I Love Summertime!

Where do I Begin? We often ask ourselves this question. We have many on going projects and and a long list of projects to accomplish. The projects are best tackled by simply napping on the porch swing.
















We adopted two kittens this summer, Ben and Jerry. Ben keeps us amused with his fun loving, tantalizing personality. He follows Daniel around like a dog. He warmed up to the chickens in no time. His stunt is to run up to them and pretend he is going to attack. The chickens flutter in all directions and Ben stands laughing his cat laugh:) Ben even took it upon himself to stalk a deer. Ben remained crouched in the grass with the doe stomping the ground repeatedly. Ben slowly crept closer until the doe decided she did not like the look of the black blob stalking her and her fawn. It was comical. Jerry is Hannah's proud prince. He loves to be held and carried everywhere.

Wild blackberries were a treat this summer. Daniel and Jonathan dressed for winter so as to keep the thorns at bay. Needless to say their picking diminished rather quickly. Mom ended up doing most of the picking. We froze most of them for ice cream treats in the heat of summer.

We have concluded; It is easier raising

two cats rather than one :) One foal is all we can

handle for now. Jenny remains a sweetie!

Hannah loves to ride and has a passion to jump. She is trotting over jumps for now until she can better control Lady at the canter. Lady gets very excited when she canters over the jumps and is a handful to handle even for mommy! With practice, we are hopeing Lady will learn to contain herself :) Top rated judge, Daniel inspects Olympic rider Hannah and her mount Lady.

Summer is not summer without puddles.

Rosie having her teeth filed (floated). unlike human teeth, horses teeth grow. We have them filed once to twice a year. And I thought braces were bad!















It is wonderful being the center of attention!

What is summer without fishing and horse shows!

Kevin and Jamie brought to our farm a pair of Kestrels that were trapped at BWI airport. The birds posed a danger to airplanes. The bird pictured here is a male. Hannah released both birds. We had sightings of them a couple of times over the summer passing over our farm. Thank you Jamie and Kevin for thinking of us! We will never forget the Kestrels!