A Weekend At The Farm

Hello dear friends, here is a quick post courtesy of Google!  It seems like Google is a master at curating photos into albums and when it put this one together I thought I would share it with you.  These photos were from just before Christmas.

This is a super snowy pin oak tree in our front garden.  We planted it a long time ago...perhaps 20 years ago?...but at that time we had 2 pet pygmy goats.  Bob and Bert were escape artists and when they managed a prison break-which was often-no plant, tree or shrub was safe.  So this oak tree should have been much taller than the 30 feet it is right now because Bob and Bert ate it.

This is our Autumn Ash at the koi pond.  Everything looks so different without leaves.  It has burgundy leaves but as with all ashes in Ontario it is just a matter of time before it succumbs to the Emerald Ash Borer.  We haven't decided what we should do to replace it.

Here we have Horatio and Henry.  We are so incredibly lucky that Horatio (the poor little guy that is underneath Henry) has accepted his new brother so well.  In the past we had  2 male cats and they literally couldn't stand each other.  We ended up referring them to our upstairs and downstairs cats as they would not even stay on the same floor together.

Regular visitors will recognize the chicken coop which is dressed for the holidays.  Christmas lights, a wreath and large snow flakes complete the decorations.  This fall we poured a concrete floor for the coop to help guard against predators.  2019 was a terrible year for our flock.  Between a skunk, a weasel and a fox our hens were all killed off.  We now have a new flock of hens that are much safer.

This is our breakfast deck tree.  In much nicer temperatures we like to sit here in the morning having coffee and breakfast in the Adirondack chairs.  From this location we have a view over the part of our garden we call The Grove towards the sheep pastures.

These two trees flank our front door.  I have been adding little red, white and gold balls as ornaments.  For next year I think it should have some little garlands.

This little tree was a last minute purchase a couple of years ago.  It has a matching wreath that also has little lights in it.  We keep this little tree on our Portico deck.

This is such a great picture of Henry.  He was a smash hit at the vet clinic this week.  He is definitely personality plus!  Very friendly, cuddly and constantly chirps like a bird.  Henry is the 8th cat (Henry the Eighth!!)  to call our farm home.  All of the cats were strays and of course we made sure to have all of them spayed or neutered.

Passing through this gate will take you to an area that we call The Secret Garden.  It is really only a garden in our imagination right now, we have an idea of what we want to do with this secluded area but have not yet finished it.

This entire section of our house was built about 5 years ago.  The main floor of this addition has an entry way, bathroom with shower, large dining room, kitchen and breakfast area.  The second floor has a master bedroom and bath with a balcony and a second guest room.  The contractor that did the work has experience working with old stone homes and we were very happy with the work although it took much longer than expected.  As we are doing most of the interior work ourselves we are also taking so much longer than expected.  Note to self-when planning a project we need to anticipate the timeline for completion and then add 10 years.  😞

We have a Christmas tree in our bedroom which has been terrorized by the cats. A branch went missing, I have noticed hangers that dont have ornaments, a piece of a deer ornament was on the carpet and a broken decoration was in our bed.  The good news is that the cats have not toppled any of the trees over.

A lived in living room that needed a little tidying!

The same garden gate but this time from The Secret Garden looking towards the greenhouse.

I hope you enjoyed this quick collection of photos!  Thank you for visiting and wishing everyone a great weekend.