Well, no, we haven't dropped off the face of the Earth. We weren't struck by lightning, and no one has picked up and flown to the Caribbean (tempting, though). Although, it might have seemed like it here, for which I can only apologize. We have actually been so hard at getting this thing done, no one has had time to stop and think. Add in delays caused by scheduling problems, and some plumbing issues (we won't go there), and school starting, we've been up to our eyeballs in all of it.
Progress has been made, however! In the past month we've gone from this:
To this:
(It's such an improvement, we can't even comprehend it yet.)
From this:
To this:
The
pasteurizer (a highly significant piece of equipment) is also finally here, and hooked up.
And lo and behold! We have running water, even after all we went through to get it.
Yes, we have persevered. In a pretty big way if you look at how far we've come, building this from the ground up. Now a dairy license could be ours as soon as Thursday. No, you can't stop progress...
Stay tuned, please because I promise to be more conscientious about updating again.
Yes, you know it is Spring when the baby animals show up. Baby goats, in our case. The warm winds are blowing, milk is flowing again, and the work is piling up. Today consisted of a kind of Spring cleaning: barn mucking. We are cleaning and tidying inside and out. Today, we even planted clover over the earth that was torn up to make room for our construction. (It seemed especially appropriate to plant clover on St. Patty's Day.)
There really is something in the air here. A new season is just getting underway, and it's very exciting. Happy Spring, everyone.
