Day: June 7, 2010

We have some decisions to make about animals at Bedlam Farm. Initially, all of the donkeys and sheep were just coming for the summer. It’s a bit more complicated now. We are not selling the farm, and it’s nice to see the pastures and barns put to use. We are talking about keeping Lulu and Fanny here – we are both attached to them, Maria is very close to them. Bartleby and a couple of the sheep could stay – we have water and would only need some hay. It’s a big decision. I enjoyed the absence of responsibility and cranked out a lot of work.

But I wouldn’t mind doing children’s books about the donkeys and/or Bartleby. And I like having them. Feels like a farm again, on a more manageable scale.  So we have some thinking to do.

When the rain stops, it’s a good time to catch the color of a flower. Taking my broken lens to Latham tomorrow, and I hope it can be repaired, as it cost a lot of money. My best lens, and my most used. I’m hopeful.

Bartleby had his tail docked, and he was uncomfortable. After two days I let him and his mom out with the other sheep and I was touched to see Lulu come over slowly and sniff him, and then rub noses with him to comfort him. She stayed with him for several minutes, and visited him several times, very gently and lovingly. It was pretty moving to see it.

Mary Kellogg, our beloved friend came over this weekend to drop off some flowers from her garden and read us the poem she has written for our wedding. What a gift to have a friend like Mary, as beautiful as her poppy.

My farm, this morning. They say second marriages are a triumph of hope over experience. I think so. I am learning a new way to live, to think, and to love. A new way to be honest and open. To experience life differently. I am grateful for all of it, the pain and sorrow, fear and struggle, hope and love. It is all part of the light and fabric of life, and I am richer for all of it. (Al of Cameraworks in Latham thinks he can fix my broken lens! Yay.)