fall y’all.

When the calendar finally turns to September, I officially declare that it’s fall (never mind the “official” start date is much later).  The humidity is creeping away, the plants are turning from deep green to crispy brown, and the combines …

farm friday: who let the calves out?

Welcome back to Farm Friday! A couple weeks ago, Bub and I were up for a 3AM feeding.  All was quiet and peaceful in the house.  Just him and I rocking back in forth in the glider as he drifted …

a 2015 reflection.

As we close out the first month of 2016, and Farmer J and I get ready to close one chapter of our lives and open a new one in the next 5 weeks with the birth of our first child, …

farm friday – new additions on the farm.

Please excuse my extended absence from blogging, as we’ve had some additions on our farm that are taking priority over my writing hobby. It’s probably best to start with a recap of our additions as an introduction back to blogging …

farm friday – pasture people.

It has been a long time since my last Farm Friday.  The good news is that I am back, and the farm is still active and full of stories to be told. Spring has come and gone, our crops have …

farm friday – farm wifeing

After a blogging spring break, I am back! We’ve been busy with home improvement / cleaning projects, spending time with family and friends, and planting corn. Enough about that business! So you may be familiar with a noun I use now …

farm friday – cat and mouse games.

Sometimes life just feels like it’s full of cat and mouse games . . . and sometimes it actually is. Our farm (like many old farm houses) has a mouse problem. Remember my mouse in the car incident from last …

farm friday – spreading the word.

I lead a double life . . . spending days in the suburbs (after a long commute) at my big city job and nights and weekends on the farm in the countryside.  Rarely do these two lives collide, but recently …

farm friday – farmer nice.

Sometimes I have the words, but sometimes others say it better.  For this week’s slice of farm life, take a couple of minutes and check out this video from the “Iowa Nice Guy,” Scott Siepker.  I love his wicked sense of …

the run down.

We’ve been busy.  I’m not complaining, but something had to give . . .  and the past few weeks it was the blog (always remembering to consciously not do it all).  Just so you’re in the know, here is the run down of …