Today is town voting day in Westmoreland, as in many other New England communities. Our town votes on Tuesday and holds town meeting Wednesday evening. We have a race for selectman this year and each candidate got a lot of backing from townspeople in the days and...
I can feel it in my bones, sure as anything ever was, mud season is just starting to stretch his legs and yawn, realizing the days are warming and it's time to do his work. This is our road this morning, pre-mud. Followup in a few weeks. Logging operations are...
I went to the barn this morning and the first thing I do is scan the sheep and the scene to make sure all is well; everyone alert, their coats intact, nothing seemingly in disaray. You know leaving a flock of animals unattended for 12 hours can prove problematic at...
We just returned from a trip to the Great North Woods of NH snowmobiling. Unplugged! No cell service or computer connection. We rode 400+ miles from Colebrook to Erroll to Pittsburg and Diamond Pond. The trails were smooth, there is plenty of snow up there! Off trail...
Quite often I want to create a color from the Earthues dyes, but until I am sure I have acheived it, I find dyeing small swatches the best way to do the tests. Just take a quart sized canning jar and place enough water in it to cover the goods to be dyed. Place the...
The first load of logs left the farm yesterday. Bright and early every morning I can hear Gary running the skidder and chainsaw as I do sheep chores and walk the dogs. I full appreciate his job, whether it is windy, snowy, rainy or just plain cold, Gary is there,...
Today we took to our own trails in Westmoreland with Lyle and Sandy. They rode over from their house and met us here at the farm and from here we rode across town and up the tracks to The Minuteman Cafe on the summit for lunch. It's a great location with lots of...
We were finally able to get out and do some snowmobiling. Jack and I trailered up to meet Bill and Jennie in Lempster, NH and took the afternoon riding toward Sunapee and then over to Washington for lunch and back to their house in Lempster. The trails weren't the...
Have you EVER seen a more content lamb? This is Charlotte, she is a year old now, but she is still so darn cute. She is a gift, to us and to the breed.
That's the way I see it! We got a total of 11", the White Mts 24-30". We were hoping for more but 11'' is a good start. The sun is out and the wind is gusting to 30mph with the temperature around zero. Sidney and I went for a walk down the road and in to the far field...
