A last fond look at Heirloom Meadows Farm

The last photos from our visit to Central NY in August. I loved this photo of Sammy holding a chicken! There is a photo of my mother holding a chicken as a girl; I will try to add it later. 

Here Sammy us modeling a dress that I made her. It's the Oliver and S Jumprope dress. Years ago I made one in size 3, and I liked it so much I made it in size 6. 

One of their beautiful chickens. I used to know the names of the varieties. 

Ducks of a feather stickin' together. 

Farm photos

These were taken during our trip back east, which included a stay in central NY. The chickens and goats were out and about!

Sweet Sammy with daffodils from their garden. 

Ducks on their way to the pond.

Dog and chicken

I had paired these two in December. The dog was a gift from the previous Christmas from Warren, and the chicken pin cushion was a gift from my pal Stacy. They remind me of another dog and another chicken.  Hmmm.....

Yay, I found this photo from 2010 of Ginger and Sonny the chicken, taken at my daughter's farm. That's what I was thinking of!

More Sammy fun

These are the last few photos from New York. The ice cream photos were taken at Rock Star Creamery, in Poolville , I think. It was delicious! Black cherry rules.

 

This next bunch was taken on our last day in NY. Sammy is wearing the dress I made and posted about just recently, the crocheted yoke dress from the Purl Soho blog.

  I think her grandpa is tickling her.

This pic is pretty good of everyone.

Cute photo with Grandpa Dave! Her new doll is nearby.

 

 

around the farm 2014

Just some random photos of my daughter's farm in central New York...

The hollow trunk of an ancient apple tree.

Crops growing on this beautiful day in June.

Jack and Dave on the back porch.

Just a few of their chickens, plus their rooster on the left.

Isn't the rooster beautiful? He was watching me, as I was watching him.

Cows in the pasture.

I forgot to photograph the goats, who are off to the right, behind the barn.

This is their pond. Some of you may remember photos of Sammy ice skating on it this past winter!

Pond again. You can see how green everything is. They have had so much rain.

One of the lovely peonies in bloom in their back yard.

Sorry for the blurry photo. I'm reading to Sammy in their kitchen area. They have painted this room a very subtle blue. I love it!

preschool

 One more farm photo - this is a vegetable garden area, with the chicken coop on the right.

One day I was lucky enough to tag along to preschool at a local library. Sammy is the second from the left. What a big girl she is getting to be!

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Around the Farm

Do you know what this is? It is hops, which is used to make beer. A long time ago, this used to be a hops farm. The smaller barn was used to dry hops. Jack is continuing the tradition.

 Mimi the cat. She earns her keep as an excellent mouser.

 The ancient apple tree is laden with apples. After we left, they made gallons and gallons of cider.

 The path to the pasture.

Rustic harvest.

Fall on the Farm

Sammy is playing her flute while playing with the goats.

They are sweet and friendly, as goats go.

It's fall at Heirloom Meadows, as these pumpkins will attest.

Sunflowers against the barn.

We went to the Utica Zoo one afternoon, and Sammy went down the snake slide for the first time.

Farmers market

Here is Sammy taking a walk with her grandpa at the Clinton farmers market. She is wearing the alphabet dress that I made for her. I took more photos of her at the market and in that dress, but I still haven't taken them out of the camera.

Black pumpkins?

These are really a Japanese squash. The name is kobachi or something like that. They are supposed to taste delicious, although I didn't get a chance to try. These are among the many exciting things my son-in-law grows and then sells at local farmers markets.