by Andi | Jun 26, 2014 | animals, chickens, Garden, Goats, Great Pyrenees, guineas, Meander
I saw them the other day, and it was like I had new eyes – fields and fields of wildflowers, growing just beside the roads I drive all the time. Queen Anne’s Lace and Black Eyed Susans. Cornflowers sprouting from gravel and dancing in the whish of... by Andi | Jun 22, 2014 | animals, chickens, Garden, Goats, Great Pyrenees, guineas, Workshop
And I taste in my natural appetite the bond of live things everywhere. – from “cutting greens” by Lucille Clifton I don’t know what this place feels like to you. . . but for me, this place – where things seem to be coming together just as... by Andi | Jun 15, 2014 | chickens, Goats, Great Pyrenees, guineas
Just now, the sky above the farmhouse and the mountains is that light blue of dawn. Jet streams crisscross the air, like pilot werecrafting a tic-tac-toe board for the residents of Lovingston. It’s a lovely day. The sun has just peaked over the eastern... by Andi | Jun 8, 2014 | animals, chickens, Goats, Great Pyrenees, guineas
As we crested the hill, I saw them – the tumbling layers of the Blue Ridge – smoky indigo against the pink sky of the setting sun. Home. We had spent the day with good friends at a barbecue and then at the Relay For Life, where my dad had formed a team to... by Andi | May 26, 2014 | animals, chickens, Garden, Goats, Great Pyrenees, guineas, Meander
Today, I’m taking on boredom – not my own. What human has time to get bored on a farm? 🙂 Nope, today, I’m battling animal boredom. I’m setting up a little digging station for the chickens – think little ones with toy trucks and piles...