Royal's Farm and Jurneez End Farm 2013 - back dated ...sorry

Well, It's been a long time and a dear friend reminded today about blogging.....Thank You Diana ...... So there have been several updates and I will first post about Freddie Greenwell. He was my first love and mentioned in an earlier post, but today I will post some pictures of the farm......the blueberry bushes are another year older now, this was last year. 633 bushes. The logging truck has done logging on all points of the property......presently for sale.....we've done our work.... and then there's the equipment that runs the farm......

I'll add some pics of the dogs as well, after all, they keep the spirits going as far as I can tell. Royce is the black and white Border Collie, - he herds everything, and when it's time to drive out back to the back field, he stares at the truck tires,- at the moment they turn he's off...... Wiry, a fast runner and smart. The Big Gray and White, well, that's Shiitake. He's a Old English Sheep Dog, different from a Border Collie in about 1000 ways. He's likes to stick close to humans and lumbers around.....he watches out for ya....he's a pal.

Always busy but now that we are experiencing the bloom of our lives we are thinking on selling the farm and relax a little more. It has orchards of fruit and nut trees, crops fields, river frontage, small pond and 3 wells. That's a good start as well as being organic.....Then we'll miss it.....perplexing isn't isn't.....and jurneez (lower case) Farm...still kickin.
Always busy, but what would life be if we were't busy. Satisfaction at days end is the souls blessing ....

Life in a small town......

What a morning....up at 3:45 a.m....out the door and on the road at

4:12 a.m. to help with someones barn animals...... a feeding....Saw the cutest

2 or 3 week old fawn near the barn. Came back home at sunrise......crashed ON the bed jeans and all.

Suddenly...thump de thump...Oh no, I know that sound at this time of year.......fledglings hitting the window....two because of the double thump de thump. Sure enough 2 of them on the ground.....but they crashed into and through a white faced hornets nest on their way down. I quickly grabbed the hornet spray but that, and the extras, were empty as well from repairs being done on the eaves. ….....oh my...now what? I navigated through the garden to move the fledglings to a safer place. I tried to negotiate with the hornets but they wouldn't hear of it. Now ... what to do about the hornets nest which happens to be 2 feet from the dog tie. Cool outside at 55 degrees and now it's only 6:30 a.m. …...the answer......burn the huge 8 inch nest. I did...with a long handled lighter for the wood stove. Success...but after 3 times. Now I turn my attention back on the fledglings One died. Broken neck. The other I comforted until it flew off. I buried the poor little dead one. 6:45 a.m. Now...back On the bed...jeans and all.

Now that's a Life!

jurn

Hints, Lessons and Wisdom

It seems when you live long enough, you see clearly the the values and priorities for their true worth. I mean, younger folks may not see the insight or experience the knowledge given, but the older folks lose the ability to see and think like a child. The children glow from the inside. They question. They challenge.

Recently I've been spending time with younger family members and it returned to me a joy I lost along the way. Where? Don't know, but when I hear laughter of children and see how their brain works, it makes me wonder about a lot of things in life...

I've been living in a rural area for 33 years, although with the growth of the towns it seems less rural, none the less, when folks at the general store are talking about a bobcat or mountain lion, it's rural.
Oh yeah, I was going to talk about the ritual of mice patrol. It happens every 5 or so years on the farm. Fall comes, they want in, and I say -NO. Well, This time after I washed out the entire kitchen drawer cabinet again, all the silver wear, I at the end added, dryer towels, and charcoal. I hang charcoal in the tips of nylon stalkings under the hood of my card and it seems to work. Done, still catching a few mice in the cellar but wow, they hate my messing with their homes.

2 weeks later: not a mouse in sight.
And what about what's in his grimy little hands, my food?
We had a snowfall today, not much but winter is off to a late start. So 7 inches now is nothing. I'm planning the spring garden already. Oh my, with the toxins in most food, I hope to eat healthier this spring and summer.

I have a dear friend who lost his farmhouse, all belongings. Reminds me of a story where upon greetings for good bye this family would always say, "I wish you enough" and I absolutely love the reason behind it, it means, I wish you enough hardship to appreciates the gifts, enough pain to appreciate the glory of a good day, enough etc. etc. etc. The point is beautiful. I wish you all enough ..................

Ramblings About Life, Decisions, And Turning Points. = Where And When To Make Choices.....

Life presents moments of decision times and awakenings. It is the human will - needed to create movement towards or away from situations. All situations present danger momentarily as they confuse the human mind. Junction times, the decision can mean harmony or chaos. We need clarity in spite of it being chaos or harmony. It's the attitude. Clarity - how you go into it.

Stand still......think calmly...Research and try to resolve, quiet the never endings in your mind. Take the risk,......Unknown risks are healthier than remaining in risky health conditions.

It's not to be known what's to be with any human life - will - but what is known shows up where we are. This essence - will , well it is what it is. It tells us to move forward, sideways, backwards or remain. I am so confident that we are given all we need to strengthen ourselves as we move forward though life as life is merely a journey of death towards life. Then there's the entire discussion about this being only on the way to real life, eternal. (some other time). But let us be thankful for our experiences as we grow and learn from them, so when it's over, the experience has pasted, we carry another aspect of wisdom. 

Companions - The mundane life on earth; comforted, shared, enjoyed with our companions. Companions are given to as we change and turn over many times. We are given people, children and companions as we need. They also learn from us as we do from them.

Chaos - is not healthy unless it's the chaos needed from the planets creator to create entire universes, otherwise it's not healthy. Chaos in the mind is not calming. Productivity comes from calmness and clarity. Encourage your soul to reach for risks in life and you will be rewarded just because you tried. 

Character - It's not likely humans will ever understand their entire potential or purpose.  However, humans who obtain a sense of self will always be able to reach the stars. When we think we need someone or something that is not healthy for us, we must ask ourselves why. Is it something in our own nature that requires it? Are we falling short in character somewhere or do we as humans have too much ego and need it strokes..? Why do humans sometimes choose and unhealthy relationship, job, friend etc. ? 

Caregiver -Are you an enabler, by the continued path of caregiver? Does this caregiver path interfere with your own growth? Isn't it better for the needy one to learn and spread their lotus wings of the soul and do it for them selves? Doesn't the best growth come from self lessons? Applied knowledge is only as good as the receiver....do we understand that?

Are our antenna reaching for dual goals and purposes when perhaps we should be trying to reach for independent goals. I'd like to think we can share goals, companionship, lessons, strives, and calmness together but this works if your personal goals are being fed as well. This makes our trip to the other side so much richer. But the choices we make determine if the trip is truly an enjoyable one or not. Stress is not a healthy condition as we all know, so why then do people choose to remain in stress, wallowing there for years. Can they not see the trees through the forest? 

Money - Can money buy what is needed to sustain a relationship?? NO.
It is only a part of a crumbling society that doesn't recognize the value of God's lessons. Lessons are abstract and not giftable by money. Money is a failing trade mechanism that will continue to bring down the entire masses. 

Well folks, I know this is a little abstract, so just take from it what you need. Love and Peace.
jurn