A walk through the homestead

Dom and I walked through the homestead today. I discovered we have a small pond by the boys cabin. Of course I didnt think to snap a pic! We also walked down to the stream that is at the bottom of our property.

I also took a few pics of the downed trees.

Dom took a pic of the ice on the trail and another pic we have called the "Woods Monster".

This is a beautiful pic I took of the full moon last night. 

The animals decided to help me cook supper tonight. Sylvester is slowly making his way onto the main floor instead of staying upstairs all the time. He has been slowly adjusting to his new place. 

Today I started planning my garden. I am looking forward to it. I'm hoping to grow enough to can this year and spend a little more time with growing more herbs.

Tomorrow we are not doing much but to ring in the new year. I will make a few finger foods and we will have some sparkling cider to toast at midnight.

2020 is thankfully coming to a close!

Have a great New Year.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from our homestead to yours. 

Presents have been opened and Christmas lunch consumed.

It has been super rainy here so most of our snow is gone.

I cant wait until spring to fix the barn and move all of our animals from the garage to down here.

We have moved

We have moved to a place with more land where my husband grew up. We now have 16 acres of land!!

We converted the 2 car garage into a barn for the winter. In the spring we will fix the barn and move all the animals down there.

The dogs are adjusting well. Sylvester doesn't know what to think of the new place yet but we are keeping an eye on him so he doesn't run out the door.

Today we had satellite hooked up as there is no cable out here. We are waiting for our home phone and internet to be installed. The phone company has been frustrating so far. I'm hoping once services are installed quality improves. 

It is nice and quiet here, very peaceful. 

We heat with a wood furnace and a pellet stove. The new house has 3 full bathrooms and a dining room. I have antique couches in the living room and one of them in the kids sitting area upstairs. 

 We are all unpacked and this week I will try to get my craft room unpacked. Figure late gifts are better than no gifts.

I will post photos later of the house.