Autumn Newsletter 2019

That’s Amore! Although our Valentine’s Day evening of the 14th has filled, Valentine’s Day isn’t just to be celebrated on that one day.  We have extended that romantic evening to February 17th for those who want to celebrate with a loved one but can’t be out on a week night.  This special evening is our…

2018 is the year of the dog in the Chinese zodiac.  While we don’t follow the Chinese calendar, every year we declare it a year of something.  The criteria are simple: it is whatever strikes us on the farm as being particularly abundant, beautiful, or noteworthy.  This year we have decided that it is the…

Wedding Anniversary Night 50th Anniversary for Barbara & Michael Barrett 45th Anniversary for Bob & Mary Burr & Celebrate ‘Spring’ Night   Life needs it’s celebrations and how  better to celebrate life-time romances than to share a meal with close friends and family. It is also a time when we welcome Spring back into our…

The calendar doesn’t say it is winter, but it certainly looks and feels like it. Bob has been working in the woods cutting next year’s firewood and Mary has been starting her winter art projects. All the animals seem to be quite happy with the weather. The sheep have been growing nice wool coats for…

As many of you know I was born and grew up in Eastport.  The 4th of July, or Independence Day, has special meaning for that town and this year marks a major milestone in history of the State of Maine.  Many of you may know that Eastport was captured by the British in July 11th…

An early walk between farms… had the sounds of spring filling the air. The warbler, perhaps a black throated green warbler, that I consider my bird, was fluting to its mate oblivious to competing songs. An unfamiliar sound stopped my stride as I scanned the surrounds at eye level. Listening and watching for a minute…