_Good Evening from Maybelle Farm.  It's Thursday night  and a very sad night for me.  I went out to do chores and found my beautiful Moorit ram Luther had passed away in his stall.  His buddy Spartacus just stood there by Luther looking so sad as if to say "Hey, what's happened to my buddy"?  Todd came out to help me move Luther and we put Spartacus into the stall next to Thistle and Stuart.  Thistle is my newest ram from Kindred Spirit Farm and Stuart (a wether) is his buddy.  I wanted Spartacus to be able to see them for the night. Tomorrow he can go into the pasture with them. Thistle will chase poor Spartacus until they both will be exhausted and then things will settle down.  My handsome Luther would have been 11 yrs. old this coming April.   I knew he was getting thin and older but I really expected to loose either Blake or Avocado first.  This is the part of farming that I really don't like!  I know he had a good life and he had a wonderful disposition.  Farewell my beautiful friend Luther and enjoy nice green grass in sheep heaven!

Well Jonathan and I stayed home on New Years eve and I worked at Mr. G's on New Years Day.  My daughter Darcy, my son David, my grandson Austin all helped me unload 88 more bales of hay so now I have enough hay to get thru March and hopefully into April!  WHEWWWW!!!  It sure is nice to have that done.  David's children Austin and Ella stayed at Darcy's house to play with Rowan and Declan that afternoon.  Hot chocolate and snacks and playing with new Christmas things was fun for all.

I'm working on the plans for the after school program that starts on Jan. 9th at the Wardsboro Elementary School.  Jenna Konesko and I will be teaching a 5 week class of Fiber Fun Days.  We will teach the children how to process fiber, braiding, weaving, needle felting and as much more as we can fit into that 5 week session.  It is very exciting to teach about fiber to students.  The children will get a farm tour and meet the sheep whose fiber they work with.  I plan to bring pictures of Vinca, Annika, Arwyn, Dulcie, Star, Lyra, Colby, Clementine, Chloe, Tinka, Arly, Matylda to name a few.  They can each choose a picture and work with that sheep's wool!  WHAT FUN!

I am also in the process of filling out an eight page form to renew my nursing license and get that taken care of.  It just seems like there is so much to do and not enough time to do it.  I did take a little time to spin a small amount of my Marcus & Tinka blended roving  It is Coopworth/Finn/Dorset sparkling white roving and it makes you drool to spin it! WOW!!  Also a lady at the "Six Loose Ladies" in Ludlow, VT called and they may be interested in my yarn and roving.  It certainly would be nice to sell some of my products instead of constantly paying out for processing!

Well, I'm off to get supper for Jonathan so I will say goodnight from Maybelle MaMa

P.S.  I am re-posting this blog to include the poem that Patty Blomgren sent to me after hearing about Luther's passing.

Somewhere ~ somewhere in time's own space
There must be some sweet pastured place
Where creeks sing on and tall trees grow
Some Paradise where sheep go,
For by the love that guides your pen
You know great sheep live again.

_Good morning from Maybelle farm!   This will be my final blog for 2011 and just around the corner is 2012!  I can't believe that it is the end of another year and the start of 2012.  We had a very nice Christmas this year with my family.  I had to work on Christmas Day from  9 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. with my little Mr. G.   When his family arrived and I could come home.  My son David, his wife Rachel and their children Austin and Ella arrived about 4:30 p.m. and then my daughter Darcy and her children Rowan and Declan arrived about 6 p.m.  We opened our stockings and presents and then had a crazy Christmas dinner with a combo snacks-supper!  Wow, I am certainly was ready to crawl into bed that night, as I had stayed up late baking beans, half a ham and making rolls, etc... 

The Monday after Christmas was a great day to clean up and just relax and rest.  My grandson Austin arrived and helped me clean the upstairs in the barn, getting ready for a load of hay.  Austin then helped me load and bring a load of wood down to our woodbox on the front porch.  By that time we were ready for hot chocolate and snacks.  Austin stayed until 2 p.m. and then I went down to visit with my sister. Monday afternoon Mr. Steiner arrived with his hay wagon loaded with 92 bales of hay.  Jonathan pulled the hay wagon out to the barn, I unloaded half the hay wagon of hay alone and then told Darcy she would have to finish it!  That just about finished me.  I did chores, came home, ate supper and curled up in my chair with a good book. 

