Less is More - in action

That's pretty much our motto around here..."Less is More"...

Well, now, more than ever, we are putting this theory into action.

This week we sold Rachael and Levi.

We will miss having our pair, but reports are coming back on their new surroundings.  

Levi now has 6 girls to keep happy, and Rachael has made friends with a big doe.

And in the process, we met an amazing couple who farm and are like-minded.

But wait...we're not done.

Traveler, pictured with young Jordan on his back, is also for sale.

We will miss him.  He's one of a kind.

But someone will have an amazing horse in the process.

We'll just have to wait and see what the Good Lord has in mind...

and who will ride Traveler down the road, to his new home.

Until tomorrow, less is more, God willing.

Wordless Wednesday - Zip, being a farm dog is no picnic...always working.

Wordless Wednesday - Mid June

Two Years Ago...Dreams Do Come True

"It is not on any map. True places never are."

Herman Melville ~ Mody Dick







Imagine...



If you could wake up tomorrow and not have to answer to anyone.



Except Mother Nature.







Enjoy a pot of coffee over an open fire.







Raise your own beef.







Enjoy fresh milk each day from your favorite milk goat.







Slow cook that tender roast ~ enough for company too.







An alarm clock, not that you would need one...and an egg a day.







Life simply. Outhouse simply.







Build your own furniture, from your own trees.







You can.



I can.



Start with a teeny tiny idea.



Write it down.



Make it yours.







Focus on that plan.



Make it your plan.



Your desire.



Your dream.



Follow that dream.



And remember, "less is more".







"The longings of your heart are not incidental, they are critical messages. The desires of your heart are not to be ignored, they are to be consulted. As the wind turns the weather vane, so God uses your passions to turn your life. God is too gracious to ask you to do something you hate."

Max Lucado ~ Just like Jesus

Until tomorrow ~ one day closer to my plan ~ God willing (and smiling),

Woodswoman

SIDEBAR:  This Blog was originally published on 3/24/09...almost two years ago...

and now I am "livin' the dream" with 1/3 Living.  Start now folks ~ make your plan. 

It WILL come true! 

Caprine Cuddlin'

Well, I've been wondering about Rachael and Levi for quite some time.

They are our goats. 

Rachael came on board as a baby in the summer of 2009.

As did Levi, this past spring.

A registered 100% Boer buckling.

What we farmers like to call..."breeding stock".

There hadn't been any sign of any breeding, although Levi has come of age.

He has even grown a goat-tee!

But I knew, eventually, he would live up to his name as a buck goat.

And a week ago, love was in the air...

A lot of sweet gestures were being bantered about.

Rachael, being Rachael, didn't make it easy for her new suitor.

Even though she would wag her tail in a "come hither" goat sort of way.

And yes, they would even butt heads now and then.

But in the end, when all was said and done, Levi collapsed with joy.

And Rachael wondered if this was "normal"...

Or if he was ever going to get up...

She hoped so, as he was her partner and who she cuddled with for warmth in the night.

After a few minutes, he did...and he had "puppy love" written all over him.

Look ~ a June baby is due...

We'll be planning for a June goat kid now. 

Or two...

Oh, the summer will be devine!

Always God willing...



The Cow-less Cowboy

On Saturday, our cows will be leaving.

Sweet Dixie, who we bought as a baby, over 5 years ago.

Dudley, who we bought as a baby over 4 years ago.

And newcomer Duchess, a sweet girl and good Mama.

And Buttercup, who is expecting a calf this Fall for the very first time.

It's not going to be easy, seeing them get loaded up and drive away. 

They become a part of you, of who you are.

I'll miss the new crop of calves...

But little Sizzler will be staying. 

I'm sure the goats will welcome him into the fold.

It will be an adjustment, but we'll manage.

And I'm pretty sure you can still be a cowboy, even if you don't have a cow.