News — farm life
Meet my Co-worker Bonnie
This is Bonnie. She's the Chief Executive Philosopher here at j.Nic Designs and this is her "I'm sorry mama!" face. She is always up to & getting into something. This time I was scratching her chest & neck & she kept creeping forward & taking steps in toward me, crowding me. I'd ask her to back up a couple of steps each time she did it as she needs to learn she can't crowd my personal space. Horses are large animals & they have to learn boundaries to keep everyone safe so as much I was would love to have...
Meet Cliff the inspiration behind my logo, these new danglies & the gate keeper to my little farm :)
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I love to give names to things I'm fond of & one of the first things I noticed when I was looking at buying this property years ago was the big cedar trees at the entrance of the drive. So once I moved in I promptly named him Cliff as he greeted me with his low hanging branches every time I pulled in. Turns out after doing a bit of research Cliff is actually a girl but I had been calling her that for so long that I just couldn't let it go ;). Cliff is an Eastern Red Cedar...
Against the Wind
Had to work with a different type of metal last weekend thanks to some strong gusts of wind (I am not a fan of wind - it has done more damage around here than anything else). No hammering required though - just replacing some stripped screws & thankfully I can recruit my boyfriend to climb on top of the barn to replace said screws ;). If you've never heard a metal roof come loose & repeatedly bang against the frame it is LOUD! So we had to fix it ASAP before my horses had an emotional melt down which would...
Tiny Eggs and Big Hair
Aside from hammering metal I keep busy looking after the furry & feathery kids on the little farm & well, they're the reason I do what I do so thought I might start sharing some little tidbits of daily happenings around here :). Life with chickens can be pretty entertaining.. if you're easily entertained like me ;). I picked up the tiniest egg I think I've ever gotten today & I've been keeping chickens for about 17 years now. Flo laid this one as she's trying to get back in her groove after molting. And then I tried to tame...