Jandy's

People always ask us what we do in the winter. I thought I'd put a picture up of some of the things we do. We're not much for traveling anymore. We truly just enjoy our home and farm. Closing it all up and heading south for the winter doesn't even sound like a good time to me. I love watching all of the seasons here at the farm. Andy does get pretty restless when he can't be in the gardens planting or harvesting something. So, once the gardens are all "put to bed" he usually heads for the woods to start cutting wood for our stove. We heat completely with wood, so, as you can see in the photo, we keep a good supply ahead for the winters to come. I usually trek out there with him and help load and haul it up, but I have to admit the past few years it seems we have so much wood stacked, I can't bring myself to keep piling up more. So, winter gives me some time to finally stay in the house and do some house-cleaning that never gets done during the busy summer months. I always have my own "projects" to do but my main enjoyment after all the work of summer is to take a break from it all. We usually sit by the fire, watch too much tv, and eat too much food! But it's already time to start making our seed list from all the new catalogs rolling in. And before we know it, it will be time to tap the trees and spring will be on our doorstep. It really is true that the older you get, the faster time seems to go. The seasons come and go so fast anymore I can hardly keep up. So, slow down a little in the winter. Take the time to sit back and get to know each other again. Summer will return and we'll all be so busy with outdoor activities. For me, winter is a time to rest, just like the trees and the plants and the soil. Enjoy the seasons!