Farm girl
Today I am a stay at home Dad so Anna can chaperone a field trip with Vicki. You know you have farm kids when the 2 year old is quite happy helping with chores in a princess dress and then…
We have GAS
That’s right, we have Goat Addition Syndrome. You can read more about the affliction on Backyard Herds. In September 2011, we bought our first 2 goats. Right now we have 2 bucks, 6 does (3 in milk – 2 getting…
the teachings of schools
A little bit of enlightening truth from my first class (Critical Thinking) towards my Equine Sciences degree: In 1906, William Graham Sumner published a land-breaking study of the foundations of sociology and anthropology, Folkways, in which he documented the tendency…
Compassion
Last weekend, I wrote about the North Stonington 5k, but I left out the details of something that happened. During Vicki’s 1/4 mile race (which was 2 laps around a field), she ran by Madison. Madison is 5 and goes…
Rabbit pictures
We finally took some pictures of our rabbits! Since we currently have 27 kits (baby rabbits) and 13 adults for breeding stock, I only selected a few to put on the page. Don’t worry, we have 2 more rabbits due…
The bucks are here!
Ok, so the bucks actually got here 2 weeks ago, but we finally made some pictures this evening. We got one Oberhasli and one Lamancha (his ears are supposed to look like that). They are young, but will be ready to…
Rob is going back to school
I’ve got a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a M.S. in Engineering Management. Now it is time to get a degree I want to use. It is interesting how our decisions in life change. In about 7 years I will…
5k PR
Today was the annual North Stonington Education Fund 5k race with kids races. Since the race starts only 3/4 mile from our house and supports the local schools, we decided to attend again this year. I ran to the start,…
Cold Frame
For Mother’s Day, Anna had 1 request: “build a cold frame for my plants before you leave town.” Well since I was leaving town on Monday, that didn’t leave much time to get the project designed, built, and installed. A…
Grizzly Rock Screen
Ever since we moved in, we have been working to improve our horse riding arena. We have spent some unknown number of hours using pitchforks and just our hands picking up the rocks out of the arena. Last year, we…