Mike just found her this evening, while the boys & I are at batting practice. 🙂
Here’s how “naming” works on our farm: all our cows have “name categories” assigned to them & then we find names for their female calves that fall under that category.
This calf’s mom is Gluey & her name category is “brands of glue”, so welcome, BONDINI! 🙂
Glad it was Mike that found ’em & not me, lol!! 🙂
Meet Raspberry & her bull-calf: Augie. 🙂
This post is an attempt to see if I’m understanding how this blog works… I believe I’ve now done two things: 1) taken the privacy part off, so that others may see what I’ve posted (YES, I’ve been talking to myself for the past week, lol!) and 2) linked this blog to our Facebook page. I guess time will tell if I am correct or not…
Here’s a flier about our grass-fed beef. I also have created a new page on this blog that is specifically for fliers like this. That way, you shouldn’t have to scroll down through all my rambles to find this one again. 🙂
Do you have any wisdom to share with me about using WordPress & Facebook on my Blackberry Bold?
Thought I’d share a bit about our mornings around here. Every morning, we drink kefir. A wonderful, probiotic, lacto-fermented beverage made from raw milk. Here’s a link to get you started on research, if you’re interested in learning more about kefir.  🙂 Here’s a pic of what you normally see on my countertop, everyday. At minimum, I make 1 quart/day. As you can see, right now, I’m making 1/2 gallon/day.
After 24 hours +/- (totally depends on weather and humidity), the kefir grains change the milk into a thick & sour tasting drink. Here’s a pic of the strained grains.
I always measure the weight of my grains with each straining…partly because I’m weird & LOVE to notebook progress (hard to believe, I know, lol…), and also because then I know when to thin my grains. These grains LOVE our milk & grow very well for us. Just let me know if you ever want any grains for yourself – I always have PLENTY!! 🙂
I keep a piece of masking tape on the tile under my cupboards where I log the date & weight. Can you tell I’m a lefty?? 🙂
Then I add more raw milk over the grains, cover with a rag & rubberband, and we’re good to go for another day! Since we are a seasonal dairy, we rely on our frozen milk from last year during these winter months. 🙂
While we CAN drink it straight, we all MUCH PREFER to turn it into a kefir shake. 🙂 Paul is our “official” kefir shake maker! He LOVES food, and does have aspirations to become a chef some day… He got a blender for Christmas, and makes a tasty shake for us every morning. Here’s his recipe: 1 quart kefir, 7 banana chunks (we buy them when they’re super ripe & on sale, & then chunk & freeze them), 5 ice cubes, 1 T vanilla (we make our own), 1T jam (we make different kinds…strawberry, pear, peach – all with evaporated cane juice as the sweetener, FYI). We are all out of our honey right now, or we’d use that instead. Paul says we use a “4 second drizzle”, when we have that, lol! 🙂
Now we are ready for our family devotion time. Thank you, Lord, for building our immune systems up through the many health benefits of kefir! 🙂
What do you like to drink while you read your Bible?
Welcome to our family’s blog. My name is Dawn, and you’ll probably mostly be hearing from me. You can learn more about me in our ABOUT page. I am brand new to writing a blog, so bear with me as I learn. Here’s the link to our ABOUT page for more info on that. For years, I have been keeping a “pile” of notes, quotes, inspirations, Scripture verses, etc., that have made an impression on me. I always thought that someday I’d either put everything in a scrapbook or perhaps even write a book… BUT, honestly, I don’t think I should begin yet another new hobby, like scrapbooking, because I KNOW that I’d love it. Problem is, there are soooo many things I love to do! 🙂 Other problem is, my “pile” is overtaking the box I’ve allocated for it… This year, I will be turning 40, and it seems the Lord has really been placing it on my heart to focus on the “legacy” I can leave behind for those after me. Since I don’t know how many more days He wants me to work for Him here, I will use this blog as motivation to create a virtual “scrapbook”. We will also use this blog to share snippets of our daily life, as well. With that intro, I’ll leave this first post with a poem the Lord inspired me to write last Easter season…
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