Dog Trot Farm: May 2012

Monday, May 28, 2012

MEMORIAL DAY~

Star Spangled Happiness and Banner Waves of Pride...Cherishe Archer...

Memorial Day...a day to remember and give thanks to all the men and women who have bravely served this great country of ours and to those who continue to do so...a heartfelt... THANK YOU...

Mr. Dog Trot recently informed me that I owed it to him to update you, my lovely blog readers, about my clothesline (fiasco) situation...I am hppy to report the line is in tact and functioning... have you ever noticed ticks coming in the house on your lined dried laundry? I do...

There now is an ebb and flow to my days, flower gardens are being planted...seeds and seedlings being purchased for the vegetable garden...the old tube of BENGAY is being put to good use as well as the Spring Chicken Rub for sore (old) muscles...do you wear gardening gloves while working in dirt? not something I have ever gotten use to...

flowers are popping...

the shade garden is filling in nicely...

Maybeline and her sister's have moved out to the "big house"

all fowl are trying to remain on their best behavior...not easy...

paths have been mowed...I'm waiting for my friend to call and inform me that "my girls" have taken a field trip and wandered into her backyard...or better yet her swimming pool...I wonder if chickens swim?

and to celebrate the beginning of the summer season...off to the clam shack we went...Mr. Dog Trot consumed a lobster roll...my dad enjoyed a clam strip dinner...with some help from Mr. Dog Trot...my mom the whole clam dinner...also with some help from Mr. Dog Trot...me...the kid size portion of chicken tenders...I always get the "what is wrong with you" look...okay... I admit it.. I DO NOT LIKE SEAFOOD...in any shape or form...I did save room for ice cream...

and the love of our lives...Travis Lloyd...attended his first parade...tucked safe in the arms of his grandfather...napping...

Winslow Homer would like you to know it is hard work being a "grampy dog"

but somebody has to do it!!! What's happening in your neck of the woods? I'd love to know!!

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

~TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY~

Sunny rain...a glimmer of sunshine on this rainy Tuesday...I need to pull my head out of the clouds...seriously...laundry has multiplied two fold, the chicks need to be CLEANED, their wood chips seem to have made the way up the stairs, I need to break out the vacuum cleaner...I can't seem to focus...

Memorial weekend is just days away...flags need to be brought out...gardens need attending...

flowers bought...containers just waiting to be filled with new potting soil...a trip to the grocery store is in order...one can only live on cereal for just so long...

The hens are complaining... I need to go to the feed store...Winslow Homer is out of shampoo...the vegetable garden...peas with lettuce...nothing else...

Gladys is tired of being ignored...and wonders where the treats have gone to...

Mr. Dog Trot reminds me that the clothesline has been up and restrung for over a week now...I give a little sigh...

and he says...okay...lets go see the baby...and tomorrow is another day! I hope to catch up with my blog reading ASAP please forgive me. Thank you to all my wonderful blog friends and readers for the kind comments, I so appreciate them and you too. Hugs, Julie aka Marmee.

Monday, May 21, 2012

I BEG YOUR INDULGENCE~

Marmee...I am a Marmee, I'm still walking on air since the birth of my first grandbaby...I beg your indulgence, I can't seem to help myself...on a warm sunny Sunday afternoon...the new family arrived home...

both parents looking a bit fatigued...

however, no complaints were uttered...just adoring gazes..

Travis Lloyd Neily is home...resting in the arms of his great grandmother...my mom...just two days old...

as his proud great grandfather Lloyd...my dad...

looks on...the world seems to be a better place all because of Travis...I am a Marmee!

Friday, May 18, 2012

A BABY IS BORN~

On this glorious May day...at 3:39 pm...our son Tristan greeted Mr. Dog Trot and I with this 9.1 pound bundle of joy...

4 minutes old...my heart is full...Megan did an amazing job delivering this babe and was still being attended to by her OBGYN. OUCH ...21 1/2 inches long...no name as of yet...

a family has been created...we feel so blessed.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

LIFE IS FULL~LIFE IS GOOD

Six days over due this grandbaby of mine...the anticipation is building...I ask myself is this real? Am I actually going to be a grandmother, a marmee. I look out my window and see the crab apple tree, the tree which was planted in honor of our son shortly after his birth. I see the blue baby swing Mr. Dog Trot gave me for Mother's Day and realize... yes... this is real... this is happening... soon...very soon... I will be a marmee...and tomorrow will be the day I become a foster mom, to a little kitty who is in need of some TLC...

Life is full, life is good...

Saturday, May 12, 2012

DO YOU?

Do you have an inner voice? Do you have an inner voice that you actually listen to? I do and I do. So this afternoon when a tall maple tree snapped and split, now hanging precariously over the clothesline....I'm sure you know where this post is headed...Mr. Dog Trot said "I can cut the tree so it will fall away"...AWAY...

now I love Mr. Dog Trot dearly however, from my vantage point there was just no way this tree was not going to land smack in the middle of the clothesline. I wanted to yell "my inner voice says your are WRONG, Mr. Dog Trot does not believe in such things...