Almost Amish Anders

This is my son, Anders. He almost always wears a hat,  a long sleeved button up shirt and dark pants. He has long hair and a long beard. On more than one occasion I've been asked if he is Amish.

Well, not quite, but he is working toward being self sufficient and off grid.

So maybe he's almost Amish?

Sleeping angels

Shhhhhhhh.... don't wake the baby.

How soon they forget...

A year ago these were my Shetland ewes. They came when I called. The new my voice. Now they are Anders and Emily's. They look at me with uninterested eyes, turn and walk away.

You would think if they don't remember me, they would at least remember that I carry the feed bucket!

Kentucky Hazel and Little Bit

When my son, Anders and his wife moved to their farm in Kentucky so did our milk cow Hazel. Last week she gave them a nice looking 1/2 Dexter bull calf. He's just a little bit of a thing so that's what I call him. The kids may want to name him something more portentious like. . . T-bone. :^)

Tractor driving with Poppa Jim

My grandson, loves tractors. All tractors: lawn tractors, paddock tractors, Allis Chalmers, Massey Ferguson, Ford, Case, Kubota and especially Poppa Jim's John Deere.  Joel waited all day for this ride. Look at that face. Driving the tractor is serious business!

Stuart Little

Stuart isn't too sure about all the remodeling going on around his house. He looks a little worried.

This is my bug catchin' hat

I like to send Joel new hats. This one was a great find. It keep the sun off of him and it has a nifty little pocket and an "official" Bug Catching Club patch with the slogan "we'll leave no leaf unturned"

This hat and a diaper is Joel's latest fashion statement.

Gotta love farm kids!