Catherine Friend
Catherine Friend

First Farm Kiss Holy smokes, little girl. Perhaps a little less tongue next time! I don’t know the child, the pig, or the photographer; just got this photo with an email ‘joke.’ Why does this photo crack me up every time I see it? Is it the look on the pig’s face, or on the […]

Ducks on the Move The ducks have gotten out of hand. Photo #1 shows them as tiny fluffy balls, peeping sweetly. Photo #2 shows them three months later, big burly ducks who’ve learned to fly onto our house and crap on the roof. The ducks are leaving today, and it’s not a moment too soon. […]

And So It Was Written… This is our vineyard. Eleven rows of 50 vines each means 550 vines. Because of Melissa’s chronic health issues and other responsibilities, we’ve struggled with the vineyard these last years. We love it, but it was eating us up, and we weren’t making any money. So this spring, tired and […]