Happy New Year!

“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.”
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Friends, I just wanted to pop in and wish you all a very happy New Year’s Day! I am working on a post about rats, but I am still researching. Plus, it just seems wrong to spend New Year’s Day telling you all stories about rats. Those brilliant creatures were a burden on our farm in a big way in 2025, but I am not going to think about that right now.

I am going to think about the candles lit both inside and outside, the warm dinner we just had complete with our black eyed peas (If you are from the south, you will understand this. If you are not, please just know it’s about superstition and luck.) My son’s girlfriend and I are about to team up and take on my son and Ron in a game of Trivial Pursuit.

The ducks have had their peas. The chickens are tucked in, and the little ones are getting so big. Ron has carried each turkey to bed (a whole story I need to tell), and Boudica is outside barking for good measure right now. She has different barks, of course, and this one is for good measure. Bairre is there to assist. He loves this cold weather.

I hope you are all having a lovely start to your year. Please, oh please, say 2026 will be better. I think we might still have some struggles to face, but I hope will just continue to grow and learn and stick together.

Here’s to sticking together and remembering the wise words of Emerson, even in the hard times. Sending love, friends.

Blessings on this New Year’s Day!

photo credit: Danil Askenov, Unsplash