today

I just wanted to let you know that yesterday I qualified as a "real homesteader" -- I made two batches of cheese (feta and mozzarella), bread, and birthday cake.  We had a wonderful birthday.  I love our traditions.

Today I rode two horses, taught a lesson, mucked and fed and all that jazz, and brought home both a big round bale (probably the last of the season) and a load of manure.  I'm not sure what that "qualifies" as, and I don't really care.