On Tuesday Dec. 27th Jonathan went with me to Greenwich, N.Y. to the Battenkill Fiber Mill to pick up some of our wool that they had processed for us.  The "Marcus/Tinka"  (coopworth/finn/dorset) roving that is beyond beautiful.  I also picked up a bag of "Thistle" that I had made into incredibly beautiful yarn.  I am so happy with their work and can't wait to spin some of Marcus.

I did chores early last night as it had started to rain a little while I was in the barn.  About 8-9 p.m. it really began to rain very hard and the wind certainly was howling!  There was a lot of rain then the temperature dropped, so I imagine it was pretty icy early this morning.  I fixed a birthday box for Donna Carlucci and also packaged up a box of roving for an Etsy order and just went to the post office to mail them out.  It is cold and lots of snow flurries this morning.  The temperature tonight, with the wind,  is supposed to be about -5 below zero.......YIKES!   I'm going to close the big back door on the barn and that will help keep out alot of the cold.  My sheep are getting too old to be in that kind of weather.  If I could, I would put a furnace in the barn for them!

Well, I'm putting a very cute picture of my grandchildren on Christmas Day on this blog. I will now say Happy New Year to everyone from Maybelle MaMa.  I wish you all a very Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous New Year.

_Ho,Ho,Ho from Maybelle Farm!   It's Saturday evening Dec. 17th and it has been such a wonderful day.  I went to Santa's Land with my daughter Darcy and her children Rowan and Declan.  We met my son David and his wife Rachel and their children Austin and Ella and just had so much fun.  We have been going to Santa's Land since the early 1970's.   Last week an article in the Reformer announced that Santa's Land would be closing for good on Sunday Dec. 18th, 2011.  We decided we just had to go and enjoy the place one more time.   It just made my whole holiday season in one day.  I'm going to attach some pictures and you can see how much fun the children were having on the little rides.  What a great day weather wise too! 

There still is no snow, it was chilly but not too bad.  We left Santa's Land and I stayed at McDonald's so Darcy could finish up a little last minute shopping and then we came home.  At 4 p.m. I went up to do chores and Darcy helped me move Lyra, Star and Colby to the barn.  That meant taking them away from Thistle - where they have been for the past month.  He is just frantic that his women have left him!  Oh well, at least they were with him for just about one month. This means that lambs should be born hopefully about May 1st.  That is such an exciting time but also stressful too!

My grand daughter Rowan is having a sleepover tonight and then tomorrow I work in West Brattleboro all day.  Monday Jonathan has to go to Dartmouth/Hitchcock for a consult with a surgeon as to what has to be done for his Diverticulitis.  Oh my.... it's such fun growing older and having the old bady parts go to  #@!* !!  Well, I guess that is all for now and things are very peaceful here at the farm.  Goodnight from Maybelle MaMa

_Hello from Maybelle Farm on Tuesday Dec. 13th, 2011.  It is a beautiful sunny day but very nippy!  I write this blog with a very sad heart.  I read on the VT Sheep Breeder Site that Dan Korngiebel, owner of the Yarn Farm in Cuttingsville, VT, passed away last week.  The day I read that sad news, I went up to the farm and walked around looking at 25 green metal gates, many hog panels, 6 rolls of portable fencing rolled up in the barn, and thought about how many times Jonathan and I went to Dan's house to pick up these things.  I loved calling to order sheep wormer and having a nice chat on the phone.  He was such a nice man with so much knowledge about sheep and farming.  He had such a great sense of humor and quick wit.  He certainly willed be missed by the whole sheep community that knew him.  I am so grateful to have met and known Dan.

Things are O.K. at the farm right now and trying to get everything ready for serious snow to arrive!  Heater buckets are now plugged in and everyone seems to be doing alright.  I went with Darcy, Declan and Rowan to Flood Brook Union School for their Christmas concert on Thursday Dec. 8th.  I went to Windham Hill Inn this past Saturday to their German Christmas Event.  There were about 12 vendors with absolutely beautiful items to sell, but not a lot of business.  There is just so much that goes on this time of year.  Attached are some pictures of my booth.  A BIG "Thank You" to Olivia for going with me and helping all day.  Olivia helped me with chores when we got back and I came home, ate supper, put on flannel pajamas and went to bed!  I think that is all for now.  So-long from Maybelle MaMa.

