New Field

It seems that a lot of my projects take a long while to come to a conclusion. The shed comes to mind, but we`ll leave that one for now. I remember Brent cutting alders back in this field back in 1991 or 1992, and Monica using the brush cutter after that. Richard spent lots of time with the excavator up there, and Tyler, Jason, Aaron, Geoff, Ryan, Kyle, another Jason, Percy, Darcy, and many others including myself and my family picked tons of rocks. We weren`t rock picking a field, we were building bridges! We land formed and tiled, then plowed and finally had a field that we could harrow.

We covered the field with shi...  manure and ash.

Jesse, Roma, and mainly Garrett picked another rock or 2... tons I mean, and then I was able to seed it down.

Here Garrett follows the Brillion seeder to make sure there are no rocks left sticking up. He cringed every time he saw me head up there with the harrows. And decided he would get a real job before I plowed this field again.

We all inspected the finished job today. Nadine says it is 12.3 acres

Happy Birthday T J and Charles

Another birthday. Or 2. T J and Charles both celebrate their birthdays today. And I believe they are the same age. Here is a picture of TJ with his lovely family on the occasion of his sister's wedding last Saturday. Tanya was a bridesmaid, and all 3 girls were flower girls.

Here is Tanya and Emma.

And here is a picture of the happy couple, Ben and Maria.

And with the 3 girls.

Following the wedding, there was a reception at the farm, in a potato house. You can really clean those up if you put enough time into it. It was very nice.

Tanya was caught stealing a cupcake.

The wine was enjoyed by all, including myself...I think Sarah and I looked after the 3 girls that night, but I know by the next morning little Sarah was looking after me!

Sheila is lucky to have all her boys home for a few days, so this Saturday we went up and had birthday cake for Charles. Here is a picture of them all, and Char, his fiance.

Art bought a boat for the occasion, and we all went for a cruise. Grandma was the most saftey concious.

Happy Birthday Tanya

Another week, another birthday... today our little Tan Tan turned another year older. We were fortunate to have her and Madilyn stop in for a cornboil. Stacy brought over a cake and the event was complete. Tanya had quite the job blowing out all the candles.

Jesse was too dirty to let in the house, but he still got in the picture!

Happy Birthday Grandma

Grandma turns 82 today! We all hope you had a great day! And we now know she did. Sheila took her out to the Fundy Trail this afternoon, and then they met Sarah and I in Sussex for dinner at the Fairway. That's the place where you get to eat free on your birthday. Good plan, huh. Then we all went back to her house in Hampton for birthday cake.

This Past Weekend

I really have to keep up with this. Now that things  have slowed down a bit, I'll try to get caught up here. We had a really good weekend. Tanya brought her 3 little darlings down for the weekend, and on Saturday, Stacy brought her 3 over. Here is Sarah riding a cow, with Emma.

The first order of business was to finish bottleing wine for Maria's wedding, which is next weekend. Tanya worked away pretty hard washing bottles, and then after all was bottled, she tried her best to get the corks most of the way in.

Here are Madilyn and Kara before we walked over to Everett's for the field day.

Here is Tanya with Cecily.

Emma, Madilyn, and Sarah. Hard to get 3 kids to look at the camera all at the same time. But you get to see the matching pjs.

We had a nice bonfire, even though it was cool.

And here is Jesse, holding a gaggle of kids. This is his idea of training for a marathon.

And speaking of marathons, Marathon by the Sea was held in Saint John on Sunday. Jesse did us proud by completeing the half marathon (21k) in a time of at least 2:13. ( He lost his chip down a man hole) Tanya was only able to run in the 5 miler after carrying so many bottles of wine up the stairs, but she did well too, finishing 3rd in her class. We didn't make it in to see Tanya finish, but we found her on a street corner. Here is a pic of Jesse at the finish, but this picture doesn't quite capture the pain he was in.

And one of them both.

Happy Birthday Peter

Peter turns another year older today. We always used to be done haying by his birthday, and call him from Lakeside. That hasn't happened for several years now, but we almost made it this year. One more day of mowing and we will be done. Peter still fondly remembers helping us on the farm, and every so often while he is working, he dons his old Guernsey hat to remind himself.

Family Meeting

Yesterday, Sarah was offered a date to have the CCSVI angioplasty procedure done in Bulgaria. November 26th. So tonight we all got together to decide what to do. But I think the decision had already been made before we sat down. So it's off to Sofia, Bulgaria!!

Thinking of Grandpa

Today would have been Grandpa's 86th birthday.

Happy Birthday Stacy

Our little redhead turned 26 today! We took advantage of a rainy day, and took her out to eat at Montanna's in Saint John. I recall that it was also raining 26 years ago today. We enjoyed a good meal!

Stacy even got to wear the headgear, and got a good chance to bat Gilbert on the side of the head a few times.

Got 'er Done

We had relatively easy day today getting the silage in. No flat tires,no plugged blowers, and no broken chains. It is amazing how much you can get done in a short time if nothing breaks.

We even had time to return the pigs to Peter tonight, but not before I got a picture. I also found one we must have taken shortly after they arrived, less than 6 weeks ago.

Now on to the next project, to see if we can finally finish last years job on the new field we were working on. I harrowed it tonight.

It's Hot

Well, we got the week in, exciting as it was. Yes, Sarah did suffer an MS attack on Monday, but has bounced back from it quite well. We did our last 3 school tours this week, and the one on Tuesday, with 60 kids and no Sarah got done, but it was quite a day. We finished filling one silo, and although we planned on being done, we decided to mow one more field today, and that will be it for haylage.

Jesse started spraying the corn today, and we had the hoof trimmer in as well. Carrie has finished her exams, and has gone away with cadets to bush camp over in Holderville. I hope the horse flies don't carry her away.
With summer starting in a few short days, Moosehead reintroduced it's Moose Light Lime. With the temperature what it was this evening, I had some.

Cecily Anne

Here's Cecily....

And with her Mom...

Took us 10 trys to get this one...

And seeing as we were at the hospital, and seeing as I had the camera...

We think Sarah had an MS attack this morning, so we stopped by the Emergency and got her checked out and loaded with steroids. It happened just before the school bus arrived with another 40 kids for a tour, so things were a bit hectic for a few moments. Jesse stepped up to the plate and did a swell job giving the tour. Good practice for tomorrow, as he will be doing it for 60 kids while Sarah heads back in for a recheck. Steroids worked fine, got eggs gathered in double time tonight.

Annoucing... Cecily Anne Matheson

Today we had a very successful Open Farm Day in support of our Psycows bike team in the upcoming Rona MS bike ride. Here is Jesse, with his new haircut, showing visitors how to milk a cow.

We had a wonderful turnout, and all the kids were here to help out, except for Stacy. Cecily Anne decided that today was the day. Congratulations Stacy and Gilbert! And Kara and Bradford too. Tanya took advantage of being here, and stopped in to see her on her way home, but as she told us Stacy was quite tired, we decided to wait until tomorrow to go in. So no picture. I'll edit that in tomorrow. Cancel that. Cecily was soo cute she needs her own post.
We had a good run at haylage this past week, so we are almost done that. Much better than last year. I have been biking the block every day, trying to get back in shape. Yesterday morning my bike started making a rather loud hum. After being unable to determine the source, I looked up.

Now that is something I'd really like to try. Maybe with Father's day coming up, the kids will get me one. Not too much too it, a tarp, a fan, and a weedeater engine. Here is a picture of Carrie and I heading out. We soon found out that I needed to get out more.