12/29/2021
Horses. Definitely the smell of horses š“
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Operating as usual
12/28/2021
Accurate
12/26/2021
Mooey Christmas everyone!
12/24/2021
I helped rebuild a tractor today. My country living skills are improving all the time.
12/22/2021
Thereās nothing as nice as a big pile of poop to get some sun on when youāre a pig.
12/21/2021
Santa came down my road so I gave him a little pig. (Thatās about right. Theyāre running all over the place!)
Letās see what you get!
12/10/2021
Christmas time at the #airbnb! Anyone else got your house ready for the holidays?
12/04/2021
Hmm
12/02/2021
Iām training our farm dogs to round up Highland cows for their next escape.
11/18/2021
I really need to do something about these pigs š¤¦š»āāļøš š·
11/17/2021
I apologize for sharing this. I just didnāt want to suffer alone. #cringey
11/15/2021
Iām not quite sure how to caption this.
11/13/2021
I think weāre going to have to rehome some piglets. We have a strictly drug free policy on the ranch. They swear they got into the powdered milk bag, but please, Iāve seen wolves of wallstreet. Cāmon.
11/13/2021
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11/09/2021
What is one thing you NEED but cannot afford right now?
Everyone check to see what others say. Maybe you have it and don't need it or have a connection to get it. Make sure you post your location so people can connect!
Never know who we can help or how we can help each other. So much is unsaid when needing help.
(I saw this posted on another page and thought it was really cool to watch people connect and help each otherš„°)
Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas everyone! ā¤ļø
11/08/2021
Found this poor little hen floating in the goatās water bucket. I fished her out and thankfully I was there soon enough to save her. Poor little thing was shivering with cold but I wrapped her in a towel and some feed bags to hold in the heat. The sunshine did the rest of the trick and now sheās running around again looking for the next way to kill herself-pretty much the goal of every farm animal.
11/06/2021
Just a reminder that all our clocks should go back a lot more than an hour.
11/05/2021
A good example of why sometimes Iām too busy to post!
This lamb seems to have a death wish. Or maybe she just wants attention- and sheās cute enough that Iām happy to give it to her šš
#babydollsheep
11/03/2021
Some good info for you guys.
I think Buff Orpingtons are so low on the list because they wonāt stop trying to hatch everyoneās eggs lol. Every single day I have to risk my life reaching under one named Buffy (the eggslayerā¦if you donāt get it then donāt the me because youāll make me feel old). Maybe she should be named the hand slayer because she protects those eggs viciously. Point being Iām not sure she ever gets around to laying any eggs.
11/02/2021
Ok so I dropped off the face of the earth again (or at least Facebook) but the ranch has been so busy that I havenāt been able to keep up! For once Iāve been able to keep our bull in his pen but it seems like everyone else has learned from him. One of our ponies is literally walking down the street right now. Good thing we live in the middle of nowhere haha.
But hey Iām not complaining! The point of a business is to be busy and itās a nice problem to have!
Howās life been treating you guys?
10/08/2021
So thatās whatās at the end of the rainbow š
09/17/2021
Looks like someone wants to drive the tractor š š®
09/11/2021
Iāve seen so many posts today from young people saying theyāre tired of hearing about 9/11 and whatās the big deal. If youāre one of them then do me a favor and read the phone call this passenger made from the hijacked flight 93. For the rest of you, share this so that the young generation can understand why we still care about 9/11.
Todd: Helloā¦ Operatorā¦listen to meā¦I canāt speak very loud. ā This is an emergency. Iām a passenger on a United flight to San Francisco.. We have a situation hereā¦.Our plane has been hijackedā¦..can you understand me?
Lisa: (exhaling a deep breath to herself) I understandā¦ Can the hijackers see you talking on the phone?
Todd: No
Lisa: Can you tell me how many hijackers are on the plane?
Todd: There are three that we know of.
Lisa: Can you see any weapons? What kind of weapons do they have?
