit of chaos everywhere you go. How Did We Get Here? It…
I am happy to bring you this guest post from author Kate Downham from The Nourishing Hearth Fire. Kate has a new book all about Backyard Dairy Goats that will help you with every aspect of raising goats naturally. From feeding and care to recipes and information on using all of that goat milk goodness….
Since we weaned Buttercup, Mabel’s most recent calf, we have been bringing in the milk pail plenty full, twice a day. Over the last couple of months we have watched the cream line become increasingly more yellow as the grass has started to come up more in the pasture. And now we may be approaching…
I have read many of the horror stories – and many of the success stories – from homesteaders raising the infamous Cornish Cross breed of meat chicken. So as we discussed the possibility of this being the year we would try growing a flock of meat birds, we weren’t really sure which breed we might…
We moved to this bare acreage nearly seven years ago with not much more than a head full of homesteading books and a dream. Neither of us had ever built a house, used solar power, kept animals, or built homestead infrastructure by hand. We still feel like greenhorns in so many ways and this video…
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I do so enjoy your pictures and writings. Your family is growing so fast, it is hard to realize that you will have teens coming along. The pictures of Abram and his steer are awesome. You all are building a lot of precious memories each and every day. I am blessed that I have been able to capture so much of our lives in pictures. They are something to treasure. Blessings to you all.
Martha – Oh dear, I had not even thought of the fact that these boys will, Lord willing, be teenagers in a few years. They are just about to turn ten and twelve respectively so I will keep telling myself it is a ways off before they grow up.
Precious!!
What a sweet photo. Thanks for sharing.☺
Oh…. my heart! What an amazing set of pictures. I bet your mama heart smiled so much catching these!!
Melonie – Yes, exactly! Abram is our most introverted introvert so getting any natural pictures of him is tough, making this especially exciting.
Beautiful photos! Precious and unique communication between the 2 of them. <3 <3 <3