Saturday 28 November 2015

The Van/Kill/No/Deer GREAT comeback!

Howdy! And I have a confession to say. :(            
 
In the last post Deer Season,Fall, and WINTER!?!?!   I forgot to say that my Uncle shot a NICE buck too. I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry!!!! Please forgive your favorite niece!        
 
So, This whole post is all My Uncle AND Aunt!
(And a few random pictures that were taken during deer season.)
 
My Uncle's buck.
 
 
Verns buck was a 8 pointer, and shot at my Grandpa's place!
Good job Vern!!!! :) Late congratulations!!!
 
My Aunt's buck.
This buck was a lot of trouble! My Aunt was hunting with Becca at my Grandpa's place. It was around 4-4:30 when I heard a shot. So, I texted Kayla and asked her if she got anything, She said yes. But, she didn't know if she missed or not.
 
 I walked with grandpa to go see. She got it all right! :) It was bleeding so, it was easy to tract. Though it probably would have died where it laid but we where chasing it because it was getting dark! Grandpa shot at it twice then DOWN! He goes!
 
Congratulations Kayla!!! (Late!)
 
 
On the way to see Grandpa's deer!
 
 

:) I love my siblings!


Before deer season.......
Shooting pigeons!!! It's sooooo much fun!!
 
For those of you who don't know what shooting clay pigeons is, its just shooting clay disks that are thrown up in the air.
 
It was my first time shooting a shot gun! It was so much fun!!! 
Me

My uncle

My dad

And my mom.

I know I had this picture on a few post ago, but it went to well with the shooting! :)
Target practicing at Gun Safety.
Becca (My sister is in the middle.)

 
Luke brought home...........


 
 A grouse!!! Good job Luke!!!! :)



I'm sorry for this "mostly pictures" post! I really wanted to tell about Vern and Kayla's deer. ;)

Thanks for reading and Happy LATE Thanksgiving!

Grace


P.S. You may all now sing Christmas songs! :)
 
 


Tuesday 17 November 2015

Deer Season, Fall, and WINTER!?!?

Welcome to Grace's blog! Today we'll be looking at what's been happening with our deer season, my favorite fall things, and why we all love winter! I hope you enjoy this post!
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ugh! That was awful! I felt like I was writing that in a Barbie voice!
Now go back and read that with the Barbie voice in your head! Trust me it isn't pleasant.
 
Why am I being so formal? I'm trying a new thing but so far, I'm even bored!
Enough of this dry, no fun, straight to the point post!
Welcoming Grace!!!!!!!!
 
(Applause ,applause, cheering, more applause and throwing roses, never mind, make that chocolate!)
 
Let's start this post all over! Gracie style!
 
 
 
Howdy, winter lovers and haters!
Nice of you to join me!!!
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Let jump right into the hunting news! Grab your blaze orange and camo!
It's a buck! No, it's a doe! It's a Buck, SHOOT!!!
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Today I'll be sharing about the buck that my grandpa shot out of MY stand! I told everyone that that stand was a good stand! And of course when my grandpa hunts in it, he get's a buck.
 
No hard feelings grandpa! I'll just get a bigger one then you!!!!  :)
 
Here's a picture of his nice buck! It's a 10 pointer!
Good job Grandpa!!!!!!
 
 
The title was a line from our little (Becca and I) hunting......I don't even know what to call it!
Chaos maybe? Yeah, that sounds good.
 
Anyways, we were hunting in my stand, the evening hunt to be precise. And it was just getting dark. I was facing the field and Becca was facing the woods. We heard this hopping noise and I turned and saw a deer literally bounce to the side of our stand.
 
Becca pulled up her gun and was about to shoot when I said, 
"I think that's a doe!"
"Grace! That's a buck!"
"No! It's a doe!"
I looked at the deer again and saw the antlers, it was just a spiker but, it was a buck. 
"It's a buck, shoot!"
"Grace, are you sure?"
"Shoot, shoot, shoot! It's a buck!!! SHOOT!"
 
I'm not even joking! This is how our whispered conversation went! Since it's bucks only I was a little worried that it was a doe but, it wasn't. Becca was whispering to me with her gun still on the retched little thing.
 
Once she heard me practically yell "Shoot!" She shot and missed.
The buck was standing funny and she couldn't see his shoulder.
 
So, that buck is still out there somewhere laughing at Becca.
 
 
Why would he laugh you say? Well, Becca already met this buck and wasn't able to shoot it then. It's a sad story.
 
Now wipe your tears and let's move on!
 
