Yesterday, FarmWife spent an hour moving fences, tidying up, raking hay, scrubbing troughs, rearranging buckets, and so forth. At the end of it, she had an entirely new system: Arrietty on one side of the fence, in what shall henceforth b…
Much better, thank you
To all who expressed concern over the state of FarmWife's face, she's much better, thank you. A nice tip from our friends at Simple Relief has helped her start healing the cuts inside her mouth and her front teeth are already nice …
Well, that was embarrassing (and some scenes of carnage)
I'm afraid FarmWife and I butted heads yesterday—not in the sense that we disagreed, but in the sense that we bonked painfully into one another (more painfully for her, I'm afraid). It was as the result of me spooking, but I bear n…
Hoof trims
FarmWife's daughter treated her to a professional hoof trim today—that is, FarmWife presented her own work-worn fingers to a manicurist at yonder shopping mall and watched him work his magic. The poor chap probably didn't know what…
Dear Friends
Dear Friends,
Thank you for all your many expressions of concern as to my well being. I'm currently feeling pretty good, staying pretty active, and appearing in stable condition (no more water out of the nose, so perhaps that was a fl…
Death comes to the sleeping
I don't know that such a long lapse in blogging is excusable, but for what it's worth I've been caught up in something which should soon bear fruit. When it does, I'll have a lot more to say. Before dawn today, our chickens …
2013 State of the Farmlet Address
Spring has been thinking of coming early here in the Pacific Northwest, and we are ready for it. My teeth (which may or may not be defective—I am seeing an equine dentist at my soonest possible opportunity) are ready to nibble the tender …
An update on the life of Miss Arrietty G. Teaspoon
FarmWife is faced with a dilemma. I have become so slender as to require concentrated feeds (oats, timothy pellets, and equine senior), if you can believe it! FarmWife and the vet are working on figuring out why, but in the meantime my we…
Mules: the pros and cons
Mules, the pros: We have feet like rocks (present lameness notwithstanding) We have disproportionate strength and endurance We have glossy coats We keep tidy stalls We innately tend towards the preservation of life and limb, meaning we're u…
Feelin' groovy
Well, one good thing has come out of all of this lameness business: FarmWife, in my eyes, has gotten her muleness back.
Before I wound up three-legged lame a week ago, this was the routine: 8:30 am, hay thrown. 9 am, grain dumped in my buc…
Hair
White dog, black dog, brown cat, grey cat, brown mule, tan mule, white bun, grey bun, yellow bird, blond girls, brunette you: FarmWife, you are dreaming if you think you are going to find an outfit that hides the hair.
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