a little treasure FOUND!

So... I have to tell you, with this precious garden and

ALL those glorious trails

we've been planning...

we have thought a lot 

and more thinking is likely to happen

but THUS far,

as far as WE can figure

there are three sorts of trails here at Blessings Farm

Prairie trails

Garden trails

Forest Trails

(FOREST does NOT = Forrest)

(Forest meaning oooodles of trees growing closely together

Forrest is our tractor)

so again...

Three sorts of trails..

for the Prairie trails we rather like THIS look

Just mowing/bushhogging a nice path

and perhaps leveling it off

it's nice to be wide enough we can drive on it 

Trails like THIS

we want to make mulch

we just have to get

a ginormous mulcher

so the wood can just decompose and we can add to it 

as we mulch

These also would be nice if we might level them, 

not only would it be nice to drive through the MAIN trail

but we LOVE to ride bikes,

and it would be a BLAST to ride these trails!

But then there is the garden area..

and for that I would like something different

perhaps some 

brick?

but...

that could get pricey right?

At least THAT is the look I got from Machine Man

a LOOK a bit like this..

"did you REALLY just SAY that?

Did that actually COME out of your mouth?

YOU can't be thinking

I don't EVEN have words

so I am NOT saying anything"

why?

because He might realize just HOW much that look SAYS

so I did

what I do

I grumbled a little

got NO where

figured it should be shelved

(note- not dropped, just shelved)

and I took it to the Lord in PRAYER

GUESS WHAT!

you know how I mentioned 

that when the Blessings & I went out walking

we could SEE more now that the grasses

were bowing under the weight of snow?

Do you recall how I saw the trail was actually wider

well

I confess

there's been some discoveries we've NOT been thrill to find

hidden in the tall grasses

(more to follow in a different post)

well HERE is one that made me LIGHT up with

EXCITEMENT

is that BRICK

good quality

THICK BRICK?

yep

it sure is

looks like a huge box of brick to me :)

hidden and forgotten by time

JUST waiting

for my walkways to be made :)

(dancing a jig)

Isn't God AWESOME!? 

so it's not gold, silver or oil

but it's a treasure to me

(smiling!)

Exploration Hike with Cousins!

confession time

(clearing my throat)

This past trip... 

I did not accomplish much of ANYTHING..

did not build anything

sand anything

scrape anything (do dishes count?)

did NOT paint anything,

saw anything

nail anything

do much OF anything

well..

anything that you can photograph..

I DID cook, but I pre-made all the meals BEFORE the trip

because we still live in the MOCK kitchen..

so 

really I didn't accomplish 

anything 

anything that you can look at, and say... 

"accomplished"

nope..

My brother CAME!  

it was a rather social trip...

Machine Man and Opa DID chop down some things.. 

LIKE

that really weird 6 ft tree stump directly in front of my house...

(do you see that tall thing on the FAR left... that TALL Stump?

next to it is a beautiful maple)

Yippee!

it's gone now..!
Not the maple, just the creepy stump

and some other stumps just layin' about

It was a hunting weekend,

and cousins weekend!  

Machine Man, C.S. were hunting,

there was food

and Princess & I did do some shopping for Christmas 

But that doesn't seem like it counts.

What we DID do, that was SUPER fun

was take our little explorers on a good 

EXPLORATION HIKE

ok.. sometimes it was more of a run than a hike

here the Blessings are showing the Cousins 

the bones of a coyote

fun right?

ever discovering things

i don't think they even NOTICED how beautiful this view is..

they just see the faint images of 

a trail that needs remembering

a little attention and this trail will be simply gorgeous!

my wonderful nephew has discovered a GREAT 

deer rubbing

and they all WANT Uncle Machine Man

to PLEASE PLEASE explain

why he hasn't got a deer yet?

here we are at the "EDGE"

see the groovy old forgotten car ?

it's in our neighbors yard..

and the tales of HOW and WHY and WHEN 

have already begun to be spun...

love this tree.. so sad it was probably struck by lightening..

kids thought it was SUPER

apparently this is THE thing to do...

touch the bubbles?

yep.. we ALL have to take turns..

parents: bring muck boots in the Spring, 

I have a feeling we will have VERY messy children!

pretty Queen Anne's lace

rabbit fur.. 

more evidence of coyote issues...

did you know it's SHOOT on SITE here ??

neighbor came over to make CERTAIN we knew that..

hmmm

a different edge to our property.. 

looks like my fence needs a wee repair

blissfully pretty!

ginormous foot prints of ???

frost in a hollowed log

blessings on a bluff

ending in Christmas Tree forest :)

fun!

What a glorious time with Family!

I feel so thankful to spend time with my niece and nephew 

my brother and my father

Family is a true gift from God

a wee discovery I forgot to mention...

Soooo

a few visits ago, Princess made this AMAZING discovery...

and I got a few photos of it..

WHY only a few?

I was too busy nibbling after that

I KNOW!  

I have a little vineyard!

and a WHOLE lot to learn!

I must tell you 

THESE are the most delicious I have had since France

and I am thrilled...

so this winter 

in addition to researching

guinea hens

chicken breeds

duck breeds

dog breeds

sheep breeds

apple trees

pear trees

blue berry bushes

and countless other wonderful things we hope to grow..

we MUST hunt down...

a used wine press

and figure out how to tame this wonder :)

FUN TIMES!

isn't God AMAZING ?  

May His Blessings upon our House NEVER end,

we are ever so thankful to Him!

Give thanks to the Lord for He is good His love endures forever