 
 
Tea, coffee and CAPPUCCINO!!!
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When hunting season comes around, we normally buy all sort of wonderful, warm drinks to fill our cold, chilled bodies.

My mom, my sisters and I went shopping yesterday.
 
I know amazing! I hate shopping! But I was excited because I wanted to buy clothes pins, fabric bins, and mesh laundry bags. Yes, I get excited about that sort of thing! I'm very practical! Also, if you give me any type of organizer, I'll probably be your friend for life!
 
Anyways, we got the White Chocolate Peppermint Coffee and the Caramel Apple Tea! I must say they are so good!!!!!!!! If your not a coffee drinker get the tea or vice versa.
 
My dad got  a HUGE box of Sweet and Salty Caramel Cappuccino! I haven't had any because dad say's it's his and no one else's but, when he makes it, it smells AMAZING!!!
 
You can get the tea and coffee at Wal-Mart but the cappuccino I really don't know where he got it.
 
 
 
Winter, BURRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!
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Winter... Isn't it lovely? Getting so cold that you can't feel your feet, or your clothes are so soaked threw from just walking in the snow, or snowmobiling and then running out of gas in the middle of the river a mile away from home.
 
Ok, ok! I'll say some nice things about winter one moment I have to think.......
 
We pause this thought for a commercial break!
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(Read this with a booming deep guys voice in your head please!)
 
Do you ever come in the house just freezing cold that your skin is glowing red, white and blue????
Do you ever wonder if you will ever get warm?????
 
You can! You can get warm fast! It's scientifically proven that when you laugh you get warm!           (I think.)
So, the next time you come in from the cold, sit down at your computer and read Ask Grace's Blog!
Your skin won't be cold but warm to the touch just after reading one of her posts! Or if your computer is down, just walk to the mirror and laugh really hard because if you don't, some one will have the pleasure of doing it for you! And that's all for now!

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Ok and we're back! I was trying to find something good about winter and here's a list.
 
1. Snowmobiling. (Always make sure you have enough gas!)
2. Ice skating. (Only if the skates aren't cold.)
3. Snow forts
4. Snow ball fights!
5. Sleigh rides! (Or around here a sleigh pulled behind a tractor!)
6. The smell of peppermint.
7. Hot chocolate!!!!!!!!!
9.The beauty of fresh snow.
and
10. The focus of Jesus's birth
 
 
 
And that's all for today! I hope you enjoyed this! Comment below to why or why not you like winter!
May God Bless you and hopefully you will be warm!
 
Until next time, This is Grace, signing off.

Tuesday 6 October 2015

Riverview Farm News!




Howdy all!
 
An apple a day keeps the doctor away!

Do you love apples? My sister does! I can take them or leave them.
Unless they are my grandpa's apples!
 
These are the best apples ever! They are really small but, REALLY good!
They are fun size! :)
 
Ok so, we go apple picking every year.  We make applesauce and pies. (If there's any apples left.)
Normally we bring our Wal-Mart bags, and drive the van under the tree and hit the branches with  the broom. (Five points if an apple hits the ground and 10 if it hits your siblings head!)
 
Well, this year the tree was loaded and the tree broke and fell a little. It was WAY easier to get apples!!!
When you see a loaded branch, what you do is,  grab the end of it shake it a little and send a sibling under it to retrieve the apples . Then you give the branch a big yank and BOOM apple bombs!!!
Yes, I know, it wasn't very nice. But, I was sure funny! :)
Look at all those apples! Yum!
It was a lot of fun this year! All of us went, even my dad!
Every one worked hard and did a good job!
 
Now for the farm pictures!!!!!!!!
 
Thank you daddy for taking them and coming up with some of the titles for them!!!
 
 We put the pigs out with the cows ,
 They seem to like each other.
 Coming up to the barn together,
And plus, piglet daycare!!! :)
 
The cows don't mind the pigs roaming the pasture.
They eat what the cows don't eat. The only down-fall is that they try to get into the milking barn, EVERY night! I WILL NOT milk a pig!
Becca wants to though. :) I wonder what pig milk tastes like? Yuck! Moving on...
 
 
 
Cow's V.S Piglets!!!
 
A friendly game of soccer.
 
Line up! Hey, where's the ball????
 



 
Come and get it!!!!
 

Move over chicken, it's our milk!!!!



 There's got to be some milk left!!!
 
 
There's a river of life flowing out of me!!
 
 So, if you walk along the ravine towards the road,
there's a waterfall that the culvert makes! It's so pretty! And the water
is so clear! It's a fun place to cool off on a warm day. :)
 
 
We got cotton tails from Cotton.
Meet the newest members of the family!!!!
 