_Hello from Maybelle Farm.   I wanted to add this blog to show the wonderful pictures of Maggie, Cedar and Flopsy going for a walk with Bill, Olivia and Emma.  I bought a blue harness for Maggie, a pink harness for Cedar and a lovely blue flowered harness for Flopsy.  My grandson Austin went with me on Saturday morning to Over Every Hill Farm with the harnesses and you can see from the pictures that both the sheep and the Hoos family enjoyed walking around the their farm!  It was just too funny to watch!   Flopsy was more than happy to go with Bill, Cedar was glad to follow along with Bill and Flopsy, but of course little Maggie had her own way of doing things.  She jumped and ran around and it took her a little while to adjust to being on a leash.  We all had a great time as you can tell from the pictures.  I trimmed their hooves and then Olivia came back to the farm with Austin and I to do some farm chores.  We cleaned out in the barn, cleaned up the water tank, packed up for the Saturday German Christmas Event at the Windham Hill Inn.  Donald Hall did some work to the fence and put in another gate for me.  It was a very busy day but so much was done.  Jonathan and David went to Meridan,CT  to put Christmas wreathes at the cemetery and they did a little shopping.  Darcy's family was away for the weekend so I took care of the sheep and chickens.

December 5 was my 64th birthday.  I spent the day with my sister Bev, brother-in-law Francis and niece Carleen.  We went to Saratoga Springs to the mall for some Christmas shopping, late lunch at Ruby Tuesday's and then to do a little gambling at the Saratoga Casino.  I didn't win much but had lots of fun and got home about 10:30 p.m.  I took care of Declan on Tuesday.   We went to Bev's to visit then we both had a nap!  Chores are done, supper is over and now I have to finish some needle felting for my Saturday event. 

Goodnight from Maybelle MaMa.

_Hello from Maybelle Farm.  A few changes have taken place at the farm in the past week.  On Friday Nov. 25th, Bill, Olivia and Emma arrived to help me load up Flopsy, Maggie and Cedar to go to their new home at Over Every Hill Farm in Podunk.  I will put some pictures on for you to see how happy everyone is.  My grandson Austin arrived Friday morning and helped me move sheep around and do chores.  He helped me get the dog crates all ready to load the sheep. The two little girls went in one dog crate together.   Bill thought they felt like little puff balls of wool.....they are such tiny little girls!    Flospy went right into her crate because there was food in there.  We put the two crates in the back of Bill's truck and off they went.  Austin and I followed them and helped to get the girls all settled in. 

Saturday Nov. 26th Darcy, Rowan, Declan, Olivia and I loaded Cornelius into a crate.  We then had to move Custer (our little white ram lamb) to another pasture with Cecil and Chet (our two little wethers).  We moved them to  the manger area down next to the barn in the big shed.  I know Custer is thrilled not to be butted constantly by Cornelius.  Olivia, Rowan and I took Cornelius to River Bend Farm for Sara to use for breeding. He was thrilled to have a new home with two lovely Shetland ewes and a wether.  I hope this all works out well for everyone and there are some beautiful lambs born in April. 

When I got back Darcy, Rowan and I moved Star and Lyra to the pasture with Thistle, Colby and Stuart. We decided to breed both of them this year as well.   Thistle was very excited to see Lyra.  Star blatted and cried constantly saying "I know what he wants, and I want out of here"!  Everyone is settled down and things are O.K. for now.  On Sunday David ,Jonathan and Ella went to Mr. Steiner's and brought back 20 bales of very nice hay.  I just need to Darcy and Todd track down at least another 100 bales soon.

Well Declan is here today and we are headed to the post office to mail a package from a order that I got yesterday through etsy.com.  Next we will go visit my sister Bev and then this afternoon its nap time.  The weather is a gray foggy, gloomy day and its great for napping.  That is all for now from Maybelle MaMa.

P.S.
I will be a vendor on December 10th, 2011 at the Windham Hill Inn for a wonderful Christmas event.  I have added a picture of a few things I will be taking to the event.  Please check on the Windham Hill Inn site for this wonderful event.

