Category Archives: Circle S Farm News

“Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year.” ― Chad Sugg I’m worried about our trees.  When I look at the tree line – so many of them are starting to turn … Continue reading →

“Have you noticed that the narrower the view the more you can see? For the first time I understand how old ladies can sit on their porches for years.” — Walker Percy (Lancelot) This is the view from my porch. … Continue reading →

“But when fall comes, kicking summer out on its treacherous ass as it always does one day sometime after the midpoint of September, it stays awhile like an old friend that you have missed. It settles in the way an … Continue reading →

A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them. Liberty Hyde Bailey This quote has been so true in my fall … Continue reading →

Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.    Sam Keen Well – Madge is settling in with her new life.  The other horses have been kind – thank goodness.  Horses can be like teenagers – rather hateful sometimes.  But Madge is … Continue reading →

There is no I in TEAM   _  unknown Simple Definition of team : a group of people who compete in a sport, game, etc., against another group : a group of people who work together : a group of … Continue reading →

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. Ralph Waldo Emerson I am headed to Knoxville with two of my best friends for a night on the town!  I am … Continue reading →

 ‘Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life.’  —Albert Einstein  Logan is coming to visit for a few weeks.  When he was little he would stay most of the summer.  Now he is almost 19, in college, has … Continue reading →

Thorns may hurt you, men desert you, sunlight turn to fog; but you’re never friendless ever, if you have a dog. —Douglas Mallock Curtis and I have three dogs.  They are my children.  I’m “oh she’s ‘one of thooooose people’ … Continue reading →

“If you saw a heat wave, would you wave back?” — Steven Wright         The beautiful thing about a hot dry summer is a bumper tomato crop.  I have my fingers crossed that I get to these … Continue reading →