Cas-Cad-Nac Farm Chronicles
News from the Farm
2011 1sts, Championships, and Specialty Awards
Yes, it’s the shameless pat-ourselves-on-the-back-for-walking-in-circles post here at CCNF Chronicles. For years a similar edition of the hard copy newsletter would hit the mail around the 15th of January filled with show results and glossy photos. Well, kind of the same idea here except that I’m two weeks late, the photos aren’t glossy (pixely?), and you…
Show picking
Hard to believe but it’s that time of year again already. Just 2 months or so after putting the 2011 show season to bed it’s already time to start doing a bit of planning for our first spring shows in April. Admittedly, if we were hardcore we could be heading off on the road in…
Now it can be told.
We have almost come to view it as tradition: we go away for a little R&R somewhere and the you-know-what inevitably hits the fan in one form or another back here on the farm. Hey, with a herd this size it’s just par for the course, especially during cold weather (ok, relatively cold weather). Not…
Spring runoff?
Well it’s not supposed to be! Welcome to the infamous January thaw. After 12+ hours of steady rain here, we are dealing with a problem that we normally don’t encounter until March. With the ground frozen, all of that water has had fewer places to go and drain off, meaning that it’ found its way…
Cadenza’s little man
The photo at left was one I took late last week after Cadenza’s newborn son had dried off and was starting to look more presentable to the outside world. We’ll be gradually weaning him off of the cria coat and the dog sweater beneath it, with the entire feed group in the warm room (we…
Winter, actually.
Amazing what a difference in one’s perception 3″ to 4″ of snow can make, no? After coming home from our family trip on the 8th to find the landscape here completely brown and grey, the recent cold and the back to back mini storms of late last week have now put things back, visually at…