The Summer in Pictures

Summer has come and gone. With all the activity at the farm along with birthday parties, Uncle T's wedding, new puppy, farm camp the farmwifery blog had a summer vacation. Beatrice is now a first grader and Baxter and I look forward to settling down for the fall.

Late Spring

Early spring had us out on all kinds of adventures. The farm, the woods, wetland or camping....so many adventures, so little time. Baxter's favorite place in the world is sitting and "driving" our kubota tractor.

Beatrice had a rope swing in the greenhouse - before the tomatoes were planted. An aspiring acrobat if ever there was.

Baxter had a weaning party at 25 months. We celebrated with a cake and a new baby doll. Of course he'd rather sleep with his wooden tractor than any baby or soft cuddly animal.
We dusted off the bike trailer for our first ride of the spring. Our road, though impassable most times for cars is just the right ride for Beatrice on her bike. There's always good exploring in the wetland for little ones.

Seeds Arrive, Spring Enters!

The farming season has officially begun. We placed our seed order a bit later than we usually have in the past so we were especially eagerly awaiting the arrival of our seeds. Any day now Dan would say. Until finally two nights ago Dan announced that UPS would be showing up with a big box from Johnny's. Beatrice excitedly awaited the delivery, peering out the window at supper. UPS comes late in the day to our house and Bea and Dan had just climbed the stairs for bedtime when they saw the lights of the delivery truck. Beatrice ran down the stairs exclaiming, "the seeds are here, the seeds are here!" They opened the door as the UPS woman was about to leave, saying "Thank you!" They pulled the boxes inside and Bea asked to open them. Dan refused saying it was bedtime and they climbed back up the stairs for a bedtime story. I listened to all of this from behind the door of Baxter's room where I was nursing him to sleep. I smiled to myself and counted my blessings as my daughter showed such delight in the beginning of spring.