Our Visit to Paradise

Hidden Paradise, that is! Over the July 4th weekend, Louie & I went up to Ainsworth to visit Louie's brother & sister-in-law (and their cute baby, Blake). We visited Smith Falls, went tubing down Pine Creek, and just generally enjoyed the scenery of north-central Nebraska. Unfortunately, I didn't take very many pictures...

I didn't have my zoom lens with me, so this was my photo of Smith Falls:

Luckily, I got a better shot with my iPhone:

This is Brutus. He likes to snuggle.

Anyway, we had a great time and hope to go back either later this summer or next summer to go tubing down the Niobrara. And now for some random photos from around the farm:

Griffin is one of the most ridiculous creatures I've ever met:

(Poor Man's Strawberry Shortcake, gratuitous amounts of whipped cream not yet added)

That's all for now! :-)

It's beginning to look a lot like...

SPRING! FINALLY. This is what it looks like:

This is going to be an average, run-of-the-mill, this-is-what-I've-been-up-to blog post, consisting primarily of pictures. Here goes! This weekend, I made orchard chicken salad from this recipe:

I also made homemade onion strings from this recipe:

It's been over 24 hours, and the house still smells like onion strings. ...whoops! 

In other news, Louie expanded Wallace's pen this weekend, so now he has a lot more room to run around and a lot more grass to chomp on. 

He also has a fancy ear tag:

Daisy likes to watch him through the bay window:

And also through the fence:

But usually, she just sleeps like this:

And uh...that's all! :) Happy Spring, everybody!

Wallace

We have a new addition to our little farm: a one month-old calf that we named Wallace. Wallace is an orphan, and needs someone to bottle feed him twice a day. He's been sleeping inside of our barn, and ventured outside for the first time this afternoon!

Daisy sees Wallace for the first time:

He's really pretty cute.

Daisy really wanted to get a closer look. Wallace wasn't sure what to make of her!

I think winter has finally given up its stronghold on the state of Nebraska. It sure is nice to see green grass! :)