Sunday, July 19, 2020

High Cheese Season 2020 (Making Do)

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            A middle stage in the making of cheddar  In last week’s post on preserving, I forgot to include cheese. Cheese is kind of the wh...
Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Preserving Log (Early Summer Edition)

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I’ve fallen behind on my blogging, I’m afraid. Since the stay-at-home order was lifted early last month, I’ve been busier than a one-armed ...
Friday, June 5, 2020

Just Cute Goat Pictures

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Paloma and Flopsy’s baby boy. I can’t decide who is cuter.  My goat-totin’ man, totin’ Bitsy and Bootsy, Christmas’ two doelings.  Hope bei...
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...