Thistle Cove Farm
Out Like a Lion
09:30, 2006-Mar-26
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March is leaving like a lion...starting yesterday - really late Thursday night - the weather was snowsleeticy and lots of it. Yesterday, Friday, the weather was more snowsleeticy and lots of it. Last night it began turning to snow but on top of sleeticy meant dangerous. Today we've had one blizzard after another, interspersed with sunshine that would completely melt the snow on the ground (but not on the mountains). Right now we're having another blizzard and since there will be no more sun today, that means it will be freezing tonight and dangerous tomorrow morning.
I like hanging clothes on the line, no matter the weather. There's an art to hanging clothes on the line and I enjoy the process. Mother taught me how to hang clothes so they would dry nice and straight, no wrinkles and with decreased ironing time. Sometimes, time gets away from me and the clothes are left on the line a little too long. Such was the case above...the clothes froze in the stiff wind and cold temps but I thought it made for a beautiful photo.
Ironing is something else I enjoy doing. There's something pleasant and rewarding about taking a wrinkled garment, smoothing it and spraying it with water and ironing the wrinkles out. Would that life would be so easy, eh?
So much for fencing this week. Danny and Douglas were here replacing a rolled wire fence but rolled wire fence shouldn't be stretched unless the temp is 50 degrees F or above. If it's colder than 50 degrees F, the fence will stretch out when it gets warmer and sags. That means an ugly fence and it doesn't do its job properly which is keep out/in critters.
In the meantime, we've stretched a double tape electric fence between the horse pasture and the alfalfa pasture...keeping the horses gazing longingly at the alfalfa pasture but not letting them graze. It's for the best for horses and field. The horses could founder if they overate on the alfalfa field and if they founder they could die. I had a mare founder a couple of years ago and it took months of thrice, then twice, daily care to pull her through the ordeal.
I take very seriously my responsibilities as steward over what God has entrusted to me. Others told me, "put her down or let her die" but I just couldn't...not and stand in God's face one day and have Him say, "why?"
I've been busy all day but what have I accomplished? There are three loaves of nut and seed bread rising in the warming oven, a couple of small knitting projects finished, talked to family and friends, feed horses and sheep twice, ordered a new bathing suit (this was a gift...Mom sent me a jacket for Christmas but it was much too large so I exchanged it for a bathing suit), cleaned up the house a bit and that's about it. It doesn't seem like much but I was busy all day.
An old back injury came back to haunt me about three or four weeks ago and I've spent a lot of time reclining in bed with my legs propped up. That seems to relieve the pressure on my spine, in turn, decreasing the pain level in my left leg. By the time, I finally went to the chiropractor, I was dragging my left leg and it was partially paralyzed. It's taken me a while to get to the point where I can get anything done.
I've just uploaded or downloaded, not sure which is correct, a photo and, once again, it looks like a billboard. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong to have such huge photos? I'm sure this is playing havoc with the Homestead Bloggers site...I'm sorry folks!
It's a cold, wintery night here at Thistle Cove Farm. My flannel nightgown and shawl are going to be comforting, cozy and warm later on this evening.
God's blessings on you, yours and the work of your hands.
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