 Hello again from Maybelle Farm.  It's Monday Nov. 21st and almost Thanksgiving time.  It has been two weeks since I've written and many things have happened.  My poor old Avocado was limping, so Darcy and Todd trimmed her hooves and discovered an abcess on her chest.  They cleaned it and put bacitracin ointment on it and gave her 3 c.c. of Penicillin.  We did this for three days then I decided to have the Vet come to check on her, Blake and Thistle.  Poor old Luther is just ageing faster than Blake and is thin.  I moved Luther and Spartacus to the barn so I can feed him better hay and a little extra grain/cracked corn. Deb, our wonderful Vet, cleaned off Avocado's chest and sprayed it with silvercote and said no more Penicillin.  She also said to give Avocado extra grain/corn as she is very thin.  Its hell to grow old... both for humans and animals!  Deb gave Thistle, our breeding ram, a good physical as he didn't seem to be very interested in Rosie!!!!!!  I only hope he bred Rosie as she is a beautiful,very sweet ewe. 

Maggie and Cedar, the two little ewe lambs that will be going to live with Olivia and Emma, are a constant source of humor for me.  Maggie is loud and just a funny little clown.  Cedar loves to buck,jump and bounce around and makes me laugh every time I am with her.  Olivia said they picked out "Over Every Hill Farm" for their farm name!  I really like that and I'm so glad they are close by, I can go visit the two little ewes.

My son David came up Friday morning and helped me load Rosie into the dog crate for her trip back to Center Sandwich, N.H. Jonathan and I left at 9 a.m. and Rosie was a wonderful traveler, not one little "baaaa" from her!  We ate lunch in Bristol,N.H. and arrived at Ken and Donna's farm at 2 p.m.  Rosie walked out of the crate and over to the barn.  There was a little butting going with her "old friends" and then she settled back in with everyone.  We visited for a short time then went to register at the Bed and Breakfast we were staying at.  It was the Strathhaven Inn Bed and Breakfast.  They had the most comfortable beds and it was a lovely, quiet place to stay. Tony made a delicious breakfast for us on Saturday: an omelet, sausage, and silver dollar pancakes, orange juice and wonderful coffee.  We had a very nice visit there, then back to Ken and Donna's. 

We then went to a little coffee shop so Donna could show me the yarn, looms, wheels, etc. and it was such fun to chat.   Donna also showed me the fantastic pencil roving and yarn that she got back from the Green Mountain Fiber Mill.  They did a wonderful job and Donna has some of the most beautiful truly black roving from her sheep Aberdeen.  It is hard to get a true black, but Donna has it!!!! Oh yes, I forgot to mention that we took Donna and Ken to George's Diner in Merideth,N.H.  My cousin Roger Rist owns this restaurant and we had a delicious seafood dinner!  It is absolutely the very best food!  Thank you Roger!  Well, we loaded Colby into the dog crate and headed for Vermont about 11 a.m. on Saturday.  Colby was a wonderful traveler too and didn't make one "baaaaa" on the way home.  We stopped twice and got home about 3:30 p.m.  Colby went into the pasture with Thistle and Stuart.  Thistle was extremely excited to see Colby and I hope they will make some beautiful little lambs.  I will add some pictures I took today of Colby and Thistle.

Jonathan and I both have come down with terrible colds and I think I will have a nice nap this afternoon.  The sun is shinning in on my bed so I can be like a cat and lay in the sunshine.  I guess that is about all the news for now so I will sign off and go take my nap.  Good-afternoon from Maybelle MaMa.

Hello again from Maybelle Farm.  Its Tuesday night Nov. 8th  and we set the clock back an hour this past weekend.  I do like getting up and having it light to do chores at 6:30 a.m. but I do not like it being dark at 4:45 p.m. when I have to go do chores. I have moved sheep around and have the two little rams in the front pasture.  The big group of ewes (21) are in the pasture by the garage.  Blake and Marcus were out all day but I put them in tonight.  Poor old Blake should be in the barn at night where he can have nice bedding.  The four old ladies are on the backside of the barn.  Chet and Cecil are in the side pasture by the barn.  Thistle, Stuart and Rosie are out on this side of the barn and still no "Romance" between Thistle and Rosie!!!!!!!!  All Thistle wants to do is eat!  I think I need to take him for counseling for food obsession!  Arnold and Okra are in their stall. 

It was a beautiful day and Jonathan fixed a gate for me with Declan helping.  I had Donald Hall here on Saturday and he put up some fencing for another pasture.  He also made a space for the gate which Jonathan hung the today.  I was able to have Flopsy, Maggie and Cedar out in this new pasture and have some adorable pictures to add to this blog.  They are just such little babies and love, LOVE attention!!  How I will miss them when they go to their new home, but I know they will be very well loved and cared for.  Olivia helped me on Saturday and we moved the skirting table, cleaned up pastures and brought in tubs and buckets.  We worked in the fiber studio putting away things from the Gilfeather Turnip Festival.

