sheep – The Great Hites

Mistakes Along The Way

I think it is worth mentioning that we have made some mistakes along the way

Going on a little Road trip out west

While I am out of town for business, I decided it would be fun to go on a little road trip. It didn’t turn out the way I had hoped but still had a pretty good time. Background Music “Ever Mindful” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

New Farm Animal Adventures.

My previous boss used to say, “every day is an adventure.” My reply was often something like, “Yes, but some days I wish were a little less adventuresome.”

Where our Food Comes From

WARNING – This post contains some graphic content about livestock, if you are squeamish about that sort of thing please consider skipping this post. You have been warned.

Remembering Isabel

As almost always happens in life, things did not turn out the way that we planned. As my wife pointed out, we make plans and God laughs. I suppose I should back up and explain a little. For those of you who don’t know today is our daughter’s birthday. Unfortunately she was only with usContinue reading “Remembering Isabel”

I Herd That

We are both using the farming metaphor to describe life, and well that just lends itself to some pretty humorous things. Not the least of which is the idea of two “old men” arguing about which kind of farming is a better metaphor for life.

The Hobby Farm and the Real Hobby Farm

When we moved from central Florida to Westen New York, one of the reasons we moved here was because we wanted to be able to do some small scale farming, or at least have a garden. We have tried various times to make this work and always had some trouble. I think most of thatContinue reading “The Hobby Farm and the Real Hobby Farm”

Life on the Run

At this point I will remind you that, these sheep have never spent any time outside, and are only about 3 months old. They have been as sheltered as sheltered can be. The Sheep heads for the very rain swollen stream, and decides to jump in. It hit the water and the look on its face was priceless.