Sunkissed Acres

It's a good morning when you wake up to this.

I have 3 virtually new Tempest Shire Tough blankets..Each is a size 84 and one has a built in neck protector. Goes right up to the ears. No reasonable offer refused.

As of late, I am intentionally absent from Social Media. I cant stand the hurt of the American people but.......please know we appreciate our supporters, Stephanie M, Kathryn B, Bonnie O, Gayle H. Deborah M., Terry B, your kindness is appreciated. We are grateful for you all.As of late, I am intentionally absent from Social Media. I cant stand the hurt of the American people but.......please know we appreciate our supporters, Stephanie M, Kathryn B, Bonnie O, Gayle H. Deborah M., Terry B, your kindness is appreciated. We are grateful for you all.

Farm work doesn’t make you stronger. It doesn’t make you anything. It reveals you. There’s gym strong and then there’s farm strong. They’re mutually exclusive. The toughest women you’ll ever meet spend their days on a farm.... There are more uses for twine than you can possibly imagine. You can tie up a hole in a slow feeder, fashion a tail strap for a horse’s blanket, mend a broken fence and use it as a belt. Well that certainly didn’t go as planned, is one thing you’ll say quite a bit. Control is a mere illusion. The thought that you have any, at any given time, is utterly false. Sometimes sleep is a luxury. So are lunch and dinner. And brushing your hair. If you’ve never felt your obliques contract, then you’ve never tried stopping an overly full wheelbarrow of horse manure from tipping over sideways. Trust me, you’ll find muscles that you never knew existed on the human skeleton to prevent this from happening. When one of the animals is ill, you’ll go to heroic lengths to minimize their discomfort. When you lose one of them, even though you know that day is inevitable, you still feel sadness, angst and emotional pain from the top of your head to the tips of your toes. And it’s a heaviness that lingers even though you must regroup and press on. You’ll cry a lot. But you’ll never live more fully. You’ll remain present no matter what because you must. There is no other option. You’ll ask for so many miracles and hold out hope until the very last. You will, at least once, face-plant in the manure pile. You’ll find yourself saying things like, we have maybe twenty minutes of daylight left to git ‘er done while gazing up at a nonspecific place in the sky. You’ll become weirdly obsessive about the weather. You’ll go out in public wearing filthy clothes and smelling of dirt, sweat and poop. People will look at you sideways and crinkle their noses but you won’t care. Your entire day can derail within ten seconds of the rising sun. You can wash your coveralls. They won’t look any cleaner, but they will smell much nicer. Farm work is difficult in its simplicity. You’ll always notice just how beautiful sunrises and sunsets really are. Should you ever have the opportunity to work on a farm, take the chance! You will never do anything more satisfying in your entire life. However, I would advise you to NOT try to own & operate a retail store at the same time!!

We got company and Image made sure to take advantage with her charm and good looks. She got a good grooming. And Fancy. Remember not long ago touching Fancy or any of the other 14 Arabs we assisted, didn't happen. Today she lavishes hands on. She loves people.

I purchased a heated kitty house for the barn cats I don't have anymore. They never got to use it but......this kitty now has a home of his own. He is in a good place with someone who cares very much about him and takes care of him. This was icing on the cake because this is no house kitty.