I have a student coming to do an interview tomorrow for her Art Class.  It will be fun to have her meet the sheep and see my studio and my needle felting.  I also have someone coming to buy wool and felting needles.  Tonight my project is to finish two little cats that I have been working on for a VERY long time.  Cats are very hard to needle felt and I just can't seem to get them to look the way I want.  I'm also knitting a hat with some merino and variegated cotton.  I'm pretty sure it will be a surprise for Rowan.  You will see in the pictures that Declan certainly loves the sheep.  I'm also adding a Halloween picture of Papa, Rowan and Declan.

Well, its time for me to crawl into my flannel sheep pajamas and go do the needle felting that has to be done.  Goodnight from Maybelle MaMa

Hello again from Maybelle Farm.  Its Thursday night, October 27, 2011 and we had the first snow of the season today.  This is way too soon if you ask me, and I would rather it waited to snow until at least Dec. 24, but nobody asked me!   There was enough snow accumulated on the roads to make the trip home for David and Jonathan very slick!  I cannot believe that I haven't written since Oct. 12th so there is a lot to add to this blog. 

I have been working all through the beginning of October to get all my stuff ready for the Gilfeather Turnip Festival last weekend.  Thank goodness I have had Olivia to help me on Saturdays or I would have never been able to get stuff ready.  Olivia didn't have school on Friday Oct. 21, so she helped me do a lot of things here at the farm. We moved sheep, packed up everything with the help of Agathe, Emma,and Jonathan and loaded the van for the Festival on Saturday Oct. 22.  I left here at 8:15 a.m. and Agathe, Olivia and Emma helped me set up my booth and be ready to sell.  My booth was outdoors in a tent and by early afternoon, more rain arrived.  There was a very big crowd but not a lot of sales.  We were all very excited because the Library was selling raffle tickets for the beautiful wool mural that was made at the Fiber Fun Camp this summer.  I think someone from Connecticut won the mural.

On Thursday Oct. 20 my sweet little white Casper ( ram lamb) went to his new home in Windham,VT.  He will be with 5 ewes and I'm sure he is a very happy little boy.  On Sunday Oct. 23 my little Cedric (ram Lamb) went to Maryland to be with some very beautiful Shetland ewes.  I am so happy that both little boys went to very nice farms and hopefully produce some lovely lambs.  I have Custer (white ram lamb) that should go for breeding because he is so handsome but so far no-one has inquired about him.

Saturday evening I went with my daughter Darcy and her children Rowan and Declan plus my niece Cindy to a Medieval Dinner at Flood Brook Union School in Londonderry.  We had dinner there that you eat with your fingers, the children did a great job as servers and they put on a skit.  It was a really nice evening with lots of laughs.  The attached picture shows Rowan dressed as a princess and Declan as the Blue Cross Knight!  Cindy and Darcy both dressed up but I went as the party pooper.........shepardess!  HA HA!

Monday morning Jonathan and I loaded three dog crates inro our van and drove to Donna Carlucci's Farm in Center Sandwich, N.H.   We went to pick up two little Shetland ewe lambs and two Shetland adult ewes.  It was such fun to get to have a short visit with Donna and Ken.  I wish they were my neighbors......but oh my, the trouble Donna and I would be in. :-)   You see, we both LOVE our sheep and like the saying for potato chips......"I bet you can't have just one"!  HA HA!   Well we loaded little Maggie and Cedar into one crate.  Flopsy in her own crate and Rosie in the third crate.  They were wonderful travelers and when we got home, they hopped right out into the pasture.  Olivia, Emma, Agathe and Bill all arrived and could not believe how tiny the two little ewe lambs are.  We were all so excited and they are just beautiful sheep.  Emma and Olivia come over each night to take care of the little girls.  Last night I went to their house to check out their barn/stall for the two little girls.  It will work out really well and will be very secure.  Bill has done a great job and will put down plywood for the floor and hook up electric fence for security.  The little ewes arrived on the Oct. 24 and will go up to their new home in three weeks.  It's so rewarding to pass on the knowledge about raising sheep and to see both girls so happy.

