Tag: Blue
Block-A-Day 357 – The Galvanized Tank
Posted by Tina | Dec 23, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0
Block-A-Day 354 – The Little Blue tractor
Posted by Tina | Dec 20, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0
Block-A-Day 327 – Ducks In A Row
Posted by Tina | Nov 23, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0
Block-A-Day 316 – The Cream Of The Crop
Posted by Tina | Nov 12, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0
Block-A-Day 306 – The Pasture Pen
Posted by Tina | Nov 2, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0
Block-A-Day 365 – The Gatehouse
by Tina | Dec 31, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0
In other words, this door unlocks me. My heart, my past, and my imagination. I’ve enjoyed sharing my stories with you. I’ve enjoyed making each of these little pieces of art. Thank you so much for taking this journey with me.
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by Tina | Dec 23, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0
When you have a pig roast at your house you can ice the pig in it before you roast it and then wash it out well and fill it with ice, soda, water, and beer. A smaller tank will hold ice and a keg.
Read MoreBlock-A-Day 354 – The Little Blue tractor
by Tina | Dec 20, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0
She has a little dump wagon she can haul manure, soil, and rocks in. She tills the garden with it and the garden has never been better. Mom’s thrilled for the chance to use her little rig and uses it even when doesn’t need to.
Read MoreBlock-A-Day 327 – Ducks In A Row
by Tina | Nov 23, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0
When my children were small I had a few additional children that spent their days with me. We had to go grocery shopping once a week. I would line everybody up and tell them they were baby ducks and I was a mama duck. It worked.
Read MoreBlock-A-Day 316 – The Cream Of The Crop
by Tina | Nov 12, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0
On a family farm, some of the cream might be skimmed off and used for whipping, butter, or mixing with whole milk for coffee. Commercial dairy operations use a separator.
Read MoreBlock-A-Day 306 – The Pasture Pen
by Tina | Nov 2, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0
Pasture pens are open-air structures that have a roof covering 3/4 of the top surface. Half of the side surface is also solid. The remaining surfaces are covered with chicken wire.
Read MoreBlock-A-Day 304 – The Winna-eggo
by Tina | Oct 31, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0
There is a hen door with a ramp for hen access and the farmer enters by the door to collect eggs. At the bottom of the Winna-eggo is a loop of PVC with water nipples for clean fresh water.
Read MoreBlock-A-Day 298 – Josie And Ben
by Tina | Oct 25, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0
It is so much fun to see the baby calves in the spring because they’re so cute. They look like little teddy bears bouncing around the field.
Read MoreBlock-A-Day 297 – Barryl The Bull
by Tina | Oct 24, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0
All of Sisu farm’s cattle are grass-fed and finished. They’re a meat breed cattle and this is one of our bulls. His name is Barryl ad he’s very friendly. Occasionally he wants to go and visit other cows and he does, he just goes.
Read MoreBlock-A-Day 296 – Sisu Farms
by Tina | Oct 23, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0
Why SISU? Or what is SISU? It’s a Finnish word that doesn’t have a direct translation into English. It means perseverance, hardiness, bravery, resilience, and grit. I think it fits what they’re doing really well.
Read MoreBlock-A-Day 294 – Apocalyptic Skyline
by Tina | Oct 21, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0
Two of the men that had been working with us also stayed. We had a water truck on site and had pulled a perimeter with a grader. Brandon Goober was with us that night. He wrote a song called “A Reason to Feel Safe”
Read MoreBlock-A-Day 291 – The Cornfields
by Tina | Oct 18, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0
Other fun facts- Corn is wild grass and the ear is part of the flower. There are 800 kernels in 16 rows on the average ear. While yellow is the most common color, corn also comes in blackish, blueish gray, purple, green, red, and white.
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