Births are a normal part of life on a farm. Even ours - and I'm certain we will have one someday. Meanwhile....
This blog is being born for a number of reasons;
- I've wanted to do this for awhile. And why not? It might be fun!
- I have lots of opinions and more to say than I should for someone as young as I am (I'm only 56, after all ;-) Perhaps I shall learn....reticence through blogging? Restraint? Diplomacy? How to run faster scared than all of you....? ;-)
- I might learn something! Now there's a fine goal! (And high time, too!)
- What I know may be useful to someone else. Now that's a better goal...to help another!
- But the real reason I finally began this enterprise....(no, that's not a Star Trek reference...this time!) is...I can't get my Christmas letter from this past year with all the photos in it uploaded through regular email. And I can't bear to cut the photos and do a total rewrite. If this works, it will be on here soon.

Yup. there you have it. Now you know.

I should warn you about a few things. Firstly, I am a Believer in Jesus - or Yeshua (His name in Hebrew) as my Messianic friends refer to Him. My faith is a lifestyle, not a weekend fling or a weekly one-night-stand. I try to live a lifestyle that honors Him. Think of me as a Charismatic-Evangelical-Bible Believing-Messianic leaning-Christian and you will come pretty close to nailing who I am. I am serious about my Faith and how I live. I may even share some of this, eventually.

Secondly, I have a sense of humor. Really. Never mind. Moving on....
Actually, I don't take myself to seriously and I love to find the humor in situations. Just take my word for it.

God has blessed me with a wonderful family and some very tolerant friends. You know who you are!

I live on a small farm in the middle of nowhere, on the Canadian Prairies. Although this is the land of my Grandparents and great-Grandparents, I was born in the beautiful mountains of BC. I have been amazed to find all the beauty here that I have - so different from what I was used to, but here in abundance nonetheless. I want to share that with others as I write this, too.

Farming is a whole new adventure for us. None of us know how to do it. Plenty of comedy there! Oh, the mistakes we have made! But here we are anyway, learning how and becoming more self-sufficient in the process. Did I mention that we love our life here in the countryside on the farm? We cannot imagine living anywhere else but the region we are living in.

So that's a bit about me and this blog. Faith, farm and family - and fun along the way!