I love days like this one. After having coffee, Farmguy and I spent the morning taking care of farm chores: cleaning out the barn, drenching the sheep (de-worming), trimming hooves, and feeding the chickens–Farmgirl bliss!
Happy Friday!
My name is Tonya, and I grew up on a 300-acre farm in rural Virginia that has been in my family for over 100 years. After graduating from college, receiving my master’s degree in speech and language pathology, and living and working in a small city for six years, I decided to return to the place of my childhood. Here, in this rural area, on this patch of green, where for four generations my family has farmed, gardened, and lived, I, too wanted to be a part of this continuity. As a fourth generation farmgirl, I have many interests that not only include, but also go beyond the basics of farming, gardening, sheep and chicken-keeping. It is all of this and more that I plan on sharing in this blog.
fourth generation farmgirl 
Sounds like bliss. I am sitting in a semi truck in the rain in a big ole cold mud hole. I now remember why I no longer go trucking with hubby. WHAT WAS I THINKING LOL.
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Oh no! I’m so sorry!! Well, at least you’re together. 😊 I hope you arrive at a blissful destination soon.
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Tomorrow will be a better day
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Have a wonderful weekend! ☀️
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You too
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Thanks, Donna. 🙂
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wonderful pics. who’s the young woman with the sheep?
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Thanks, Jim! She’s the help! 😊🐏🐓
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cool
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cool. sh have an older, single sister???
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No, I’m afraid she’s an only child. 🙂
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there’s gonna be some lucky guy then 😉
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Lovely photos. sounds like it was a perfect day for you an hubby 🙂
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Thanks, Judy. We enjoyed it! It’s always nice to be outside in the fresh air with our animals. 🙂
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Yes indeed 🙂
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😊
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Great pictures of the farm! I love the last picture of the sheep standing in the barn door with the kitty cat in the window possibly planning his next escape 🙂 🐈
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Thank you, Mel. You have a good eye! You may be right about Kitty Finn. 😉
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LOVE these pics!! No wonder you have your bliss…
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Thanks, Laura! There’s really nothing else I’d rather do. 🙂
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Love the pictures! Happy Friday to you as well! 🙂
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Thank you, Shannon! 😘
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Looks like a lovely day indeed 🙂 🙂 Gorgeous pics!
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Thank you, Prajakta. 😊
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You are living the dream I once saw as a little girl. Your posts are awesome😀
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That’s very kind of you. Thanks so much! 🙂
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Ah, finally….back to the animals…I was beginning to wonder if you were going to change up the whole blog and go animaless! Gorgeous pix!
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Thanks so much!! There was actually an animal post last Friday—Maud and Clementine. 😉 You’re right; there haven’t been as many lately. I go in waves with subject matter. 😊
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Did I miss it? My brain, I tell you….sometimes I can’t remember anything, Tonya. I will look at it again. I can’t imagine I forgot it if I saw it.
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I’m pretty sure you commented on it. No worries! You’re probably like the rest of us—busy, busy…with a million things running through your mind at a time! 😊
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Definitely a million plus things running through the mind, but as soon as I found it, I remembered it. Who could forget those faces!
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Oh, yes, the sad eyes…..yes I loved that. Just forgot momentarily…..sorry about that. Senior brain moment!
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That’s okay! I’m acquainted with those moments, too! 😉
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It really does sound like a great morning.
I still kinda want chickens…I tell you tho, some of those mornings in February, I resent taking the dog out and the kids to the bus stop, do I really wanna add chickens? Maybe it’s best that the city said I can’t have two little goats in my back 40. Maybe what I really want is a farmhouse and farmland, and a lot of farmhands 😉
You make it look fantastic 🙂
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Thank you, Joey. 🙂 I love the chickens and all of our animals, but you’re right about wintertime. Going out on zero degree mornings is NOT fun! I like your idea about lots of farmhands. 😉
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My favorite pics are of the chickens! The sheep are lovely, too (don’t want them to feel left out) 🙂
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Thank you very much! 🙂
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It does look like bliss..it also looks completely alien to me. I examined the photos and realized that I have never seen those animals with my own eyes…I did once have a chicken that I kept in my room when I was a kid. That didn’t last long….:)
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Thank you. Having a chicken as a pet sounds fun…and a little challenging. 😉 I really enjoy our little hobby farm. It feels peaceful most of the time. 🙂
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I bet a chicken as a pet is fun in a yard…but difficult on a single bed…:)
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Definitely! 🙂
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You have such a lovely farm. It feels so beautiful just watching the pictures Tonya.
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Thanks, Himali. That’s a really nice thing to say! 🙂
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Thanks for the scenic and entertaining photos!! xo
I love the last one, as if the sheep are wondering if they are showing their “best side” while staring at the camera from far! 😀
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😃💛🐑–Thanks, Robin.
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