My grandson Declan had a sleepover last night and I took care of him today.  I've got on my flannel pajamas and am going to curl up with a good book for a little while then off to bed.  Oh yes, when Darcy got home this afternoon, it was snowing and we decided to move the 4 new sheep into another pasture closer to the farmhouse.  Darcy and Rowan put hay in both sheds, brought some loose minerals for them and I took the grain bucket to the pasture where they were waiting.  I opened the gate and said, "Come with me little ladies" and down the road we walked like a parade.  They are just absolutely too cute and I'm attaching some pictures.  The white spots are the snowflakes on my camera lens.

Goodnight from Maybelle MaMa

Hello again from Maybelle Farm.  Its Monday Oct. 10, 2011 and its my mother's birthday.  How I miss her!  It's also my nephew Michael's birthday too.  It is a beautiful fall day, the sun is shinning, the birds are singing and life is great at the farm.  I have a load of hay coming today, what more could a farm girl want!!!!  I have really been worrying that I wouldn't be able to find enough hay for the winter. 

Now I will start with my weekend story!  Jonathan, David, Austin and Ella went to Maine on Saturday and stayed overnight.  It was a special weekend with PaPa at a Trolley Show. They had a wonderful time and nice they could all be together.  Darcy, YaYa (that's me), Rowan and Declan went on our own adventure.  We went to West Brattleboro looking for an apple orchard.   I thought I knew where an apple orchard was but it just ended up being a nice ride on the wrong road!  However, we did however find hay for sale so it was definitely worth the trip on the wrong road.  Darcy read the article in "The Commons" this week about the Miller Orchard on Bonneyvale Rd. and knew were that was so we decided to we go there.  I was thrilled to see Nancy Miller again and we had a very nice short visit.  Off to the orchard we went to pick our apples on the hill behind the farmhouse.  Rowan and Declan with small wooden baskets and Darcy with a large bag.  We all picked some of the most beautiful Cortland apples!   "OH my Goodness"  I'm just in little piggy heaven!!  I am sure I was a bear in a former life!  Put me in a berry patch or an orchard and I am beyond happy.

This reminds me of a funny farm story.  Our first year we had sheep, they were in the pasture by the farmhouse.  There were huge blackberry bushes all along the fence hanging into the pasture.  We had two white sheep Marcus and Willow, but we could not find them.  Where are the sheep?  Finally I found them under the berry bushes.  When they came out to see me.......their faces and nose were very dark purple.  I didn't even have to dye the wool - they did it naturally for me......just throw them in the berry patch! HAHA!  Next adventure:  we have two pear trees and I thought the sheep should have a few to eat.  I throw in a few and oh my goodness... Duncan, one of our big rams, starts choking.  I jumped over the gate, picked him up and did a couple of heimlich maneuvers and out popped the piece of pear! WHEWWWWW!! I almost wet my pants, thinking I nearly killed my own sheep.

If I wrote a book of all the foolish farm adventures, it would be quite a book.  One of our first days with the sheep (and we only have 4 at the time) Willow got her head stuck in the water bucket.   The metal handle went over the back of her head and she ran all around with the bucket hanging down in front of her head. She couldn't see where she  was going and Darcy and I chased her until our tongues were dragging!  We finally got her into the barn and got the bucket off her head!

Oh yes, now back to Saturday with Darcy and her children.  We ate lunch and then went to Guilford to the Gaines Farm.  Darcy, Rowan and Declan went through the corn maze and I stayed in a lovely wicker rocking chair and watched some of the funniest people.  They have small, medium and large bouncy horses as one of the things you can play with.   I watched a family go in to use them, the parents each get on a horse and start to bounce then both flopped over on their side and layed there laughing like fools.  Of course, I found that extremely funny!  There were also rides on the Cow Train which is a four-wheeler pulling little cow cars.  I will attach a picture of Rowan and Declan in the cow car.  They have hay rides, a farm animal petting barn, pony rides and food for sale.  You can also shoot an ear of corn at targets and win a prize.   What a nice place to take a family for just plain fun.

We got home about 4 p.m. and I went down to take care of Jack that is my son David's dog.  Chores at the farm were done and I helped Darcy give baths to Rowan and Declan.  What a nice day just enjoying some wonderful, much needed sunshine adventures.

I worked in West Brattleboro yesterday until 3 p.m. and got home about 4 p.m.  Jonathan and David got home about 5 p.m. and Darcy's family had worked all day at the farm.  I went up to stay with Rowan and Declan while Darcy and Todd went to the barn to trim hooves on Luther, Spartacus and Blake.  Well that is all for now so I will sign off and go get busy.  So-long from Maybelle MaMa.