Well, I guess this blog is turning into a bi-weekly thing, that seems to be about as often as I get time to write.
Since my last blog the weather has done tons of crazy things, right now its staying very cool, under 10C and it has frozen a couple times I think - which is scary since there are alot of crops just barely through the ground, and lots of buds out on the trees and stuff. It has also rained a couple inches in the last two weeks, complete with a Thunderstorm that lasted over 8 hours on thursday night! Its been kinda crazy - I'm back to wearing winter clothes again!
Last saturday (the 12th) we spent most of the day with Andrew and Jaime. We built a kennel for Finnigan (their 10wk old Chocolate Lab). Its pretty nice, he's a spoiled puppy!! I helped part of the time, but also spent a few hours visiting with Jaime. We got our favorite Pizza from the local take out place for supper and then headed home. On Sunday afternoon Trevor and I went riding for a few hours, it was a nice ride!
This past week we've been busy almost every night, with things to do at the farm, etc. We've treated a few more health problems in some calves, trimmed the horses hooves and done some garden work.
About 10 days ago we tilled up our garden spot and planted it down to grass (since it was impossible to grow veggies on it, due to the spruce trees dropping all their needles on it). It hasn't grown very well yet, but with all this rain, we need a bit of sun to coax it up through the ground I think. One of my Iris' bloomed this week, and then were promptly blown over by the horrendous wind we've had over the last week. My garden plot had a bunch of day lilies and iris' on it which I dug out(I'm sure this is the wrong time of year for that, but o well...). I took some of the bulbs and Iris' to Jaime and some to Velma. At Velma's I tilled some manure into an empty flower bed that I was planning to put the bulbs into out there - so far the bulbs are still in the garage though!!
Yesterday Trevor had to work, but we needed to vaccinate the cows and calves in preparation for moving them to pasture, so Andrew and Alex and I sorted the calves from the cows, performed the neccesary doctoring and turned them out onto a small amount of grass. Later today we're going to push them out to a bigger pasture. When we finished, I went to the house and made lunch, since Velma was working also. Jaime joined us for lunch, and in spite of my good intentions to work with my filly in the afternoon, I stayed in the warm house and visited with Jaime all afternoon! We made supper together and enjoyed visiting with the whole family later.
My current crochet project is a baby sweater, and I finally finished the back of it last night, so now I just have the front and the sleeves and the collar.....JUST is not the word, but oh well, it doesn't take long if I just sit down and do it - the baby it's intended for is 2.5 months old though, so I better get a move on!!
This afternoon has been somewhat of a lazy time - Trevor is asleep on the couch as he has been for about 2 hours or more, and I'm getting updated on my computer stuff for the week!
Tomorrow we plan to go on a trail ride with Darren and Melinda and the boys. Carson was very excited to be bringing his pony to my place. It has been COLD and rainy all weekend though, so I hope we don't get rained out! It hasn't been a very nice long weekend, but I guess if we don't get to go out riding, I'll actually get something done around here, MAYBE...
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Sunday, May 6, 2007
The beauty of spring
I was just complaining about someone not updating their blog and Trevor asked me when the last time I updated mine was...so I had to check...wow...its been two weeks, ok so I'll quit being lazy and post.
It has been a beautiful two weeks! The sun was out nearly every day until friday and I have my first few blooms beside my front step, som yellow crocus', another plant that I can't remember the name of - I'll have to post a picture of it, and my grape hyacinths are just about to burst out - its been raining all weekend so I'm sure with some sun in the next couple days alot of my flowers will come out.
Last weekend my dad got married, Rob sent me pictures, it was a cute small wedding, just 9 people in total. Dad wore his western suit jacket and black jeans and Diane wore a white skirt and shirt and a white cowboy hat. My siblings and I sent them to Jasper for a couple nights for a honeymoon, and they said they enjoyed it alot! We're all looking forward to getting together in the late summer or early fall to get acquainted with the new part of our extended family :) I also attended a bridal shower for my friend Dyane last friday night.
On Monday night of this week, Andrew and Jaime arrived. They just moved back to the area from Abbotsford, and it is nice to have them back! It was Jaime's birthday this weekend so we celebrated with mint brownies on friday night. Trevor helped move around some furniture at their house this weekend and the house looks really nice! They spent lots of energy on painting it and modernizing some aspects of the interior - mainly in lighting, and the bathroom.
We spent Saturday out at the farm - I had hoped to work with the horses but we were recieving some much needed rain, so I was thankful just to work in the comfort of the shop and listen to the drops drum away on the roof. Trevor was working on his bulldozer, I helped him with a few things, but spent most of my time changing oil in the lawnmowers and rototiller and getting them ready to work. Our lawn is starting to look like a miniature rainforest so as soon as it dries up I hope to give it a trim. I also tagged some calves and casterated one of the new ones. We have 16 calves now and are expecting 11 more if all the cows are bred. Trevor and I have decided to sell our cows this summer and are trying out the grass catte business. We have purchased 5 steers weighing about 550lbs to put on pasture for the summer. By October they should be weighing around 850lbs and we will then sell them into a feedlot to be fattened the rest of the way. If this small scale arrangement works out, we would like to do this on a bigger scale next year. It would give us an excuse to ride our horses (checking the cows) and eliminate the need to drive out to the farm all the time in the winter, since there would be only horses to keep through the winter. Lord willing, we hope to find a place in the country soon so that we can keep our horses at our own place and have room for our dog to move around a bit. Anybody looking for a cute little house in a small town?? We'll have one for sale soon :)
On Saturday night Julie, Velma and I went to a concert put on by the local choir, which is directed by a lady who I used to board with - the summer before I got married. It was a very neat concert, with a little bit of theatre thrown in as they did little skits about small town life and then sang songs to complement the different areas of rural life. It was a nice show.
