Tag Archives: family

Buildings & Equipment

Interestingly, before we even purchased our parcel of land, we had already purchased our first piece of equipment. I blame this at least in part on our dear friends who were visiting us from Scotland, Ruaraidh & Marion. While they were here, Ruaraidh (pronounced like “roary”,with a Scottish lilt), was interested in seeing some of the outdoor sport stores.

ATV

This led us by some all terrain vehicles (ATVs). Ruaraidh astutely pointed out that I could not possibly do without one of them! We were in Orlando. I happened to have a drawbar and hitchball in my vehicle. We got a great deal. I became the proud owner of a blue Polaris 550 4×4 ATV. Fortunately my wife tolerates this sort of shenanigans. Continue reading →

Family

I am going to switch gears a bit with this post.  While it is no doubt obvious that a lot of personal benefits are received by Jeanette and me with our farm ownership, the main goal of land ownership was to offer a recreational oasis for our family and friends. Going to the farmQuite frankly, this has gotten off to a bit of a slow start.  Our family is quite dispersed with the closest of our kids living about 2.5 hrs away and the most distant living a two days drive away; yes, our Fayetteville son Chris, his wife Clara, and their 3 sons moved recently to St. Louis :(. We have had some meaningful experiences however, and we continue to have the belief that “if we build it, they will come”.  Continue reading →