Where have we been? Its 2016!!

Happy New Year!  I am so thrilled that the above picture shows off our beautiful duck eggs!  The coop has been a very productive place the last couple of weeks.  All eight ducks have begun laying eggs and we are up to an average of eight to ten chicken eggs per day.  Yay!

Okay, so where have we been?

We have been really no place other than home, TOGETHER and it was lovely!  The first half of our two week Christmas break was very mild and very green.  This was great as we got out and horseback rode plenty.  I really enjoyed my time in the saddle with Nicole.

And when she posted the above picture on her instagram account with the caption "had a great ride today with my amazing mom" it made the day even sweeter!!

Its a great view from here.

After our ride we took the horses out to graze on some of the longer grasses.  Here Tye and Cricket are rocking the new halters and lead ropes that Santa Claus brought for them.  :)

Annie our Percheron is a gentle giant and she and Derek have bonded so much in the last couple of months.  She really IS his horse.  It was great for Derek to have some quiet time riding too.  Though we are still working on a saddle and girth to fit our dear Annie comfortably, we have found a bit and bridle that she tolerates and Derek enjoyed riding around the ring on her... bareback.  So proud of this 'cowboy'.  lol

A man and his horse...

For the first time since 1977 (it was such a great year :)  ) Christmas night saw a full moon.  This was my view Boxing Day morning as we began our morning barn chores.

 You can see there is a light dusting of snow there.  By the end of the year we were enjoying almost a foot of snow (the kids were so happy to be out sledding!) and the lovely -15C temperatures that came with it.

With the new year has come the list making of projects that need attention and things we would like to try our hand at in 2016... but more on that another day.

Thanks for popping in!  All the best to you now and throughout the year,
Jeanette