MexicanPrideFarm

Wow, what a difference a year makes! We have a new grandson, named Levi Samuel Wallis. He was born last June 30th and again his mom didn't give us alot of time to spare at the hospital. He's 9 months old now and a delight. His face lights up when he smiles and he is the most peaceful baby I've ever seen.

We are getting ready for springs work, although today it was only 20 degrees. Hattie spent last night and Jack is staying tonite. Levi has been sick for a couple of days, so he will have to stay with mom until he's mended.
 
We have four new kids (baby goats) born during the most brutal part of the winter, but survived! New baby calves were born all through the winter. This was an exceptioanally hard winter, one of the worst I remember. It snowed almost constantly and we got over 200 inches for the season. Maybe next year I'll measure exactly. And it was ungodly cold. Thank goodness we put in an outdoor wood boiler 2 years ago. It warms us twice. Once when we cut the wood and again when we burn it!

Our area is seeing alot of horse-and-buggy Amish buying farms. It's interesting watching old fashioned farming with work horses.  They sellalot of homemade goods, baskets, jams and jellies. Plus they are for hire for building projects, sheds and such. And snow shoveling!  It's good to see fallow farmland back in production.

Right now I'm working on party favors for my mother-in-law's 90th birthday party. We decided to make flour sack towels with redwork embroidery on them. Thats outline embroidery done only with red thread. They are beautiful. I'll post a picture when they're done.

This is my first day blogging and I think I'll just keep you up-to-date on the comings and goings on the farm.
Jack and Hattie (the grandkids) spent the nite and Jack locked himself and Hattie in their bedroom on the 2nd floor this morning. It's a deadbolt, so no fiddling with it would unlock it. Grandper Sam was bringing the cows up from the pasture for milking when a very frantic Grandmer called him to help rescue the kids who were crying. Thanks goodness the windows were unlocked. He got a ladder and came in through the window to unlock the door. Jack was sure suprised to see Grandper coming in through the window! Kind of like a summertime Santa sans toys.
Chores finally got done and Sam has headed to the field. We planted oats this week, but still have corn and sorghum to get planted. Our neighbor "Bub" has been helping out and he went to chisel plow some corn ground. I ran to our butcher and picked up some goat meat for my brother.
Tonite I'll be attending a wedding at the Turning Stone Casino in Vernon, NY. I can't wait to see it, I hear it's gorgeous.       Grandmer Nancy