Thursday, January 3, 2013

Farm Girl to the Core!!!

A question to start I think....What is it that makes a real farm girl?  Coming by it naturally and by birth rite? Stumbling upon it in a second life? Taking a stab in the dark and finding it suits you better than anything ever has?
How can you not be farm girl to the core, when you are out mending fences in the blowing wind and -6 degree temperatures.  Lugging buckets of warm water to your beloved goat who is feeling incredibly chilly and can't warm up, then dressing up in my abobidable snow woman outfit every two hours to go visit and check her status..What about bringing in the wood and tending the fires, shoveling out ash and piling it outside?  Those are just a sampling of the many many things that are on my list and yours to I would imagine, especially if you farm...farm big or little, as long as your soul is in it, the wonder that is a garden with forever reward you....animals will test you and bring you to tears, they will entertain and make you laugh so hard you could pee your pants..The farm is much like a church for me, a place where I am most relaxed and comfortable..A wondrous place that instills a sense of worship. I have to wonder about its ability to calm and relieve stresses, does it feel the same for those of you who farm,  Why does it cause you to feel these feelings?  Is it because you were meant to do these things, to lug buckets to beloved animals and grow your own food?  Is it because we FEEL, that we must or go crazy without these things?  For me it is, since I was a kid I have been growing stuff and have always had animals..They have helped me in ways no therapist ever could. I can imagine people who could see our farm right now would be like, what in dangnation is she all hyped up about, there place isn't anything to get all excited about?  So whats my deal?  Its that I can see it in my mind, all green and pretty, with beautiful flower gardens and green houses, animals and children....The farm is a storybook picture in my head that I strive for everyday, because its all I have every wanted.  I know my efforts and intentions will reward me, I am rewarded everyday and am utterly thankful for those rewards.  I wonder do you long to farm, to have a tiny little garden or grow poppies? Please share your farming intentions for the new year....whether big or small, you can grow it all.....
From this friendly female farmer to you out there...Blessings! ..

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