Bella is 5 months old and is part meat and part something else.
 Rosie , Rosa, or Rose, take your pick, is 3 months old and is a dwarf bunny.
I think.
Our family has a bunny curse. Ok, it's not a curse, just an unlucky thing with rabbits.
We could never keep them in! They ALWAYS got out some how! Well, the first time the bunnies got out was because of me. I wanted to play with them. Hey! I was like 4 or 5 then! But, ever since then, we have had no luck with bunnies. So we'll see how long these ones last.  The good thing about these is that they are really friendly! So, they should be easy to catch. Should be.
 
Cows crossing.
We have been letting the cows go across the road to get to the field
on the other side of the river!  It works a ton better then making them swim across. ;) If they cross the river most of the time they won't cross unless a kid is in the water first. But, that's only if dad isn't there. They love dad. Where he calls they go.
Thanks to my dad for this funny picture!



Have a blessed day!!!
And keep trusting in God until the cows come home! Literally! :)
 
Grace
 
 
 

Sunday 6 September 2015

Johnston's Riverview Farm News!!!

Welcome to Johnston's Riverview News!
Where you get to read what's been happening!
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Ahhhhhhh! Such a lovely place to live.
 Farm life is for me! 
Beautiful isn't it?


Ok so, this week I'll be writing 3 weeks worth of posts.
I know ,I know. How did I let it happen? Well, it's called busyness and internet!
Fist of all, we were really busy, (like normal.) and you can't trust the internet connection!

It's so sad when you go to write on your blog and you can't because the internet is down, again!

Well, enough about me! Let turn to the news!!!



Tis the season to be canning, fa la la la la la la!!!

 Nice huh? We have a  lot of canned goods down in our basement! 
"Ain't they beautiful!" (In a hillybilly accent)

 So next week I'll post about canning.  :)
I'll be showing you how to can green beans, apples, and maybe wild plums.
Maybe.



Ready Aim Fire!!!!!!
Congratulations to Becca Johnston!!
 She passed her gun safety test!! Way to go!!
We all knew she could pass, I think. :)

No  really! Becca is the best shot of the family!
She said this when she came home from gun safety.
 
"I had so much fun! If I could, I would do it again!!"
 
Not only did she pass but she found some friends!



Down on the Farm!!

 The cat's favorite place! The milking barn!
Yum! Fresh milk!


Christopher (The father on the left.) Silver (Adopted, middle left.)
Mr.Fuzz(Kitten , middle left.) And Cheetah(Mother, left.)


I'm not even joking they act like a family!! When Mr.Fuzz was little, Christopher would babysit until Cheetah came back from hunting! And also they adopt any kitten!


The  new cat is named "High Ho Silver!" 
Or just "Silver" He's the  grey one.


 Pretty soon I'll be posting pictures of kittens! Cheetah is pregnant again. Yippy (Sarcastically)


Here's Christopher snuggling with Mr.Fuzz!!
 
 
 
Our pigs had piglets!! I love piglets! They are so cute!!

Three of our sows had piglets but, the one sow (Raisin.) was bottle fed when she was younger.
So, she didn't and wouldn't take care of them! Another pig farmer came to take all
eight piglets to bottle raise them. 
 
Moral of the story don't bottle raise piglets! They won't be very good mothers.

 
What happened to Raisin you ask? Well, she's still around............. in our freezer. :)
(It's farm life!)

 
 
Here's a cute story!

 My dad was getting cows for milking when he found this piglet! It was snuggled up to Rosebud  (my cow)!
 It was so cute!! Rosebud didn't seem to care at all! 
 
 


Ok this next picture is an interesting one. Do NOT tell my brother I posted this!
I had to!  It's so cute!







Yup, He's trying to build an outhouse! :) He's a pretty good builder but, yeah.
 He still needs to finish it! It's behind the guest house. I  love it when my brother 
uses his hands and builds stuff! But this,(Chuckle) this, was priceless! 
Good job Luke! Keep a going!
 



A fair is a veritable smorgabord orgasbord orgasbord.............................
(This song was off of Charlotte's Web)

 
The fair!! Every Farm, and countries kids favorite time of summer!

 Kaity,Luke, Becca, and Ali trying out the BIG swing.

 I love my brother he's so funny! Every year he rides the merry-go-round and rides the roster.
Why? So then as he's riding it he can chop it's head off! I don't know why he likes it so much! He goes around and around on the rooster, chopping it's head with his ax.(HAND.) 
(He does that job when we butcher chickens.)

