Blue Water Farm

06/16/2023

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09/25/2022

Thanks to some very generous friends and someone’s 16th birthday, Blue Water Farm is now home to Sister Esther the Wonder Mini Donkey. The Aussies don’t know what to make of her, her brays sound like a tornado warning ! Very sweet girl

08/11/2022

World’s saddest joke…

What do you call a perfect, low-wind, low-humidity, sunny 80 degree day?

A working day, of course (rain’s coming Saturday because of course it is).

08/06/2022

Can’t get to the spa every day , Zoe has to take what she can get - she would have been happy if I did it until the battery died

08/02/2022

Bluebird day today - 75 and low humidity - doesn’t get better

02/19/2022

cold sunset tonight, the parking lot here is as icy as the lake by now

02/05/2022

Looks like Torch froze over sometime yesterday. 1st shot is Coy Mountain and it’s shadow over the ice. Cool fissures/cracks from end to end on the lake. There goes our dream of splashing the boat in March…

02/04/2022

ice fog in motion off Torch

02/04/2022

Five Below and Open Water - ice fog this morning off the lake

01/20/2022

We won the lake effect snow lottery last night. LE snow doesn’t stick to anything, it’s ironically dry like a British sitcom. Cool to see the ice creep on Crystal Beach brick-by-brick.

01/16/2022

Aussies were doing some livestock herding practice on Mags today, 10 degrees is their weather sweet spot

01/15/2022

What a sunset tonight - getting cold quick in the dark

01/15/2022

3 Aussies coming to feed horses is like a game of Rumble Fumble, except everyone’s It all at once, no out-of-bounds, and dirty hits are just fine

12/30/2021

Cold pretty morning today, I think it’s only the 2nd or 3rd day all year below 20 degrees

12/21/2021

1st day of winter, sun’s coming up from approx. Kalkaska direction

12/19/2021

Catching the nighttime feeding

12/02/2021

She was an unexpected Christmas present 3 years ago, no longer fits under the tree

11/29/2021

11/05/2021

09/17/2021

Michelle Mang-Englebrecht - Ziggy needs some tractor riding lessons from hank and Sam , he seems to think that’s his seat

09/17/2021

We took a similar one this winter. I like this one better because there’s no winter in it.

09/10/2021

Problem - horses trying to straight up murder us to get to the hay before I fill the feeders. Solution - you want it, jump for it Buttercup

09/07/2021

Timelapse of the storm this morning…

08/31/2021

A masterclass in how to annoy your bigger buddy

08/30/2021

Nice end to the weekend and vacation

08/26/2021

Two new Aussie colors today - Muddy Tri and Dirt Merle

08/25/2021

Sunset over the lake last night

08/20/2021

Final blitz of hay stacking this week - 600 bales, 5 days , 2 people, and not-helpful helpers pictured.

08/19/2021

On our way this early morning to do a favor for a friend, ran across this in our neighbor’s yard. Thanks Maureen J Webb and Bill !

08/16/2021

SinkHole De Mayo - don’t fall in Zasu !