six weeks later...

Six weeks in the land of farm-law-life and a whole lot can happen! If anybody was actually following along on this thing, I imagine I've lost them. That's one of the things that can happen. There have also been birthday celebrations, trips to the emergency room after unplanned dismounts, a burgeoning horse population at the farm (yep, we're up to TEN, folks!), gym memberships left unused due to lingering injury and pain, new legal clients, new riding clients (and the wisdom to know the difference!), a completed RIDING ring with lovely footing, and...what the name of this blog is all about, some travel - to Texas for a lovely getaway and reunion all wrapped into one (remind me to write someday about "The Night of the 3 Boyfriends" - the first night ever spent at a social function with my bf, my ex-bf, and my ex's bf! Hm. What a world.).

Sooo...the trouble with my journal keeping habits (cum-blogging-technique) is that unless I am really up to date and in the moment, I spend all of this time explaining what I have not recorded and jotting half sentence notes for memory jogging at some unspecificed "later date." And tonight is no exception as I am pleasantly exhausted from an entire weekend of riding, teaching, tilling, grilling, and garden planning.

I staged an aerial attack on dandelions with a ho yesterday which ended with a score of Farmgirl 2, Dandelions 1. Although I did successfully rip out their deep, clinging roots, they also left me with a fiery blister on the thumb. Our gardening efforts are comical, but earnest. There was a moment this weekend when I literally googled "how to plant carrots" before diligently filling in the chart I created including such things as "depth of seeds," "width between rows," "thinning technique," and "harvesting." I never claimed to know what I was doing, but that has never stopped me before either! Apparently I'm just oh-so-trendy as well - cover feature on last Sunday's NYTimes told tales of college students seeking out summer internships on organic farms for no pay and life in a yurt. Hm. I'm sure I can fashion one of those, and I can throw in the bonus of horses for inspiration!

In other news, we seem to be winning the war on laundry. Temporarily.

As for the state of the world, some comic insight, or a more enjoyable post than this. Apologies. Ask me next time I'm on here having had fewer glasses of wine and more time to think. At least I'm back on now. Maybe some in the moment posting will result. Until next time. ~Farm Girl (just back from travels!)