Todd: Yesā¦. they donāt have gunsā¦.they have knives ā they took over the plane with knives.
Lisa: Do you meanā¦like steak knives?
Todd: No, these are razor knivesā¦like box cutters.
Lisa: Can you tell what country these people are from?
Todd: Noā¦..I donāt know. They sound like theyāre from the mid-east.
Lisa: Have they said what they want?
Todd: Someone announced from the cockpit that there was a bomb on board. He said he was the captain and to stay in our seats and stay quiet.
He said that they were meeting these menās demands and returning to the airportā¦ It was very broken English, andā¦ Iām telling youā¦it sounded fake!
Lisa: Ok sir, please give me your name.
Todd: My name is Todd Beamer.
Lisa: Ok Toddā¦.my name is Lisaā¦Do you know your flight number? If you canāt remember, itās on your ticket.
Todd: Itās United Flight 93.
Lisa: Now Todd, can you try to tell me exactly what happened?
Todd: Two of the hijackers were sitting in first class near the cockpit. A third one was sitting near the back of the coach section. The two up. front got into the cockpit somehow; there was shouting. The third hijacker said he had a bomb. It looks like a bomb. Heās got it tied to his waist with a red belt of some kind.
Lisa: So is the door to the cockpit open?
Todd: No, the hijackers shut it behind them.
Lisa: Has anyone been injured?
Todd: Yes, ..theyā¦they killed one passenger sitting in first class. Thereās been lots of shouting. We donāt know if the pilots are dead or alive. A flight attendant told me that the pilot and copilot had been forced from the cockpit and may have been wounded.
Lisa: Where is the 3rd hijacker now Todd?
Todd: Heās near the back of the plane. They forced most of the passengers into first class. There are fourteen of us here in the back. Five are flight attendants. He hasnāt noticed that I slipped into this pantry to get the phone. The guy with the bomb ordered us to sit on the floor in the rear of the planeā¦ā¦ā¦.oh Jesus.. Help!
Lisa: Toddā¦.are you ok? Tell me whatās happening!
Todd: Helloā¦..Weāre going downā¦.I think weāre going to crashā¦ā¦Wait ā wait a minute. No, weāre leveling offā¦.weāre ok. I think we may be turning aroundā¦..Thatās it ā we changed directions. Do you hear meā¦.weāre flying east again.
Lisa: Ok Toddā¦. Whatās going on with the other passengers?
Todd: Everyone isā¦ really scared. A few passengers with cell phones have made calls to relatives. A guy, Jeremy, was talking to his wife just before the hijacking started. She told him that hijackers had crashed two planes into the World Trade Centerā¦ā¦Lisa is that true??
Lisa: Toddā¦..I have to tell you the truthā¦..itās very bad. The World Trade Center is gone. Both of the towers have been destroyed.
Todd: Oh God āhelp us!
Lisa: A third plane was taken over by terrorists. It crashed into the Pentagon in Washington DC. Our country is under attackā¦.and Iām afraid that your plane may be part of their plan.
Todd: Oh dear God. Dear Godā¦ā¦.Lisa, will you do something for me?
Lisa: Iāll tryā¦.if I canā¦.Yes.
Todd: I want you to call my wife and my kids for me and tell them whatās happened. Promise me youāll call..
Lisa: I promise ā Iāll call.
Todd: Our home number is 201 353-1073ā¦ā¦.You have the same name as my wifeā¦Lisaā¦.Weāve been married for 10 years. Sheās pregnant with our 3rd child. Tell her that I love herā¦ā¦.(choking up)..Iāll always love her..(clearing throat) We have two boys.. David, heās 3 and Andrew, heās 1ā¦..Tell themā¦ā¦(choking) tell them that their daddy loves them and that he is so proud of them. (clearing throat again) Our baby is due January 12thā¦..I saw an ultra soundā¦..it was greatā¦.we still donāt know if itās a girl or a boyā¦ā¦ā¦Lisa?
Lisa: (barely able to speak) Iāll tell them, I promise Todd.
