It’s been a month since Maud’s last update, and I’m happy to share that she’s progressing very well. Maud has had three visits with the vet for follow-up testing over the past month, and she’s gotten good reports each time. We’ve decreased her prednisone dosage, and thankfully, her platelet and red blood cell counts have climbed. We’re hearing A LOT more howling, […]
According to a notification from WordPress, it’s been one year since I became the voice of Fourth Generation Farmgirl— blogging mostly, but not entirely, about the happenings on Green Hill Farm—past and present. I want to express my thanks to those of you who take time out of your busy days to read my posts. I am deeply appreciative of your […]
I would like to express my thanks to everyone who has been so kind to ask about Maud. I really appreciate your interest and concern regarding her progress. Maud has been steadily making gains over the last few weeks. She hasn’t felt wonderful, partially due to her illness as well as the steroids, but she is better. She visited the […]
Many of you have been interested in our dog, Maud, and her recovery since she became ill a few weeks ago. After being rushed to the emergency vet due to bleeding from her mouth, etc. and spending nearly a week at the vet clinic secondary to very, very low platelet levels and red blood cell count, she was diagnosed with immune-mediated […]
I haven’t heard a howl in over a week now, and I miss it. I wouldn’t have thought I’d say it, but I do. Most of the time, I’m busy saying, “TOO LOUD, Maud–SSHHH!” Maud is our 10-year-old, bluetick hound dog. She is quite a character: comical, loving, determined, sweet, uncouth, whimsical, loyal, charming….. and LOUD. Maud is a hound, […]
“Live on The Good Side, The Bright Side, The True Side Of Everything!” ~Christian D. Larson This sunflower is a volunteer in our garden. It sprang up right under the bird feeder which is filled with sunflower seeds. I’ve actually tried numerous times to grow sunflowers in my garden to no avail, but there was no stopping this little upstart. […]
“Where did you go, Farmgirl?” We’ve been looking EVERYWHERE for you!”
Maud, our Bluetick hound, is quite a character and a connoisseur of rawhide bones. She’s also affectionately known as “The Bone Pest” at our house. This is chiefly because she likes to snarf her bone in 30 seconds and then plop herself down across from Dash, who’s attempting to enjoy his bone in peace. FAT CHANCE! Maud will usually lie […]
“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” –Anatole France About six weeks ago we were rescued by Dash–a Pointer/ Border Collie mix (we think). Thanks to a compassionate and dedicated volunteer at a local animal shelter, Dash’s picture appeared on Facebook as a dog urgently in need of a family. Since our 15-year-old friend, […]
“No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.” –John Donne “The leaves fall, the wind blows, and the farm country slowly changes from the summer cottons into its winter wools.” –Henry Beston
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.
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