Today was our tea meeting day and it was nice to have a few extra voices, and new faces in our midst with A & J home again and a couple of visitors.
This afternoon, Julie and I attended a baby shower for one of our co-workers. It was a nice celebration - many of our co-workers have young families so there were a few children there to keep us all entertained!
Tonight Trevor and I treated a calf with a minor naval infection and checked on the cows after evening meeting before coming back to town. Riata is starting to shed out better now that she's on a little better feed and the weather has been consistantly warm - she's getting tired of being cooped up and I may have to bite the bullet and turn her out. I just hope that Apache won't beat on her like he beats on Guthrie - one horse covered in grey scar marks is enough, I don't want two!
I guess tomorrow is back to the workplace again - they're calling for continued rain tomorrow and warm temperatures later in the week - up to 30C hopefully!
I'll have to take some pictures of my flowers and my latest crochet projects to share - until then....
It has been a beautiful two weeks! The sun was out nearly every day until friday and I have my first few blooms beside my front step, som yellow crocus', another plant that I can't remember the name of - I'll have to post a picture of it, and my grape hyacinths are just about to burst out - its been raining all weekend so I'm sure with some sun in the next couple days alot of my flowers will come out.
Last weekend my dad got married, Rob sent me pictures, it was a cute small wedding, just 9 people in total. Dad wore his western suit jacket and black jeans and Diane wore a white skirt and shirt and a white cowboy hat. My siblings and I sent them to Jasper for a couple nights for a honeymoon, and they said they enjoyed it alot! We're all looking forward to getting together in the late summer or early fall to get acquainted with the new part of our extended family :) I also attended a bridal shower for my friend Dyane last friday night.
On Monday night of this week, Andrew and Jaime arrived. They just moved back to the area from Abbotsford, and it is nice to have them back! It was Jaime's birthday this weekend so we celebrated with mint brownies on friday night. Trevor helped move around some furniture at their house this weekend and the house looks really nice! They spent lots of energy on painting it and modernizing some aspects of the interior - mainly in lighting, and the bathroom.
We spent Saturday out at the farm - I had hoped to work with the horses but we were recieving some much needed rain, so I was thankful just to work in the comfort of the shop and listen to the drops drum away on the roof. Trevor was working on his bulldozer, I helped him with a few things, but spent most of my time changing oil in the lawnmowers and rototiller and getting them ready to work. Our lawn is starting to look like a miniature rainforest so as soon as it dries up I hope to give it a trim. I also tagged some calves and casterated one of the new ones. We have 16 calves now and are expecting 11 more if all the cows are bred. Trevor and I have decided to sell our cows this summer and are trying out the grass catte business. We have purchased 5 steers weighing about 550lbs to put on pasture for the summer. By October they should be weighing around 850lbs and we will then sell them into a feedlot to be fattened the rest of the way. If this small scale arrangement works out, we would like to do this on a bigger scale next year. It would give us an excuse to ride our horses (checking the cows) and eliminate the need to drive out to the farm all the time in the winter, since there would be only horses to keep through the winter. Lord willing, we hope to find a place in the country soon so that we can keep our horses at our own place and have room for our dog to move around a bit. Anybody looking for a cute little house in a small town?? We'll have one for sale soon :)
On Saturday night Julie, Velma and I went to a concert put on by the local choir, which is directed by a lady who I used to board with - the summer before I got married. It was a very neat concert, with a little bit of theatre thrown in as they did little skits about small town life and then sang songs to complement the different areas of rural life. It was a nice show.
Today was our tea meeting day and it was nice to have a few extra voices, and new faces in our midst with A & J home again and a couple of visitors.
This afternoon, Julie and I attended a baby shower for one of our co-workers. It was a nice celebration - many of our co-workers have young families so there were a few children there to keep us all entertained!
Tonight Trevor and I treated a calf with a minor naval infection and checked on the cows after evening meeting before coming back to town. Riata is starting to shed out better now that she's on a little better feed and the weather has been consistantly warm - she's getting tired of being cooped up and I may have to bite the bullet and turn her out. I just hope that Apache won't beat on her like he beats on Guthrie - one horse covered in grey scar marks is enough, I don't want two!
I guess tomorrow is back to the workplace again - they're calling for continued rain tomorrow and warm temperatures later in the week - up to 30C hopefully!
I'll have to take some pictures of my flowers and my latest crochet projects to share - until then....
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