Todd: Iām going back to the groupāif I can get back I willā¦
Lisa: Todd, leave this line openā¦are you still there?ā¦ā¦
Lisa: (dials the phone..) Hello, FBI, my name is Lisa Jefferson, Iām a telephone supervisor for GTE. I need to report a terrorist hijacking of a United Airlines Flight 93ā¦.Yes Iāll hold.
Goodwin: Hello, this is Agent Goodwin.. I understand you have a hijacking situation?
Lisa: Yes sir, Iāve been talking with a passenger, a Todd Beamer, on Flight 93 who managed to get to an air phone unnoticed.
Goodwin: Where did this flight originate, and what was its destination?
Lisa: The flight left Newark New Jersey at 8 A.M. departing for San Francisco. The hijackers took over the plane shortly after takeoff, and several minutes later the plane changed course ā it is now flying east.
Goodwin: Ms. Jeffersonā¦I need to talk to someone aboard that plane. Can you get me thru to the planes phone?
Lisa: I still have that line open sir, I can patch you through on a conference callā¦hold a moā¦..
Todd: Hello Lisa, Lisa are you there?
Lisa: Yes, Iām here. Todd, I made a call to the FBI, Agent Goodwin is on the line and will be talking to you as well.
Todd: The others all know that this isnāt your normal hijacking. Jeremy called his wife again on his cell phone. She told him more about the World Trade Center and all.
Goodwin: Hello Todd. This is Agent Goodwin with the FBI. We have been monitoring your flight. Your plane is on a course for Washington, DC. These terrorists sent two planes into the World Trade Center and one plane into the Pentagon. Our best guess is that they plan to fly your plane into either the White House or the United States Capital Building.
Todd: I understandā¦hold onā¦ā¦Iāllā¦ā¦.Iāll be back..
Lisa: Mr. Goodwin, how much time do they have before they get to Washington?
Goodwin: Not long maāam. They changed course over Cleveland; theyāre approaching Pittsburgh now. Washington may be twenty minutes away.
Todd: (breathing a little heavier) The plane seems to be changing directions just a little. Itās getting pretty rough up here. The plane is flying real erraticā¦.Weāre not going to make it out of here. Listen to meā¦.I want you to hear thisā¦.I have talked with the othersā¦.we have decided we would not be pawns in these hijackers suicidal plot.
Lisa: Todd, what are you going to do?
Todd: Weāve hatched a plan. Four of us are going to rush the hijacker with the bomb. After we take him out, weāll break into the cockpit. A stewardess is getting some boiling water to throw on the hijackers at the controls. Weāll get themā¦.and weāll take them out. Lisa, ā¦..will you do one last thing for me?
Lisa: Yesā¦What is it?
Todd: Would you pray with me?
They pray: Our father which art in Heaven
Hallowed be thy name,
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
And forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive our trespassers,
And lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory
Foreverā¦..Amen
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not wantā¦
He makes me to lie down in green pastures
He leads me beside the still waters
He restores my soul
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for His nameās sake
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I will fear no evil, for thou art with meā¦..
Todd: (softer) God help meā¦Jesus help meā¦.(clears throat and louder)
Are you guys ready?ā¦ā¦..
Letās Rollā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦
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Comments
Hoping all is well on the ranch.
Hi! Iāve missed your posts! Hope you are staying cool in this heat!! Canāt wait to visit your farm once it cools down and do a class in the future. Hope you are well and safe!
Happy Thanksgiving š¦
Saw this and thought of yāall! š
Happy Birthday, Serina!
So precious
Kids!! Human and goat!!
I got married here and I'm so happy I did. My photos came out amazing (thanks Serina) and everyone had a great time. It's such a peaceful place and you'd be amazed at how elegant a barn wedding can be. I just wish the baby cow had been born by then. I swear I'm going to dress back up and come out for photos with the cutie pie lol.
nice farm
Christine Schaefer check it out!
When are you making more delicious caramel???!?