Farm Life

We went up to the farm last weekend and enjoyed the change of pace it brings. The big bucks were wandering around and the geese were flying overhead at tree-top level.

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It was a wintry weekend. This is the red delicious apple tree with the water droplets still hanging onto the branches.

We have our little oak table set up in the living room near the wood stove. It is nice and cozy there so this is where we have our meals.

We planted an orange tree, weeded the raised beds and mowed the lower garden area. Sherman and Alicia came up to be with us on Saturday when Grandma Chaney took us out to dinner.

It is beginning to feel like we live there and just visiting Gilroy!

Neal and Mary Jane

Some farm news

Well, it has been a while since I have posted a blog! I lost the adapter for our camera to download pictures. I have a new one now so here are some pictures.

Mary Jane is dragging brush out of the park.

We brought up some furniture so now you can sit down in the living

room. Notice the old round oak table we got for the kitchen. The other table is too big

Check out this appropriate reading material

Instead of a mattress on the floor we now have a cool old fashioned iron-type bed

Spring is just around the corner. These daffodils were blooming last weekend

a winter shot through the old white oak in the front of the house.

We love going up to the farm and pretending like we're retired. It's not all fun though, New Years weekend I rented a stump grinder and ground out over 50 stumps! Last weekend I pruned both big apple trees , cut back the old apricot and planted two more fruit trees. I don't have to wonder about the question so often asked "What are you going to do after you retire?"