Around my cottage in Nova Scotia, farms are abundant. The properties often have several old, weathered barns and a beautiful old farm house. They are perched on top of rolling hills overlooking the ocean, with big green fields with cows or sheep grazing. Right across the street from my cousin's cottage was a pasture that they were calling the cow "maternity ward". It is where the farmer was grazing all of his pregnant or recently birthed cattle. It was adorable! A lovely pasture with tons of the cutest baby cows you've ever seen running around, following their mothers. Chris and I stopped to just look at them several times, baby cows are so sweet.
And there are sheep too! We made our annual pilgrimage to the Lismore Sheep Farm again this year. There were baby sheep, and even baby Highland Cattle there this year. I had a chance to chat with the very friendly owner of the farm and to see his workshop where he makes the most beautiful wooden needles, the River John Needle Company. Chris and I each bought a sweaters worth of yarn. Last years haul became this and this. Chris has already started turning his beautiful light grey yarn into another Brownstone sweater, this time with a few mods to turn it into a cardigan. You can see in the corner of the shot below a darker blue/grey ball of yarn, that's the colourway I picked up. It's a stunning, blue/green/grey yarn, it reminds me a bit of Stormy in the way it can look different depending on the light.
My mom grew up on a beautiful farm in Nova Scotia, and it sounds like the perfect place to live. Of course, from what I hear, farming is one of the hardest jobs in the world... so for now I think I'll settle for just visiting farms and admiring the pastures from the road. After all, I love my job. Chris and I easily made the transition back into our regular TFA routine. The racks have been full all week, and with all the orders coming in for fall there is no sign of them emptying any time soon!
I really do understand your wish. I sometimes think a farm would be a nice place to own sometime in the future or maybe something like part of what once was a farm (in German we call it "Resthof" I don't know if there's an english word for this) but still with enough space around so you can own animals and all that. My grandma grew up on a farm with old cherry trees. She always spoke about that. I guess it's the reason why I love the country side so much. :-)
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Jenny
My husband and I are looking to buy a farm on a river some place. I know the feeling. The fiber looks beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteThe River John needles look like they have nice sharp tips -- yes?
ReplyDeleteHi Sue, yes! The River John needles are great, I particularly love the dpn's for doing sleeves or knitting with slippery fibres, the wooden needles have nice grip to them so stitches don't fall off accidentally.
ReplyDeleteI always LOVE your photos of your yarn racks (ok, I just love the yarn!). They make me so giddy!! I can't wait to see what you have for the fall!
ReplyDeleteI want to have a life parallel to this one in which I own a farm with cashmere goats, alpacas and sheep.
ReplyDeleteHi Tanis can you please tell me what color you selected from Lismore Farms, I might be interested in some! I love that beautiful shade of blue! It's hard to tell from their color card. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHi Christine, the colourway I bought is called "Seafoam", Chris got "light grey". They don't seem to have Seafoam on their colour card at the moment, but if you call to place an order I'm sure that they can help you out.
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