Turbo
7/12/2013-11/19/2025Today we said a hard goodbye to Turbo. He joined the family as a little puppy and lived his whole life on our farm where he chased the horses and barked at the neighbors. Turbo served as a 4-H project…
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The Border Patrol Challenge 2024
Friday, I skipped out of work a little early to run 13 miles on the Arcadia Trail with Rusty and my friend Ian. It was 25F and icy. The trail took us 3.5 hours to complete and we finished about…
Hiking in Pachaug State Forest
Last night when Rob got home from work, we went for a walk in the forest. Our property directly borders Pachaug State Forest, Connecticut’s largest state forest. We walk out of our horse barn and are in the state forest…
Farewell Mack
Today was hard as we were forced to say goodbye to Mack. Mack has always had some health issues, but in the past month or so he developed a cough and had fluid around his heart and lungs. The vet…
Rusty Red Waggin’
Our new Brittany puppy, Rusty Red Waggin’ came home yesterday night. He has had a busy first day meeting Mack and Turbo. It was a rainy day, but finally cleared up enough this afternoon that they could run around outside for…
Lamancha babies
Last night, Anna went to bed as I stayed up working on some things (ok, I was on Facebook). Around 11, I was ready for bed, but first went to the barn to check on West View Swan’s Saffron, one…
Best friends
Turbo and Mack after spending the morning outside working on chores.
Lap dogs
Every time Turbo gets pulled up into a lap, Mack decides to climb up into mine.
New friends
Puppy time!
Introducing the newest member of the farm! This little 3 month old boy sheltie joined us this evening. Names are currently being tested. In contention are Waldo (because I expect to say Where’s Waldo a lot), Turbo, Geyser, and Rocket.…