Straddling Buildings

Idealism V.S. Realism

If you've ever tried any kind of improvement on anything, you would probably know that it takes a long time.  A very long time.  With sometimes unexpected results. 

Since we bought this property as a neglected wheat field, a lot of changes have been made.  But, unfortunately, we're not even halfway to where we want to be.  As every summer approaches, we make a gigantic list of things we need to get done on the farm during our free time.  Then summer actually does come and we get thrown into a churning mass of business, and forget all about it.  

Guess what?  Now summer is over.  And we are beginning a very big list of things to get done as soon as possible (which probably won't come very soon).  Here are just a few things in our idealistic farm dream:

~The fields would be fenced so that our goats could graze happily about in a way that Joel Salatin's animals do on beautiful, healthy forage.  

~The current goat fence would be fixed so that we don't have to worry about getting calls from distant neighbors right before mutual (a story for tomorrow).

~The chicken coop would have a wooden or concrete floor so that we wouldn't have to worry about skunks getting in and eating 2 dozen eggs a night.  We killed another one today so we're going on seven.

~The buck would be separated from the does, and the babies would be separated from their mamas.

~ The driveway would be clear of chicken dung.

~And the lawn would be healthy. . .

Wish us luck with our fantasies!

The many moods of Corn Nut

Careless.

GOOFY.

Contemplative.

Sad. . .

Frustrated.

And pleading.

All he wants for Christmas is. . .

His two front teeth!

Fall Flower

Highschool There I Went

I have officially started highschool.  You don't even know how weird that is.  But I was super excited this morning to start off at "The Big School" as compared to the small charter school I've been going to for the past few years.  

This morning was chilly and the leftovers from rain all last night clung in the air, so the humidity made my hair frizzy and I wore a jacket, but I didn't really care.  The day was amazing.  

I would have never dreamed that there could be so many people my age in all of the towns around me, let alone my freshman class!  There seem to be too many people today, let alone tomorrow, when all the grades will come.  What can I say?  It was definitely a change.  

All of my classes are going well, but already I have a few questionable teachers.  My science teacher is incredibly strange and my math teacher seems to be the most dull person in the world.  He's about 6'2" with a big square face and looks completely normal and a little bit tough, then you hear him speak and your mouth drops open.  He has the most high-pitched voice I've ever known a male to have.  Wow.  It is disconcerting, to say the least.  Then his sentences all end on the same note.  In that class, I'm pretty sure I'll either fall asleep or die, either way.  Oh well.  I have some amazing teachers as well.

And by the way, I'm super excited for this year, if you haven't noticed.

SORRY. . . . But not really

What can I say??  Summer is wonderful. . . . and hectically busy at the same time.  For the past few weeks, or month, or whatever, I have completely forgotten about blogging, the internet, worries, and school (or should that be included with worries?).  

And I plan on keeping my nose out of the computer for the next few weeks before school starts to really enjoy these last few days of my favorite season.  I plan on continuing the involved watch and nature study of a little henny penny sitting on her eggs in our back yard. . . (Good news on that later, I hope), jumping on the trampoline after sunset, yelling, watching flowers bloom and our beehive flourish, thrive on the thought that 4-h is over and I have practically nothing to worry about, and just be outside.  Wish me luck!  Continuing on August 24th unless something amazing happens that I absolutely have to post about.  

Thank you, and see you later!