Life at Homeland Farm

       Hello and welcome back! It is only mid march, and we are having an EARLY spring here on the farm. It is certainly very welcome by the  humans and animals alike, after last years record breaking snow and cold. We have had a very mild winter, and very little snow this year. I bet we didn't have much more then  a foot of snow in our area of Maine total for the entire season. Of course, we might not be done yet, but are getting closer to April. Bring on the sun and warm temps, says I. Last year at this time..we had a ton of snow         The unfortunate part of spring is here early as well, and that of course is MUD SEASON. Oh Lordie, it is bad this year. Mud in the driveway, mud where the lawn used to be, pull off your boot mud in the corral  and almost as much in my kitchen and laundry room. Bleck. Comes with the territory when you have a working farm, and lately, we are all...

    Shakespeare would be very angry at the abuse of his famous words."Who is this..Carmeo, of which you write?"  Anyway,  I'm back, and now it is time to catch everyone up after a 5 month blogging vacation. It was an unintended break, because life kind of... happened, and now here we are 5 whole months later. Let me see...what did you miss??          We had a beautiful sunrise one morning when Cliffy and I were up early to go to dialysis. Lovely..peaceful...serene. A far cry from most days when chaos reins.      Anticipating the birth of my first granddaughter, we started to buy baby things, which Muffinhead and Stewbeef quickly took over as their own. As it turns out, the cats enjoy laying in these a lot more then the baby.      It was a banner year for apples, and by September, we were ready to pick them. So we hired the best apple picker we could aff...

  Hello and welcome back. I made it successfully to M yesterday with no computer glitches, so I shall soldier on today and finish what I started. Here we go!  N is for Nuts...Sooo many examples of that! Jr Ewing meets Wyett Earp  Cam ready for safari See what I mean...   O is for Offspring, as in mine...   P is for pals..they are good friends     Molly and Liam Cameron wearing a cat Cameron and Ryder..not too big to love a belly rub Q is quality horses..rescue saves many from a terrible fate Cliff and Brogan on Azura and Amira Liam on Old Bill, another rescue R is for roosters, of which we have many Rooster Cogburn A rooster a riding.. Emu the rooster S is for snowy scenes... Last winter was a doozy! Lots of snow! Blaahhh So much snow... T is for Turkey, wild bird that got caught in our fences U is for unusual...like chupie Mr Peacock V is for vegeta...