Calving season, we check often for newbies born and needing any help. Each is ear-tagged and weighed.
Pecan Orchard Work and Rewards
"There is no return in an endeavor without first there is education and effort."c.e.hollis A Bushel of Reward––Pecans picked up by hand take some time but the work is rewarding. I enjoy sitting under a tree on a sunny but cool November day and filling baskets with the nuts. Pecan Honey Pie is a family... Continue Reading →
For I have Smelled the Night-Blooming Cereus
Read this stanza of a sweet flower poem I found in an old cookbook. God has been good to me, for I have smelled Night-blooming cereus on starlit hedges- And waxen-white gardenias, which swelled With fragrance, blossoming on window-ledges. From: God Has Been Good to Me By Frances Parkinson Keyes I have smelled a... Continue Reading →