Thystledown Farm

Today would have been our 25th wedding anniversary.  The kids and I went to a community brass concert–part of a community band John had played with last summer.  I thought it would be painful, but it was a good pain.  We had fun.  Son cried a bit on the way home, but that’s good as [...]

Men in the construction idustry don’t seem favorably impressed when a grey haired woman comes to do business.  Today I had to go to two building suppliers seeking quotes on the materials for the house shell, most specifically and urgently, windows, exterior doors and siding.    But today the Lord favored me.  The first company was helpful, [...]

We broke ground on our new house on Thursday June 9th.  I’m terrified, but trying to trust God and believing he blesses this endeavor.  I do not have a general contractor, but am owner building this home–without my husband!  The builder John recommended before he died had to withdraw due to medical issues, so I [...]

Teagen helped deliver our baby goats yesterday.  She and her grandmother went up to check on the doe and found her in labor in the corner.  They dragged her out of the corner and soon had two babies which they helped clean up as they called me to come.  Both babies are females so we [...]

My twins turned 12 on March 12. Since returning from Germany, we have just done a family dinner on their birthday with a bigger kids’ party in the better weather of summertime.  This year they had Will and Louisa spend the night and besides Grammy and Grampy, they had Cassie, Zach and Lex too.   A very [...]