My precious Daniel has passed away

My precious Daniel passed away on October 17th, no words can comfort, I have died a thousand deaths in my heart the moment his stopped beating. 

Finally a sign for the farm

There has been a lot of hard times in my life, lots of changes. Mostly it has turned out good. It took awhile for me to settle into this farm because I loved the old one so much and I don't think I was over losing it.

This place is very different than the old farm, the house is very nice and there is 10 acres and a huge spring fed pond. The arena is nice and the stalls Abe build have all the things I liked from the old farm. Special stall mats and a skylight for each stall. It's quiet here and the land has lots of trees and is rich with life.

I wanted to have a feeling of completion and permanency so I had an artist make a sign with my favorite drawing to represent what I feel about the farm and animals living here. It turned out really nice.

Cody almost died this year, I took him to Ohio State and he made it through. It was a wake up call, all these years I have struggled to survive and haven't been able to spend time with him as much as I should have.

When Cody was really sick all I could say to him over and over again was I still need you. It is true, Cody was the beginning of horses and farms and living the life I have chosen. We lost pony before I moved here and that makes me sad and now there is Hugh. Bit and Aubrey are doing well.

My life has been enriched with geese and lots of feral barn cats and trying to stem the litters of kittens that come with them. All together, there have been nine cats fixed and several more to go provided I can trap them.

There are water turtles, snapping turtles, snakes in the water and on land and countless other creatures. We have lizards also. I see the beauty of life all around me everyday.

Kylie brought a kitten to the farm late one night that was very sick, now I have a house cat which I wasn't looking for. The parrots are still with me too and 3 dogs. The best of it is the love I am surrounded with and the humor provided mostly by the geese.