Snowy Owl

From the road it looked like a bit of snow

but it had eyes

a snowy Owl

Open House

We went to an open house

VanStee Dairy

was nice to see how relaxed the cows were

lots of familiar faces

Floor improvement

We have some workers on the farm

giving the floor a good cleaning

then putting some stuff on it

and later a finishing layer

even the washroom is done

Robins and Swans

the Robins have arrived at the farm

we saw these 2 on Monday

yesterday I saw these swans flying over

so maybe there are more of them in the neighbourhood

Swans and Geese

Coming from Brantford I saw swans and Geese near Poole

In the evening going to Milverton there were more

these were closer to the road

a beautiful sight to see

Tundra swans make me thing SPRING is here

These were south west of Listowel

lots but far from the road

Play

we played 2 games 

This one involved stacking animals

still frozen in the ice

a bit of snow left to play with

and to eat

she played for on hour moving them 

from the table to the chair

from the chair to the floor

Grand kids and Pizza

these kids play well together

although Joanna gets some rough love just about now

Friday night is Pizza night

yum yum

This one seemed to eat the most

but quite a bit could be found in her chair and her bib

Anxiety and Depression

I went to this evening

there were a lot of people

but not in the first rows

our speaker

a slide with some coping strategies

she talked about people that struggle with depression 

are often behaving as if they are in a bubble

Even if they are in a beautiful area

they are still in their bubble and only see grey around them

that was helpful

Most people know this scripture from Philippians 4:

6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

But earlier the writer says:
 28 Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may be glad and I may have less anxiety.

apparently the writer knows what anxiety is,
and that puts the verse in chapter 4 in another perspective

The pit is Full

still room is this manure pit

but this one is full, with a very thick layer of ice on top

we had some runoff that turned to ice in the pit

cutting into the ice with the chainsaw 

and poking with the fork

it worked

Now we can move some manure from the full pit to the other one

Digging for Soybeans

we could see 3 squirrels from the living room 

2 seemed to be digging

we assume they're digging for soybeans

Snow, Fog and Sun

snow, fog and sun, Spring is coming

It was a beautiful drive to the swimming pool

Rien took 2 cows to the stockyard

Woodpecker

They show up again when you put new peanuts in

Sunday

The Kentucky group was back

27 went from our church

a new cross today, made by Brian Timmerman

Last week's cross was made by George VanAnkum

I like the simple decoration for Lent

Checking out how Albert's head is 

after his fall at coffee clusters last week