Aug 1, 2012

Effie

So, today was the day that I picked up the new addition to our farm. This little girl lived 90 miles from here in a place called Effie and the drive was a long one. Effie is very remote and is at the end of the "Edge of the Wilderness Highway".
A very pretty drive-
This old barn sits off the road.
The welcome sign.  Notice how big the mosquitoes are here!
This sculpture stands near the welcome sign.  Effie is best known for their rodeo.  It's a big deal up  here.

So here is a picture of the little girl I picked up.
She's an Angora and I hope to breed her with our Angora buck.  She's only two months old right now.  I named her Toofer because my honey said "That's just too fer to go for a rabbit".
Oh, and last night I harvested my garlic.  It's done a bit early this year and the bulbs aren't as large as they were last year.  Still, it wasn't a bad harvest.
I save about half for next year's seed and make garlic powder out of the smaller bulbs.

I hope you enjoyed the trip to Effie.  I may have to go back because Toofer's previous owner has some wonderful Shetland sheep.  ;o)

3 comments:

Mama Pea said...

Cute little Toofer is going to be very happy in her new home, I know. Sounds like you've made a good connection in Effie! (I've always loved the name of that town. Maybe 'cause a name in my family that has been handed down for generations is Euphemia and "Effie" has been used as a nickname. :o])

odiie said...

Mama Pea,
Sure is a nice ride up there. No blueberries up there this year, though. Think they froze out.
Euphemia? I've never heard that name. Effie would be a cute nickname.

Mama Pea said...

Well, bummer. Sorry to hear you didn't get any blueberries. I know a lot of the northern part of the state did have a killing frost this spring that took care of fruit tree blossoms and berry blossoms. We were lucky enough to escape it.

Euphemia may be Scottish, but I'm not sure. It did come from my Scotch grandma's side of the family. Supposedly, the first girl child of each generation was to be named Euphemia. That was me when I was born but my mom (thank you, Mom!) refused to saddle me with the name. Some of my relatives that did get the name were nicknamed Effie, as I said, and one was nicknamed Fayme. I've never understood exactly where they got either nickname from Euphemia!

Aug 1, 2012

Effie

So, today was the day that I picked up the new addition to our farm. This little girl lived 90 miles from here in a place called Effie and the drive was a long one. Effie is very remote and is at the end of the "Edge of the Wilderness Highway".
A very pretty drive-
This old barn sits off the road.
The welcome sign.  Notice how big the mosquitoes are here!
This sculpture stands near the welcome sign.  Effie is best known for their rodeo.  It's a big deal up  here.

So here is a picture of the little girl I picked up.
She's an Angora and I hope to breed her with our Angora buck.  She's only two months old right now.  I named her Toofer because my honey said "That's just too fer to go for a rabbit".
Oh, and last night I harvested my garlic.  It's done a bit early this year and the bulbs aren't as large as they were last year.  Still, it wasn't a bad harvest.
I save about half for next year's seed and make garlic powder out of the smaller bulbs.

I hope you enjoyed the trip to Effie.  I may have to go back because Toofer's previous owner has some wonderful Shetland sheep.  ;o)

3 comments:

Mama Pea said...

Cute little Toofer is going to be very happy in her new home, I know. Sounds like you've made a good connection in Effie! (I've always loved the name of that town. Maybe 'cause a name in my family that has been handed down for generations is Euphemia and "Effie" has been used as a nickname. :o])

odiie said...

Mama Pea,
Sure is a nice ride up there. No blueberries up there this year, though. Think they froze out.
Euphemia? I've never heard that name. Effie would be a cute nickname.

Mama Pea said...

Well, bummer. Sorry to hear you didn't get any blueberries. I know a lot of the northern part of the state did have a killing frost this spring that took care of fruit tree blossoms and berry blossoms. We were lucky enough to escape it.

Euphemia may be Scottish, but I'm not sure. It did come from my Scotch grandma's side of the family. Supposedly, the first girl child of each generation was to be named Euphemia. That was me when I was born but my mom (thank you, Mom!) refused to saddle me with the name. Some of my relatives that did get the name were nicknamed Effie, as I said, and one was nicknamed Fayme. I've never understood exactly where they got either nickname from Euphemia!