We’ve all heard how important it is to eat a diet high in roughage. Likewise, “roughaging” (spending time outdoors) is essential to our mental health. Even if it’s a settee on the porch, we need it, gotta have it. I aim to be the reason you pulled your bedding out the back door last night.
Winnie Nielsen says: Ohhhh my, the sweetest face ever!! Is that baby new? How is my Daisy coming along? I believe she is due next month or so.
MaryJane says: That’s Sweet William (Miss Daisy’s last calf). Sadly, Miss Daisy miscarried sometime around the end of December. She was carrying a heifer. She’s still giving me plenty of milk so I’ll wait until August to breed her again. Next up is Lacy Lou, who is due in August.
Winnie Nielsen says: Oh, that is sad. Sweet William is a handsome boy and what a charmer with that beautifully marked face.
Mary Lou Bender says: Your beautiful picture reminded me of a little poem I came across more than 50 yrs ago:
“We reached the gate in silence, there’s nothing between us now
For I was just a farmer’s boy, and you, a jersey cow.”
MaryJane says: What a wonderful little poem. I’m going to change it to girl for my grandgirls. Thank you!
Winnie Nielsen says: MaryLou, I love this simple poem and it is perfect for MaryJane to change for her Grandgirls. Thanks for sharing.
Karlyne says: My faith in the beauty of the world has just been restored. Thank you, Sweet William!
laureen Shelton says: Love them cow eyes!
We always say, “It’s the little things that count.”
Indeed.
As we huddle here in the final stretch of winter, I find myself dreaming of details,
the little things that make spring so special.
So, as thoughts will do, mine hopped around until they landed on this idea:
A “can-you-guess” sort of quiz that gives you a close-up glimpse of the coming season’s lovely little things.
Scroll through the images and their multiple-choice identities, below, and give ‘em a guess. Some are more obvious than others, but all are dream-worthy. The answers are at the end.
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Photo by Nick Fedele via Flickr
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Photo by Justus Thane via Flickr
12. And here’s one to help you appreciate the miniscule marvels of today (hint, hint):
Photo by Alexey Kljatov via Flickr
Answers:
Winnie Nielsen says: This was fun. I missed #4, #2, and #12. The last one is really tricky with those micro stems curling off the edges. Thanks for a great Morning Science class today at MJF. Always a favorite of mine!
Beautiful! I wasn’t sure about the butterfly wing or hibiscus pollen. The others I did get correct!
Thanks for this post!
CJ
Yay, got em all right ! Yes, as they say : ” God is in the details “
Krista says: Wow! That was a fun little challenge. I only missed numbers 4 and 5. I did guess on some, especially the hibiscus pollen, but I seemed to have guessed right. Thanks for this fun little game to get into the spirit of the season and appreciate the small things that make up spring.
I missed on the Katydid wing (thought it was a leaf because a copy of this is one of my screen saver free images) and the snowflake (thought it was mica flake). Otherwise, I think I’m a pretty good observer of nature (or maybe just intuitive??). Either way, I’ll accept the result. milka
Bonnie ellis says: What a fun way to learn. In my button club, we would have to identify various clothing buttons on a card. We learned a lot about what they we made of, when made and what garment they may have been sewn on.
Sarah Hall says: Loved this. I missed #5 but definately was guessing on the pollen!
Buy props used in MaryJane’s books and magazine!
5% of profits will benefit www.firstbook.org, a non-profit that provides new books to children from low-income families throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Here’s how:
MaryJane will post a photo and a description of a prop and its cost along with a few details as to its condition here: https://shop.maryjanesfarm.org/MaryJanesCurations. It’s a playful way to be the new owner of a little bit of farm herstory.
Happy Spring, MaryJane!
YES! Happy Spring dearest Winnie. A friend gave me “Finding Winnie.” I read it to my girls last weekend. It’s a lovely book.
Wow , this is a new book to me. Love the name! Does the story remind you of me? I am going to look it up on Amazon to learn more. Who knew?
I think the name or the context threw you. The Caldecott Medal went to “Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear,” illustrated by Sophie Blackall and written by Lindsay Mattick. The book tells the real-life story of a World War I veterinarian who rescued a bear and named it Winnie, who eventually became the inspiration for the fictional Winnie-the-Pooh.
Lovely evocative photo of the moon in daylight!
Did you ever look at the moon when you we little and think it was magic? What a beautiful photo Mary Jane.