Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving, I hope that everyone had a great holiday. I have not updated the blog in so long, the truth is Life on a Farm in Fanny Bay has been hectic. As things wind down and fall starts to settle in on us, I am finding more time and I look forward to sharing all the up and downs of the farm life. It is "farm frustrations" combined with Thanksgiving being my favorite holiday, that has brought me back to post. It is really easy to thank another person. It takes practice to feel that same gratitude for the littlest things in life like; a hot cup of tea when you need it most, birthday cake for breakfast on your 11 year old daughter's birthday, and being sent the right answer at the right time. I took the time to be thankful for some of the little things in life. Here are some of the things that make me thankful for Life on a Farm in Fanny Bay: (Click link to go to the begining.)

• Clean, fresh air



• Wide, open spaces (not that I need the room to make a big mistake)



• Raising our own meat and eggs



• Cherry blossoms



• Being more in tune with the passage of the seasons



• Owning a big outdoor dog and farm cat



• Heating our home with the wood stove



• Gathering floral bouquets from the garden



• In July, the night air cools down to make sleeping comfortable, unlike the concrete jungle



• Blaring your favorite music as loud as you want (I am listening to Fanny Bay's own Robert Steele, click to listen )



• The vacant "Farmer" position will soon be filled



• A safer place for kids, ours are free range



• It's easy to eat local, because everyone grows something



• Impromptu music jam sessions



• Old fashioned, candlelit family time whenever the power goes out...and it does



• How quickly the land awakens in the spring



• Slower pace adds years to your life



• Building your own chicken coop



• Bonfires



• Driving on a summer night with the windows rolled down



• No shortage of natural beauty to photograph



• Community dances



• Volunteer firemen, God bless 'em



• Impressing your city friends with all your knowledge of obscure chicken breeds (OK really some just laugh and other are confused as to what took place in the last year )



• Knowing when the seed catalogs comes out (who knew?)



• Outside looks like a picture post card no matter what the weather



• Witnessing baby chicks hatch



• There is nothing like a crackling fire and a glass of homemade wine to help you relax



• Discerning the pecking order of our flocks



• Eating sweet crisp fresh picked apples



• Stacking wood for the winter(OK watching the boys do it)



• Recognizing people entered in the fall fairs animals, craft and logging competitions



• Just picked today vegetables



• Long driveways, shaded by trees



• The smell of fall...and spring,winter and summer too



• Sitting outside under a starry sky



• Learning to identify constellations. Start with the Big Dipper



• A well deserved afternoon nap



• Waking up to the crow of a rooster (it doesn't wake me up any more)



• Self reliance, making do and learning new skills



• No need to go to the gym, every day is a work out



• Those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
  
  
• Dropping a package off at a friends doorstep and knowing she will get it safely



• Waving hello to complete stranger