Quick evaluation of the past year – or so. We have a tendency to stretch things to our purpose around here. I like to view the change from summer to autumn as my New Year and Dirt would like to add the happenings of last fall (’09) into this year’s account of what we have done. So with that caveat here goes:
To understand this last year we really really must go back at least to August when it got rolling with a marriage proposal from up north, lots of head spinning and grasping what God was once again doing in our little family and how He extends it.
All the while putting together the purchase of one fourth of the original farm that we began renting from Doc and the Lovely Mrs Tibbits twenty-five years ago.
The purchase went through and a week later Lanny stepped through the floor in her closet, setting off the best (well at least the only complete) remodel Dirt and Lanny have done to date. Complete with a new big picture window and antique french doors for my new walk in (step in really) closet.
Our bedroom was complete just in time for Lanny to go down to jury duty in Tacoma, sit and knit under the mold spewing air vent and come home prematurely with pneumonia spending the end of the year in the beautiful room that Dirt built me.
Lanny went ear-flap hat crazy and knit up a bunch.
Christmas was spent with family old, new and just forming. And Dirt performed a magically thing with the loveliest piece of meat provided by our very wonderful framily the Coulters.
The Orange Tractor got new wheels.
Vicktory Farm and Gardens became an official business as we turned a new year with the rest of the world.
Kai’s eighth birthday was at the bowling alley, it turned a bunch of us into winter bowlers.
Onions got their start in the Laundry slash Propagation House as Dirt and Lanny considered the location of the much needed green house. And what it would look like. Some folks didn’t believe other folks about the advantage of certain structures over others. (They do now.)
The trees on the hot house site started goin’ down in January
Our winter was really a lovely spring instead (remember the Winter Olympics just up the road a piece?) and Bet, Anna and Lanny got an incredible jump on gardening up around the house. Planted a few new apples and several beds of asparagus. The garlic was up and doin’ great.
Bought Bet the ultimate incubator! And proceded to hatch out everything that comes in an egg. Well, almost.
March and the rest of our lambing season was windin’ up as the stumps were pulled out and the ground leveled for the hot house site.
Janie had her last batch of pups.
Fuchsia catastrophe.
Bunnies – angora – added to the menagerie.
April and Dirt built a dream house. Lanny’s solar greenhouse.
Went on a couple of school curriculum building weekends with Dirt, in very lovely places, took the time to switch from blogger to our own web site and word press. (Still workin’ out the kinks.)
A young girl came and stayed with us in hopes to get her life back on track, she did, and then she slipped again. Stick her in your prayers if you think of it. No one, no matter how far and how many times, is beyond the reach of God.
Bet converted to poultry nipples.
Put in the new Market Garden and turned the old Punkin’ Patch into the Highway Hedge Row.
We discovered Buffalos lay eggs.
Spent most of the summer in a fog. No, literally a fog. Every morning until one or so.
Had our first foal born here at the Farm! Wow was that ever a whoppin’ experience. Thanks Anna!
Had our first annual Vicktory Farm & Gardens anniversary camp out! Anna and Justin set the date for in September for a small intimate wedding.
Went on a one day huckleberry picking trip introduced some new folks to the adventure.
Celebrated a wonderful marriage, in spite of dumpin’ rain and the bride having chills, fever and gloppy sinuses. All was wonderful, sweet and innocent.
Had a great Turkey and Quail display at the Puyallup Fair.
An incredible harvest from the Market Garden even though it was at less than half its planned size and the weather was pretty horrible. Corn relish, tomatoes galore and squash, summer and winter, comin’ out our ears, along with lots of other things.
Discovered Lacey and West Olympia as our new shopping area.
Painted Bet’s room.
A great year all and all and got this done just at the stroke of midnight. Now I wonder what this new year will bring?
Happy New Year!
From today’s reading
“May the Lord bless you and keep you.
May the Lord let his face shine on you and be gracious to you.
May the Lord uncover his face to you and bring you peace.” Numbers 6:24-26
Happy New Year to all at Victory Farm.
Look forward to seeing you on Headbanger day Lanny.
Happy New Year! As one who has followed you and your daughters’ blogs, it was very enjoyable to read this recap this morning. Through blogging, we are able to make lasting friendships and I am thankful to have met each of you. May the Lord bless you in the new year. Love ya.
i LOVE this post! what a lovely idea, to recap your year. i sure wish i’d have thought of it too! and i loved knowing as i read the recap that i already knew all that from reading all year. i laughed at the buffalo eggs, i tried to get d#1 to try them and she freaked out! too funny!
happy new year honey!
smiles, bee
xoxoxoxoxoxo
You really packed a lot into a year’s time, Lanny. I hope the new year treats you very well. I loved the closing scriptures. Thank you, and I wish the same for you.
Peace to you too Lanny! Happy New Year! I enjoyed your recap..I missed the buffalo eggs..either that or I am getting old and cannot recall them. I feel blessed to have found you in the blogging world:)
Good recap. I remembered all of it. ..most of it. The conversion to poultry nipples really caught me off guard.
I too have recapped. I’ve gone from my golf cap to my heavy winter cap with the seed corn logo on it.
Isn’t it strange how we think we never do anything untill we look back on the blog. Happy New Year to the whole clan.
This is great…what a good reminder of all you have accomplished throughout the year
(and you certainly have accomplished much!)….
Have Great New Year