Chocolate soap?
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 The plan today is to get a batch of chocolate soap made. It’s always a hit for Valentine’s Day. Pure chocolate scent, but no calories for this little indulgence. 🙂 I might even wrap a bar … Continued
Sunday Jan 10
Sunday, January 10, 2016 Hopefully we’ll see a little more sunshine today, I’m feeding the groups out of their barns again and I think they prefer that. We’re packing down the snow enough in places that they can all be … Continued
Beware of the Ice!
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 We had temps above freezing yesterday! Nice, except that melting snow on top of packed down snow makes ice. And I took a nice fall on my way back from feeding the boys. I twisted my … Continued
Happy New Year!
Friday, January 1, 2016 Welcome to a brand new year! A clean slate, a fresh start, what will you do with it? I have lots of plans and I always choose one word to guide me through the year. Yes … Continued
Dec 30, 2015
Wednesday, December 30, 2015 Winter can be so beautiful in Woodland. There are days where the sun is brilliant and the snow sparkles like someone tossed diamonds on it. But those are not the days we’ve had lately. arghhh Snow … Continued
A solstice storm
Tuesday, December 22, 2015 Well it snowed just about all day long here yesterday and we have quite a bit of white fluff! As I walked to the boys barn in the afternoon, it was up to my knees and … Continued
Woodland winter wonderland
Friday December 18, 2015 Wow, the sun came out yesterday and it was beautiful! Bright white snow, blue skies and happy animals. Alpacas love the cold! Days like that remind me why I love winter here. I’m shipping out more … Continued
A wee bit of new snow
Monday December 14, 2015 We got some snow overnight but not nearly as much as we were hoping for. But the forecast is for snow until Wednesday so we hope to get the levels up a bit here. Today I will … Continued
December 2, 2015
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 Funny, a few weeks ago we thought 12° was cold, this morning we’re quite glad it’s above zero, and that we might even get above freezing today! I’ve been feeding the girls a bale of hay … Continued
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thursday, November 26, 2015 Happy Thanksgiving! We hope you will be able to spend the day with those you love and enjoy a full belly too. Yes, the world is a scary and sad place at times but today why … Continued
Birthday wishes do come true!
Monday, November 16, 2015 It’s snowing as I type with more expected throughout the day. It’s kinda nice when the weather forecasters are right for a change! My handknit yarn section of Yaya’s Yarn Barn is totally empty so today … Continued
A sad good bye, fond memories and new snow
Wednesday, November 11, 2015 We said our final good byes to dear old Goldie Hann yesterday. She knew how hard winter would be and she just would not get up. When our vet came out to help, she said Goldie had … Continued
Snow today?
Monday, November 9, 2015 Once again they’re predicting snow today and once again we’re ready. The pastures are as clean and compost covered as they can be and it sure would be nice to see them turn white again. All … Continued
Trust the stone
Friday, October 30, 2015 They’re saying we’ll see snow next week. But they also said we’d see snow yesterday, so I’ll just keep checking my weather stone for the most accurate forecast. Yes we do get pretty excited about snow … Continued