Friday, March 07, 2008

I'm it!

I've been tagged by Lady Why of Where the Kudzu Grows to do a meme (of course, Lady Why, you're probably the only one that will read this :). Now that I've looked up the word meme I'm prepared to begin.

Here's the Rules:

1. Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog.

2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.

3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.

4. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.


Now for the random and weird facts. I've spent all day thinking about them.
  • I won the Presidential Physical Fitness award in third grade, after they let me redo the shuttle run.

  • I love cows.

  • In the spring of 2001 our family went to New York and stayed in the Rennaissance Hotel on Times Square, across the street from Broadway.

  • I skinned roadkill animals for years, and still do. Friends would even call and tell me if they saw a good specimen. So far I've skinned squirrels, a chipmunk, a raccoon, an otter, and a red fox. I nearly had a chance to skin a bobcat.

  • One year at Boy Scout summer camp, it rained for three days straight. One day, Tuesday, was a continual downpour. There was so much water that someone paddled a canoe down a trail and up to the door of the dining hall. I don't like rain (on me).

  • I can speak in 10 different accents and counting. Some of them need practice, so don't ask for a full demonstration.

  • I eat one food at a time. There are few foods that I like mixed, like gorp (good ol' raisins and peanuts).

This is where I'm supposed to tag 7 people, but I honestly don't know anyone to tag that is actively blogging (or that Lady Why didn't tag). I guess I don't have many blogger friends. :(

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Knocking Off the Dust

We, the Pilgrim family realize that it has been over a month since we last blogged, and we are all truly sorry that we haven't been updating our blog with entertaining posts for our reader(s?). Surely we can be excused, however; there just hasn't been anything to blog about! [insert incredulous laughter]

Maybe not. We do have a few more kids now, and we're bottle feeding a couple more. Oh, and we bought a mobile home and moved it onto the land and hooked up the electricity and water. And of course we've been building a fence, cutting a few big trees, planning a garden for spring, and getting things ready for cattle and chickens. Maybe we have missed a few good blog opportunities! Fear not, however; we will do our best to keep you updated with life on the farm from now on, and maybe we'll manage to catch up on a few things.


~Sherlock

Friday, January 18, 2008

Sherlock and the Seven Kids

After expecting Swiss Miss to kid for quite some time now, we were excited to find her Saturday night with triplets! Please excuse the low-quality pictures. Swiss Miss isn't as tame as Heidi.
Today we were surprised again with two more (unexpected) kids! One had crawled underneath a wall in the barn and another had squeezed under the fence. Thankfully we found them both by their bleating.


Heidi's kids are growing at an amazing rate thanks to all the milk they want. Oh, and Miss Moo (now christened Betsy) is doing well.



~Sherlock

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Snow!









Tuesday, January 01, 2008

Farmer Sam

We've been busy lately around the farm with fence posts and shed restoration projects, but we found time to take a break with the new farmer in the family. Farmer Sam.








He really likes sitting on the tractor with his daddy.