Faith from the Farm, Sharing as He leads!
We are now considered to be in an extreme drought. There are others in varying stages, but some have already reached the exceptional drought stage. Our area of Mississippi is now in the fifth driest August since 1895 with September stats about to be released. We did a little riding around this weekend to take a look at the pastures and noticed the extreme drought conditions and how they are taking a toll on the pastures.
Continue reading “Growing Deep Roots”
The weather here in south Mississippi has been hot and dry. I mean, it’s always hot but this year has been unusually hot. We have has numerous record breaking days over 100 degrees and to add to that, no rain. This area of the country typically sees rain showers pretty often and at our house we have gone about 12 weeks or more with less than an inch of rain. Needless to say, there are some dry places around here.
Husband has been able to get a section of land cleared and leveled for the first time since we moved out here in 2011. Trees are beginning to die and the ground is in some serious need of rain.
Continue reading “Dry Places & Blessing”
Each animal we have is unique and distinctive. Each of them have different markings and color patterns. This little calf has what looks like a heart on its forehead. When I see it, I think about how I got a new heart.
February 7-14 is National Congenital Heart Defect Awareness week culminating fittingly on Valentine’s Day. I have had 2 open heart surgeries, as an adult for congenital heart defects. So a heart shape on a calf or any time “heart” is mentioned, it means something to me! One of my boys even gave me a heart shaped rock in the Smoky Mountains once and I still have it!
