Thank yous

Thank you Toby Small and family for giving me the push to go from reading and researching to getting pigs.

THANK YOU landlord for not only allowing and supporting my farming pursuits but taking an active interest.

Paul thank YOU for building the amazing pen with me, getting covered in fence paint, and driving to Romney, WV to pig up piglets...and most importantly knowing that an extra pair of helping hands is only a phone call and 2 miles up the road.

Thank you Mom for bring me scraps and thank you Aunt Debra for dozens of apples so generously saved for my pigs from your orchard.

I could not enjoy or even be raising pigs without the support, encouragement, and help provided by you all. This little farm on a farm is an asset in my life providing me endless joy and happiness.

I am grateful, thankful, and so very blessed. Or in blog talk....grateful, thankful, and blessed I am.

Thank you for supporting me and for supporting American agriculture!

foster

fos·ter (fôstr, fstr)

tr.v. fos·tered, fos·ter·ing, fos·ters

1. To bring up; nurture: bear and foster offspring.

2. To promote the growth and development of; cultivate: detect and foster artistic talent.

3. To nurse; cherish: foster a secret hope.

The word foster has many definitions.

I foster dogs.  I love adore appreciate and respect the species and it pains me to know the suffering which they are exposed to.  Many people turn a blind eye, some people don't care, some can't be bothered, others are too self rightious to look beyond themselves to see what good their time and energies would do in anothers life. 

Others have hearts that don't stop giving.  I luckily found a group of individuals with huge hearts and giving sensitive spirits and together we save dogs.  Most recently I fostered a border collie mix.  He went to a couple on a trial basis yesterday evening.  Oddly enough, i met the husband while creating a flyer for the collie at a local print shop.  Come to find out they live less than a mile down the gravel road from me.  They took him last night to be vetted by their personal vet prior to formally adopting him.  Hopefully this boy is one adoption fee and formal paperwork away from his FOREVER home!

A quick recap: 

Stray in WV in need of a foster home in a more populated adoptable area.

After the transport from WV to MD, hanging out before being loaded into my car for his ride to VA where he will be vetted, evaluated, and fostered in my home with my 4 personal dogs.

Foster destination Bluemont, VA...feeling cherished

on the farm, stunning in the sun

two peas in a pod

business in the front party in the back!

the whole crew

that's how its done folks.  in as little as 4 weeks a dog went from slated death to an adoptable (hopefully adopted) family pet.  altered, UTD on shots, housebroken, and happy!

best of luck my collie boy.

Ladies and gentleman

Today is the day. Shy my border collie foster dog goes to his forever home....a mere mile down the road! Thrilled to have him close by, cali will be requesting we invite him down for some wrestling action!

Hurray! Another dog rescued from rural WV, altered, and adopted.

Luke

] The Apostle Paul referred to Luke as the beloved

physician. [2] Certain popular stories, such as the Prodigal Son and the Good Samaritan, are found only in this gospel. This account also has a special emphasis on prayer, the activity of the

Holy Spirit, women, and joyfulness. [3]

Luke presented Jesus as the Son of God, but turned his attention especially to the humanity of Jesus, featuring His compassion for the weak, the suffering and the outcast.

Love the pumpkins

Bull Fight Today

Thank you

The pigs have a secret santa!

Adopt me!

festive food

1.5 scoops swine feed, 1 gingerbread cake, 2 pots boiling water. My pig pen smells like a Yankee Candle.

Some Farms

Focus on what feels right. Some farms focus on ovines, bovines, or equines...this girl, this farm focuses on swine.

Doesn't get better than piglets basking in the morning sun.