Monthly Archives: June 2016

Bunnies & Mothering

And we have baby bunnies now! Both Lacey’s {lionhead} and Lucia’s {chinchilla} rabbits were bred and produced a lovely litter of seven bunnies in total.     They are, of course, very cute.   And one of our broody hens hatched her little chick … I always love to see all this mothering happening around […]

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A Little Spirit

Lavender and Spirit {who is such a lovely horse – so well mannered and gentle – we are pleased}:

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Rosewater {DIY}

    “There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson I love roses  – what female could resist the charms of such a lovely flower? Alas, I do not love them enough to ask my husband to bring them home at a very costly expense neither […]

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{Retreat}

 “A good wife is a good housekeeper. I know well how unromantic this remark will appear to those whose dreams of married life are woven of the fancies of youthful sentiment, but these frail dreams of sentiment will not last long amid the stern realities of life, and then that which will prove one of […]

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Girlhood

  One of the reasons we wanted to get a {mini} horse is for our eldest daughter – who is 12 years old and growing up quickly but slowly all at the same time… she has had a love affair with horses since she was very little … we did not want miss this little […]

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