Zinnia’s school had an egg hunt yesterday at which the “Easter Bunny” made an appearance. The Producer fled with her bucket, a similar reaction to the one she had at their Christmas party with Santa. I realized that she has an innate sense of facade, a trait kids seem to share. But adults tell them to stifle it, “come on it’s just fun,” and then when we get older we simply turn that into, “what are you, a conspiracy theorist?!” I have also noticed that The Producer has an innate desire to participate and help around the farm. I can see how parents would say, “I’ll just do it myself because kids are messy, awkward, take forever, etc” but once again we have discouraged what could turn into the curiosity of an adult who is engaged in his or her community. Just some thoughts on this Easter weekend. Being a parent continues to teach me so much about why Jesus said, “Anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” For those of you celebrating the empty tomb today, hosanna! One of my favorite verses in John is the very last line, “Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.“
Carla our Easter Egger is the most patient chicken ever, and the best kid chicken I’ve ever seen!
Remember how I survived that one day of farming in frigid Florida winter?
I don’t either.
The cold front, or “winter” as it’s called everywhere else, is over for now in Florida. After temperatures dropping in the 20s, we are back to high 70s & the beach. I still remember numb fingers while milking goats, wearing 4 layers to feed chickens, and seeing my breath. My sun-hat is off to those farming up north, just beginning to hunker down in the cold. One of the reasons we moved back to Florida from Washington state is that we like living in the country and raising animals, but I grew up in Florida so my tolerance for cold is low. Dealing with frozen water troughs, bursting pipes, numb toes - it’s just not my forté. My insulated overalls are back in the closet, waiting for a few more opportunities to work before spring break.
Many of you may already know this but Nate the Lawyer is in surgery right now to remove a brain tumor he never knew he had until this past weekend. Please hold him and his medical team in your prayers. There is an effort underway to get his YouTube channel to 1 Million subscribers before he wakes up. If you’d like to sub, here is his link. I met Nate when he only had 40,000 subs back during the crosshairs of YouTube censorship. I have always found him to be kind and genuine in a world that often rewards neither.
https://youtube.com/@natethelawyer?si=THI1UV4wj16A8BTs
Here is another example of the news media trying to push a narrative based off of limited information and knowledge. This is a farm in Northern IL that sells raw milk and other items from their farm and surrounding farms. Maybe someone good for you to interview, @AlisonMorrow https://allgrassfarms.com/blogs/farm-news/no-turkey-shortage-sample-wild-caught-salmon-sunday-beef-restock
