Another Week On Leegacy Farm ~~Picture Review

This week on Leegacy Farm has been both productive and restful, and we continue to have my mom here recuperating with us.

The usual chores and fun activities of milking cows, feeding animals, making cheese and butter, preparing countless meals, visiting with friends, new friends and farm customers, and doing loads of laundry have been done, though the laundry has been a bit of a challenge with all the rain and ice we've had.

Speaking of rain and ice, Abi decided to make batches of apple butter since we still have some apples left and since we've been inside for many many days this week.

And who can bare having homemade apple butter without homemade bread?

Enjoying the warmth of the fire and reading some good-for-the-soul food.

Bethany spent some time rendering fat from one of our pigs.  She tried a crockpot method and was pleased.

She's removing some of  the cracklings.  Dad, if you were here we'd prepare some crackling cornbread for you.:)

We didn't have snow on the ground, but the ice on the trees looked very beautiful.

The fellas have repaired vehicles and changed the oil in our van and in grandmother's car.

The sun came out by the end of the week and temperatures warmed up a bit.  The younger set found a new playhouse across the pasture and in a hollowed out old tree.  They gave me a grand tour after lunch today, and it was so nice being out in the sunshine again.  My mom also enjoyed being out and we all walked a whole mile with her today.

Observing the distance below in the hollowed tree trunk.

Emily had the house smelling delightfully yummy as she made large batches of granola.  For those of you who have only younger children, I must encourage you by telling you how wonderful it is to have children who learned at your side when they were small and who grow up and make you so very thankful for the time you had to invest in their lives. Even though the training time can be more difficult than doing things yourself when they are little, you definitely reap the rewards of your labor later on.

Preparing to make soap with some of the goat's milk.

Cutting out fabric for a barn apron.  The sweetest ladies sent us so many boxes of fabric after the storm and now we are settled and can use it for various projects!  Abi decided on a barn apron since she has a bottle fed calve which she is feeding twice a day.

These children of mine are often seen without shoes and no matter the weather.  What can I say?  I'm not particularly fond of shoes myself.:)

Little Man enjoys slipping and sliding on the ice.

Mom's dog guards her bedside as she sleeps.  We moved the school table, chairs and bench out of the room and added a bed for Mom.  She's the little heap you see in the above picture.  She started out sleeping all day....

then she perked up and started walking circles around the interior of the house.  Before long we won't be able to keep up with her, Lord willing!

Bookwork

As I said before, we've been moving furniture around in preparation for having my mom with us.  We moved the school table made by our Tom into the dining room and the dining room table....you get the idea.  We've been moving lots of stuff.:)

The twinkle lights provide some glow when the sun isn't shining. Love twinkle lights.

The fellas have also been working to fill the woodshed, one has done some farm sitting this week, and three continue to do some off-the-farm work in addition to their regular on-the-farm work.

Thought I'd mention one of our leftover meals we frequently enjoy.  The above picture is of leftover cheese and sausage grits.  My daughters often place the leftover grits in a bread pan and refrigerate them until the next mornings breakfast time.  They slice them as one would slice a cake and then they fry them in a bit of oil.  They are delicious as is or dipped in your favorite condiment.

We always have a read-aloud going and this weeks book has been about earlier Americans who traveled to California by covered wagon. We had this book pre-storm and decided to order a used copy to replace the one we lost.  It was enjoyed many years ago by the older ones.

The fellas also attached our hand grinder to a piece of furniture in the kitchen.  This one is set up with the corn auger and will be used to grind our corn into cornmeal and grits and such.  Funny thing happened as Abi was ordering the auger.  She had been on the computer ordering, gave the computer to me and the phone rang.  It was a dear friend and neighbor from our former state.  He asked me what we were up to and whether or not I happened to be shopping.  I was shocked and wondered for a moment how he could possibly know, at that very moment, that I was indeed shopping online.  He is a computer guy. He then told me that they actually sell the auger and that he had just received the order on his computer.  Funny!  And that has been our week on Leegacy Farm.  Hope you and yours are well and warm.  Blessings,  Sherry