News — farm life

Everyone meet Millie! She is the newest addition to the little farm & she's keeping me, Denver & Squiggs on our toes. She loves to "help" me work & in this photo she's like "Mom why'd you stop hammering? I can't help if you don't hammer!" So just know your pieces were made with love with the help of a sweet little rambunctious black & white kitty named Millie. ❤️

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...

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...

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...

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...