The real kind. Not the drinkin' kind. We've had three wild turkeys start hanging around in the past couple of weeks. It's not unusual to see a flock of these beautiful creatures cruising through the farm every now and then, but what is a bit unusual is to have a group take up residence for…

We found out this morning that one way to hasten blind Avery's departure from his crate in the morning is to have another dog wander into it and make himself at home. I posted several months ago about how Avery (in the back of the crate) likes to take his sweet time coming out of…

A couple of evenings ago I was sitting in the living room when a blanket on the floor started to move. Judging from the snorts coming from inside it, I knew it was Wilbur who had come to life. After a few seconds I realized he was trying to come out from underneath the blanket…

I noticed a while back that one of our two Belgian draft horses, Bob, sports an awesome and very stylish mustache. It curls and twirls and is blond as well.  Some horses have these, while others don't … and I'm not sure why that is. His brother Bill also has a mustache, but it just…

Well, it took a while, but finally that special person came along to adopt two very special little dogs — our dynamic duo, Katie and Spencer, both of whom are blind and deaf. In the photo above, their new Mom, Shelby M., is on the right holding Katie while Alayne holds Spencer. We've had Katie…

I took this photo yesterday when Kate and I were moving another load of firewood from the big pile on the ridge above the farm (this is directly to the west of the house and barns). We have a large woodshed (8' deep x 32' wide, or 2.4 m x 9.7 m) right next to…

We're having one of those challenging winters where it doesn't snow enough, and yet doesn't warm up enough to melt everything. The result is a thick layer of ice everywhere … on the drive and in the pastures, as you can see in the photo above, in the dog yards, on the walkways and ramps…

I've mentioned before that we have a free-range flock of hens, and wow, do the dogs love fresh scrambled eggs!  I took this photo on a recent evening, just before getting ready to scramble up the 109 — yes, I counted 'em up as I washed them — eggs you see on the counter. (In…

Now that winter has arrived, the dogs are spending more time indoors rather than outside. To make it easier on those of us who have to shuttle them in and out during the day, we moved a group of dogs who typically play in one of the large yards behind the house to the big…

We hope you had a wonderful holiday season! I thought we'd start off the new blog year with the show Dexter put on for us a couple of weeks ago. Alayne had just brought up a new case of paper towels to the kitchen (we go through so many paper towels we buy them by…