Just another Day on the Farm

Some fun time on the quads and in the bush..

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

We also have a slower way to travel but dang it can go over and though pretty much anything, be it swamp, rivers, sand dunes, tree’s just to name a few.. We did a ride down to the lake, we did a ride to some of Big Brothers hunting grounds, he showed me a platform that he made and had used this season, and then we took a number of hours in the bush on a loop, we hunted for chaga and I brought home some form of lecin, which I indeed to use to make a color dye on wool and then use it to make some wonderful felted soaps with a deep personal connected for gifts back for the family.

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Dh says what do you want for your Birthday.. I say.. this.. Marty Robbins

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

We listened and sang these song during my youth but also thoughtout this last trip! This will be the music that just lets it all come back to me!

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Harvest Honey Soap

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

Well, its not the best soap I have ever made but not the worst either LOL, now how’s that for speaking highly of something..

I made a batch of soap before I left, and just finished up getting it ready today, it has some good points, amazing scent (Honey Almond) and its a soft warm brown, its a very rustic looking soap and I think it would have been so much better if I have swirled it, but it is what it is! Its half cold process cured and half gelled, ideally, you want it one way or the other, I was going for a full gell and I am a bit surprised that it didn’t do that, I have read over and over that honey cures out hot, when it comes to soap making, you are always always learning!

it was made with local Ontario wine, and local raw honey, I was expecting it being made of a base of lard and cococnut oil to be a very very hard soap bar, but instead its a soft bar of soap, it cleans well, leaves your hands very soft and the scent is lovely but its much more of a soft melting soap then I thought it would be.. granted it does have another three to five week cure left on it.

Love the new wavy soap cutter I got, it would so well!

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O me, O my, Wasn’t that a Party! I’m Back!!

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

What an amazing trip, I was gone off the farm for three weeks, two weeks was filled with travel, family, new country and amazing times, the last week week was filled with being sick, sick enough that we were concerned that I would need to rebook my flight but I really wanted to come home on time, so I was one of those really bad people that took meds and flew sick..

I have so much I want to share and write about on the blog, I have new/old books, new tools, new old things I found at odd little second hand shops, I traveled in bear country and I saw some amazing places! I got to spend wonderful and needed time with my nieces, o my, they are growing so so fast, I got to find out some new things on my only nephew, turns out that he is a walking dead and big bang fan! awesome, going to get him a signed walking dead by norman at the coming pop con that I will be attending in the future.

The hubbies has held down the farm, he worked from home two days a week, plus took a day off and of course had a three day weekend in there as well, he got some really great things done, he took down and redid my laundry room to which I say.. wow and I like, so many more shelves, so many more places to hang cloths, more baskets to store thing in.. awesome.. he also did some roof fixing (I am glad its done, but was very unhappy that he was up there fixing it while no one was home), he worked in the big barn, he built a new big very very low big hound day bed for our old snort dog, she can’t get up on the couch now even with the stairs we had built for the older hounds to safely get up and down, and she clearly loves it.

He spend a fair amount of time working on the garden stuff as well, and that was on top of working on his formal job, and doing both his and mine daily chores, so trust me when I say! Way to go my hard working wonderful man!

The coming days and weeks will be filled with all kinds of things, its going to be a steady mix up of trip stuff, farm stuff, fall stuff, starting on homemade xmas gifts stuff and so so much more..

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Views around the dam..

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

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That is one big Beaver LOL

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

Happy Birthday DAD!!!

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Travel Photos….

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

The Adventure begins, getting to see mom is always a treat.

These grow by dad’s farm, bushes sucker, about 10 to 12 feet max, silverfish leaves, tons and tons of this red fruit, locals don’t know what they are but don’t use them, anyone know what they are?

Wow, was fall showing herself in the badlands, crazy cold winds..

But it was even colder at the big horn dam in the rockies!

the waves on the water was white capping… but the drive was still awesome!

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Photo of the day-Baby Boss Cow- Glenda, growing so fast..

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

She seems to be growing so much faster then either of the bucket calves did and she had been raised with no grains, just mommy’s milk, pasture and hay..

o and cuz its funny, a big butt photo of brandy… 😛

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Samwell’s first long and off-farm ride- The boys did great!

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

We did a little make do on the gear, some pulled together with extra’s that I had and we were lucky enough to borrow a bit of gear until Sam’s tack arrives, He is going to look swank when he is all done up!

This was the view most of the time, which is odd, because normally I am in front on brandy but not on this ride. It was a perfect day and weather for a lovely fall ride.

A little homemade video that was done mainly for mom, but no reason not to share it with you as well, just remember everyone is on a learning curve.