Beep, beep! Move it lady! Get out of my way!
 Bumper Cars!! The kids favorite thing this year! They went on them like 5 times! 
It was fun watching them run into people!

Old McDonald had a farm...
Goofy kids! :) 

The fair was really fun this year! Every year the kids save up enough money to be able go.
 It's a fun to go there as a family! 

Well, that's all!

 

If you want to contact me, you can at, askgracej@gmail.com
I'd love your emails!
 
 
May God bless you!!!
Grace


Tuesday 28 July 2015

Riverview Farm News Part 2!!!!!!!

Welcome to Johnston's Riverview Farm Part 2!!! 

If you missed part one 
click on the link below! 


Okay, so let's start off with something cute!!! 
Like..........................

CALVES! 




The cute calf on the right bottom is the newest one! 
The mama is Roseabelle! Rosebuds sister! :)

We had ten calves but we sold two of them. 

 Let's have a two seconds of silence in respect for them. For they have gone where
 no other Johnston calf has gone! 

Beginning the 2 second silence. 
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 Moving on! :) 

  Lets meet the wonderful milkers!! 
 I'll post better pictures of them another time. 

I took these pictures about 2 weeks ago, early in the morning.
That's why they aren't very good.
 Well, also I was using my phone because someone stole my camera batteries for her CD player. 
Yes, I found out, Ali and Becca!!!!
(My wonderful sisters. eye roll.) ;)

So here are the names of all of our cows! 
(I thought you guys would like to know their names! )

*Rosebud
Billy
*Roseabelle
*Lucy
Ginger
*Dillybar
CreamPuff
*Hope
*Missy
*S'mores
and
Donut! 

Yeah, I know it's mostly food names, but hey, there're cute!

(The names with the stars in front of them are the names we picked out.)


Now for the calves!

Girls!
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Faith
June
Stella
Little Ruby Red
and 
Violet

Guys!
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Fred
Arnold
Milk Mustache or m&m
Buddy
and
Dave


Phew!!! There you are! If you have any name ideas, comment or email me! We just might use
it to name next years calves! :)
So, it's a lovely summer afternoon. Not too hot, not too cold...Your walking
around your yard enjoying the sights and sounds..... 

Then, you see it. 

You hear it calling your name but you turn your back on it. Then, all day you have that awful nagging
feeling to go back. You try to push it away. Finally, you walk back and all you can think about is the work ,the torture, the pain. You drop to your knees in defeat, you start the torturous thing, only thinking about how you like to do something else. As you get farther in, you look at your dirty hands. They may have streaks of blood from thistles. Your back aches and your parched but you just started. You feel like a slave being beaten to do more. And if you stop, you have to do it all over again, but with more work and pain. 

Have any of you felt like this when you see the..... 


GARDEN?? 
I know I do!! Not all the time but sometimes! You just don't want to do it! I hide in the house when this happens! Like, right as I'm writing this post I know I should be out there weeding.
But instead I'm ignoring myself and kept typing.
I mean, it's a whole lot easier to find your veggies when you don't have those slave driver weeds! 
Though I can weed tomorrow! ;)

But, don't you feel great when it is weeded?
Yup! That's our garden! Okay, I'm not going to lie to you. 
When I took this picture this was all that was weeded.

"You mean there's more garden, Grace? How come you didn't show us it!?" 

To answer your question, The potatoes and corn had weeds almost to my waist. 
Yeah, it was ridiculous. 

"Well, then you should be out there and weeding, Grace!!" 

Hey! Don't jump to conclusions! I took this picture about 2 or 3 weeks ago! So, we have been weeding! You can see the potatoes and corn now!!! Yeah! Score!!! ;)

Moral of the story: WEED!


What is your favorite veggie?
Mine? Hehehe! I love garden peas!! I love cucumbers too but they're not ready yet.

I love going out to the garden and eating all the peas I want! They are SO good!
There's nothing better then reading a good book and eating peas! 
This book is really good too! Really! You should go out and buy it! It's about an Amish girl who's adopted, but she didn't know it until she's like 23 and about to marry the bishop.
But I won't tell you any more about it though! You'll have to read it yourself. 

You can find it on Amazon and maybe EBay.

That's about it!

I'm going to wrap up this post with a picture of Mr. Fluff!!
 He fell asleep on my lap like this! :)

We came home to Cheetah (His mother.)and Mr. Fluff
sleeping in the porch window! So cute! :)


Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed it!! 

 You can email me at askgracej@gmail.com 

I'm also on Pinterest as God's Grace

Don't forget to think of names for future calves!

God bless, yeah, and have a great morning, afternoon, or day! :)

Grace