Showing posts with label quarantine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quarantine. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 2, 2020

DQ- OH WAIT ITS OVER!!

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On Friday, the governor announced that Washington state was ending the stay-home order as of Monday morning. All that really means is that ...
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Saturday, May 30, 2020

DQ74 - Double Surprise

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Yesterday Flopsy, our second oldest goat at thirteen, surprised the heck out of us by popping out a single baby buckling, quietly and with n...
Saturday, May 23, 2020

DQ67 am- More Baby Goats

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Polly finally gave birth today. I’ve been expecting her to do so for about a week, ever since I saw her kneeling with a long string of ambe...
Friday, May 22, 2020

State of the Farm - DQ66

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Friday, May 15, 2020

DQ59 - Baby Goats!

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Paloma holding Bootsy, one of Christmas’s twin doelings  Christmas cleans up Bitsy, her other twin doeling. Christmas was the first to pop,...
Thursday, May 7, 2020

DQ51 - State of the Farm

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The pink dogwood in bloom.  It’s an absolutely unbelievably gorgeous day. It just could not be more perfect. I think it’s about 72 degrees,...
Friday, May 1, 2020

DQ45 - Beltane (May Day)

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Being in lazy lockdown mode, I have not laid a Beltane altar.  But I can share a virtual altar - the one I laid two years ago. It was one of...
Wednesday, April 29, 2020

DQ43 (???) Meat Math 2020

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One day blends into another. I can’t believe it’s been over 40 days of quarantine. Insanity. Anyhoo.  Tomorrow is Paloma’s birthday. She’s ...
Saturday, April 25, 2020

DQ39 - Today’s Art

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Today’s page in my sketchbook.  Passing the time today making rhubarb gummies (slice rhubarb thinly on the bias, macerate in sugar and vanil...
Friday, April 24, 2020

DQ38 - Time Flies

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There’s not a lot to report. It’s friday, and I’ve been back at work all this week. There hasn’t been much work though. Clinics are empty, ...
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Monday, April 20, 2020

DQ34 - Food and Finances

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It’s been two weeks since Paloma broke a fever, and she’s now been totally symptom free for ten days. Nobody else in the house so much as f...
Saturday, April 18, 2020

DQ32 - Art in the Garden (R is for Rhubarb)

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Trying to make drawing a habit. Pages from my sketchbook over the past two days  I love rhubarb. I love its ruby buds that are the first br...
Thursday, April 16, 2020

DQ30 - Getting Antsy

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It’s day 30 of the stay at home order, and day 3 of organized school at home. Guess which one has been harder? My kids, who had been fine a...
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Monday, April 13, 2020

DQ27 - Starting Up Again

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The rosemary in the greenhouse is absolutely stuffed with blossoms. Hummingbirds love it and while I’ve been in here potting up some pepper ...
Saturday, April 11, 2020

DQ25 - Setback

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Paloma woke us up at 4 am sick again. The fever was back, and this time accompanied by stomach pain and diarrhea. All day today she’s pretty...
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Friday, April 10, 2020

DQ25 - Reaching Out for Easter

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First things first - Paloma is much better today. She awoke without a fever, and her headache has much improved. She’s still a bit lethargi...

DQ24 - Fever

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Yesterday Paloma woke up with a high fever - 102.4 - and a bad headache. She was hot and lethargic all day. Tylenol and ibuprofen brought t...
Tuesday, April 7, 2020

DQ21- Sketches

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Pretty ordinary day - two appointments, a little work in the garden, some cooking, and a bit of sketching: Rosemary in the greenhouse  Some ...
Monday, April 6, 2020

DQ20 - Feelings About the News

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This morning Homero and I were reading the news over our morning coffee, as we do every day, and the girls were just waking up and coming i...
Saturday, April 4, 2020

DQ18 - Accomplishments

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The rosemary in full bloom inside the greenhouse. Greenhouse cleaned up and cardboard laid over the ground to stop weeds.  We borrowed a rot...