Milk goats head to a new home.

We said goodbye to two of our milk-goats yesterday. Pepper and Running were going to their new home. It is wonderful when you know the people who are getting your children, I mean, goats.  They are going to a wonderful family with kids who know and respect farm animals.  We traded for a pig. Because they respect and love their animals their pork is the best we have ever tasted. 

We said our goodbyes and they were loaded up in the horse trailer.

I think Angelo remembered his mama being taken in a trailer and he ran off and then turned around to watch. 

Mr Buttons, on the other hand, got so excited when he saw the trailer he came running and laughing all the way. Dang horse thought he was going for a ride.

He even put himself in the stall. 

We said goodbye. They were very calm but their daughter screamed and cried. We had Angelo sleep with her last night and she calmed down. 

Someone was a bit miffed that he was not going for a ride. 

Not a lot got done here yesterday. I worked and then took my mom, my son and his girlfriend to lunch. Time well spent. 

Today, canning grape juice from my mom's grapes. I need to find a place to plant garlic for next year's crop, making yogurt, plus I need to get a walk in (maybe watch 100- foot Journey doing the walk -it's overcast today) and then sewing time!

Hope you have a great day!

Garden goodness and Dude gets creative with leftovers

Started the day with First Saturday mass, then home to make Dude's breakfast since he took care of all the animals this morning.  Breakfast was fried egg sandwiches with sun-dried tomatoes and Munster cheese on ciabatta rolls. Ohmy, it was good. 

Then back to church for an hour of adoration. It's a time where I have the church all to my self with the Blessed Sacrament (I wish more people went but they don't...yet). You know, they say God meets you where you are and He sure did for me today. The first time I opened up my Bible it was to the story of Jael in Judges.  I giggled to myself because Jael's name means The Wild or Mountain Goat.  After a bit of prayer I opened it up again and this showed up(yeah, I'm talking about the cat photo and caption) ... then I knew it would be a great day....

Came home to Pepper and her Daughter Peppy sound asleep together in the morning sun. Man, what a goat smile!

Dude gets antsy when he has a project in his head and this one was swimming around for a day or two. He couldn't sleep and was up early and at it this morning. It was left over stuff from a job he just finished. See these beams... it was from there. Yep, he built it... but on to the project he wanted to do today. 

He made this for his customer so she could put this outside. I thought it turned out great.... all in a day's fun for him.

Jarred up the parsley. 

I was drying spinach today. It's great to have around in the winter for soups, pasta, or ground up. 

The basil has been waiting to be trimmed so I added  our garlic, parsley and  made pesto.  We freeze this.  It is great to get out during the winter and put on hamburgers, pizza, potatoes, or eggs, really, whatever. It's good stuff.  (the house smells like a pizzeria )

3-4 cups of fresh basil

a handful of fresh parsley

cup of pecans 

3-4 garlic cloves

tablespoon of lemon juice

a healthy pinch of sea salt

cup of Parmesan cheese

1/2 cup of olive oil (I like mine thick. If you like it more runny, add more)

black pepper

Mix it all up in a food processor.  It's so good you will want to eat it by the spoonfuls. (if you do, check your teeth before heading out :-) ) 

Time to put some cupcakes in the oven, hot bath, put in a movie and get out the crochet hooks. 

peace, health, and happiness

Garden Update

Weeding day in the garden. 

Parsley ready to go into the dehydrator.

Collards

Spinach

Spaghetti squash

Pumpkins

Zucchini

Goats waiting for the weeds.

Skippy loves weeding day.

Angelo just wants a kiss instead...of course.

Beans

Lavender

The dryer buzzer has gone off and I need to hit the road.

Hope you have a great day. 

peace, health, and happiness.