Happy Easter!

It's been a busy spring here on the farm.
I will start with Easter today and the feast and first full seating at our new harvest table.
Here is my Fam Jam at Easter dinner…turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, veggies and of course dessert!

I had some special visitors since last post to see the farm and see Izzy go.  My friend Reta brought an old friend, Lynda that has moved to BC by for a visit.   Thank you both for stopping in and seeing the progress of Iz.  (xo) 

I very much love the addition, but she found the burrs on the farm.   As hard as I try to burn all of these nasty plants every year…there are still burdocks growing and she found some very dry seedpods out near the pond.   Nothing like trying to get burrs out of a wet Golden!!   Thank the Lord she is a very soft natured dog because even with Show Sheen it didn't make this job simple! 

My friend Lynn and I went to the Gourmet cooking class at the Twisted Lemon.  (Wonderful restaurant which I have written of in previous posts).   I ate more raw meat or nearly raw meat than I have ever eaten in my life!   It was a good class and will for sure be taking another…it was a good experience to push me outside of my comfort zone.   Even tho this was all food I would never order or cook myself it all tasted good and I am glad that I tried everything.

The menu included:

Ceviche

Beef Tartare

Stuffed Lamb

Chocolate Souffle  

…with an amuse bouche starter and pallet refreshing between courses.

A friend I work with gave me this bouquet of "farmer's roses" or commonly known as pussy willows.  They fit perfectly on my buffet for Easter dinner.  :-)

The girls got new Roll Over Bones…they became obsessive compulsive!

Mom and Dad came for the Easter weekend and kept busy the entire time!   Thanks Mom and Dad for all the help getting our wood split and stacked for the coming winter.   Hoping it's not another like we just had.    Looks to be about 15 cord of wood stacked now so we are well on our way if not set for another winter.   We had a some very large pieces that needed splitting…see below!

I made a fire and all the brush has disappeared.

The pond has become a place I think I will need to love more and more in the coming months….as we now have two water loving Golden's that are virtually impossible to keep out of the water!   Molly is often found sitting on the dock or looking intensely over the edge down into the water.  New beds are on order for the back deck.  I believe there will be a lot of hours spent on that deck for these 2 this summer for drying off!

The trees that were growing too close to the barn foundation and silo are now gone.   We will plant some new trees in better places that will not affect the buildings.

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