Sorry, I've been absent from my blog for so long. I've gotten little caught up in yard work and maintenance but we are moving right along.
We've rebuilt a fence and have more to do. Also, refurbishing our little garden shed.
Thanks to son #2, we have the lattice replaced and I have to stain the shingles and paint the trim this week.
I took a fun watercolor plein air class, last week.
Katherine is, not only, a fine artist but also an accomplished writer and the rescuer of misfit animals. If, you go to her blog link above you will read all about life on the farm with her rescued, abused, elderly animals. She and her husband live on a small farm on the west side of Oregon, in the Willamette Valley, where they take care of their brood and nurse them back to good health, grow several acres of fragrant lavender and create amazing art, among their other pursuits.
Every year in June, they open their farm to the public and serve homemade pie so today, Father's Day, we made the trip to the farm with our Granddaughter, her husband and daughters. Where there were goats, donkeys, sheep, pigs, chickens, llamas and a dogs....OH, my!
The girls loved it.......so did the adults!
This little pony, who's Mom is in the shed in the background, is a rescued pony. The mother is blind, hearing impaired and had her ears chewed off by a dog. Most of the animals on the farm have suffered similar mistreatment and now, thanks to the Dunns, are thriving.
Emma enjoying the view from the garden at Apifera Farm. We pet the animals, ate some tasty pie, toured Katerine's studio and bought a painting.......nice day.
Then we topped it off with lunch in Carlton and a splash in a few mud puddles!
Happy Father's Day to Lucy and Emma's Dad, Ed, and Great-grandpa Ron! Memories are made of this.
We've rebuilt a fence and have more to do. Also, refurbishing our little garden shed.
I took a fun watercolor plein air class, last week.
Today, Father's Day, I bought myself a present.......a beautiful framed 32 x 24 print by Katherine Dunn of Apifera Farm! I love it and the colors are perfect in our living room.
Katherine is, not only, a fine artist but also an accomplished writer and the rescuer of misfit animals. If, you go to her blog link above you will read all about life on the farm with her rescued, abused, elderly animals. She and her husband live on a small farm on the west side of Oregon, in the Willamette Valley, where they take care of their brood and nurse them back to good health, grow several acres of fragrant lavender and create amazing art, among their other pursuits.
Every year in June, they open their farm to the public and serve homemade pie so today, Father's Day, we made the trip to the farm with our Granddaughter, her husband and daughters. Where there were goats, donkeys, sheep, pigs, chickens, llamas and a dogs....OH, my!
The girls loved it.......so did the adults!
This little pony, who's Mom is in the shed in the background, is a rescued pony. The mother is blind, hearing impaired and had her ears chewed off by a dog. Most of the animals on the farm have suffered similar mistreatment and now, thanks to the Dunns, are thriving.
Emma enjoying the view from the garden at Apifera Farm. We pet the animals, ate some tasty pie, toured Katerine's studio and bought a painting.......nice day.
Then we topped it off with lunch in Carlton and a splash in a few mud puddles!
Happy Father's Day to Lucy and Emma's Dad, Ed, and Great-grandpa Ron! Memories are made of this.
