One Secret to a Happy Relationship xoxo

This is my Sweetie, he remembers a minister telling him this secret many years ago.

"Never leave your house or go to sleep without making sure your woman is well kissed"

You know what?  It works!    Stay tuned for more secrets, I am learning a lot from this wonderful man.

A NEW market for Floyd, Virginia.  It will be held INSIDE at The Station on South Locust St!  April - December.  Artists will be Juried in, do you like LOCAL?  QUALITY?  ORIGINAL HANDMADE ITEMS??

Need a gift for you or a loved one?  Buy one of a kind gifts made with care from a local artisan.  Help the economy in your own backyard.   Your choices DO make a difference!   Come on down.

Well, Winter has finally arrived here in the Blue Ridge Mountains!  BITTER cold, and 6" of snow last night.  I do not think my road is cleared yet.  I have been busy gathering wood, and feeding the fire!  Hope all my peeps are warm.  Hunkering down for the next week or so, more horrible cold is on the way.   (If only I could have my hot flashes happen when I am cold)   Hope it kills all mosquitos!

Saving Ricky the Calf!

The other morning when the phone rang at around 8am, I knew it would be my friend Janet with a cow issue...either someone was out or calving trouble.  Well, it was a newborn steer calf just about frozen.  It was about 20 degrees and his mom did not seem to want to nurse him.  His eyes were starting to roll back into his head.  

I do not know where the strength came from, I guess the adrenalin kicked in.....I just scooped him up and put him in the back of Janet's SUV.  We took him to her house and got him covered in blankets and towels.  Massaging and drying him off while electric heaters helped to warm him.

His poor little hooves were SO cold!  I kissed and nuzzled his head to my neck, slowly his shivers quelled.  Then some colostrum was heated and he took a full quart!  That was GREAT news!  He wanted to survive!  We then moved him to a small room to lie down and rest.

Around mid day, Janet's son isolated the mom in a pen and carried the calf (I named him Ricky) to see if she would nurse.  Ricky was hungry!  YES!!!  he pounced with happiness and his mom let him nurse right away!  Thank you for happy endings :)

I am so blessed that I am able to help.  For me there is not a better joy than to be able to look into those HUGE dark eyes with those lovely eyelashes and know that a little calf will be all right.

ps....the photo above is of another calf I helped years ago.  I did not have time to grab my camera for Ricky.

Maggie May

Isn't she a sweetie!  I goat sit once in a while and she is my favorite....more cuddly than the others.   She has friends and loves to play.  Goats are so curious and fun!  Kiss one today!

Pretty Feet

This is a photo of one of the refinished VERY pretty claw feet on my Vintage 1922 Bath tub.  Thank you to my friend Barry.  I brought this 4.5 ' gem of a tub down to Virginia from Connecticut in the back of my Toyota.  I love the depth of this old tub, perfect for soaking with bubbles.

Welcome

I thought I would start with sharing a photo of Red, I was in a pasture one day, and she broke from her herd to check me out and make sure I was OK.  After she determined I was not a threat she went back to her herd and I back to my picnic on a lovely summer's day :)  

Isn't she pretty?