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I sometimes wonder if being caretaker of a dog with newly born puppies is anything similar to a new mum taking care of her wee little baby. My day seems to revolve around puppies. Now I know that dogs have been birthing and caring for their offspring for millennia with absolutely no problems at all.… Continue reading Puppies…

Here I sit wrapped up in a blanket in my chair early this Sunday morning, contemplating the second day of my PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) class that I shall finish up over in John Day today. Being an EMT has not only expended my education over the years but has brought me face to… Continue reading Education is a grand thing!

I am in piggy mode these days. With one sow already farrowed out and 12 little piglets running around her, two more girls due the end of next week and the fourth girl, who almost ended up as bacon and sausage, due to farrow early March, it is definitely pig time on the Triple H.… Continue reading Pig Farmer….

There is a rather well known country western song sung  by Johnny Paycheck that comes to mind when I think about the day I had the other day, hence the title to this my latest of musings. Every once in a while, it seems at least once a year, I have one of those days… Continue reading “Take This Job and….”

Here we are in late January and the piglet procession has begun. Mary, a most wonderful sow, gave birth a few days ago to a passel of piglets! I knew she was getting close to farrowing as I have this handy dandy little gestation wheel. You put the arrow on the day an animal was… Continue reading Mid-wife nights…

Another morning and here I sit in my easy chair, cup of tea by my side, fire going in the wood cookstove, Darrell still resting in bed and me waiting for the first light of dawn to peek over the horizon and show its face through the window. Although today is a Monday, for Darrell… Continue reading The “What If’s”…

There is something very comforting in routine, such as getting up in the early morning hours to do an hour of Yoga followed by a nice cup of tea while sitting in my easy chair to check emails and messages as the kettle on the woodstove gently whistles away. I listen for the sounds of… Continue reading Routine and life…

As I was putting away my milking equipment yesterday morning, getting ready for another cup of tea while the milk cooled in the big stainless pan in the kitchen sink, I glanced out the dining room window in time to see our little flock of quail come barreling  in for breakfast. Darrell sprinkles cracked corn… Continue reading Darrell’s quail…

This “blog” idea has been a great adventure for me and I have and still do welcome your comments! My initial goal for this endeavor was to hopefully kick start a habit of writing on a somewhat daily basis as I have been pestered relentlessly by so many folk, yes you know who you are, to… Continue reading Diary of a Redneck Englishwoman!