Happy Birthday!

Dear Max,
I'm so happy to have you as part of our little family!  It's hard to believe you are a whole year old!  For your birthday you got a pretty new bed.  After all, a year old - not a little puppy any longer - surely your days of destroying cushy beds are long past.  I hope it was comfy and cozy for the two nights you slept on it before you ate it.  We certainly enjoyed watching TV for the same two nights before you dug up the freshly laid satellite cable in the back yard.  More toys than a nursery school and alas....  Here's to a new year, new beds, new cables and a new puppy-friend for you!  Please don't teach her your tricks.
Love,
Mom

OK, Not Dog....

But still a fab pic of the new farm logo.  This is my niece M, rocking a onesie with the Sugar Pea Farm logo.  Ain't she cute?  I'll do a good dog post later since I've now posted my wellies and my niece.  At least it's a well rounded blog.....

Please rain....

I really want to wear these boots.  Maybe not in another month or so, but for now......  I'm ready to take Max for a walk around the farm in these!

Farm Living Is the Life For Me

My, what a lovely pup!  Max (aka Rufnit Ulysses and Maxie) enjoys his own special sofa on the back porch of our new home, Sugar Pea Farm.  After a long remodel, the farmhouse is close to ready - close enough for us to move in, finally!  A Tennessee girl all my life (except one odd year spent in Macon, GA) I feel like this is home!  The next question is, how will Maxie handle the chickens? And goats?  Dear Readers, I will keep you posted...

A Simple Message

LET. ME. IN.

The official logo of the new farm. The three of us cannot wait to get settled in! Hopefully it is just around the corner! We've met lots of our new neighbors are are ready to settle in to a rural lifestyle.

In the Doghouse

Max (Rufnit Ulysses) tries out his new kennel and doghouse at the new farm. Designed and constructed by husband P, this doghouse is quite the feat of engineering! Made from sawmill lumber reclaimed in home renovations, this doghouse even has a angled, shingled roof complete with hasp for easy cleanouts. Since Max still enjoys making mincemeat of any and all fabric, including 1680 denier nylon, we are using hay from our pastures as bedding insulation. The barn red paint matches the goat/ horse barns - though the green lettering was my own special touch. Somehow, I don't think Max or P really thinks the personalization adds much - but I think it's lovely!

9 months

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Blogspot was having video upload troubles so click the link above for the latest video until I get it posted correctly....

Max is enjoying having fun outside in his new home. This isn't the highest quality video since it was taken on a cell phone but you get the idea! Max loves having lots of space to run, roam, and explore. Some unplanned explorations have led to a seriously smelly dog - but dogs will be dogs! He is also learning to use his nose like a bird dog - he sniffs out wild turkeys that live close by and loves flushing butterflies! Many new people are in and out of the house on the remodel projects so he has many new human friends!

Crickets in my blog!

Loyal Readers,

It's been quite the month remodeling a home on our new farm, but Maxie is in heaven! I promise to try to get some great pics of him tomorrow to share! If it lets you know how things are going, Maxie accidentally got a snootfull of drywall mud yesterday. I was terrified but he licked it up and went back for more - needless to say that did not happen, but boy is he a rambunctious fella! Bear with me and I'll post loads of pics!! If this is just a hint of where we are in the process, here is the master bathroom as of today.

Max Attacks!

I love my retractable leash. Really, I do. I recognize the inherent dangers and am a responsible leash user. Really, I am. I know a less than 30 pound dog is easily managed and I scoff at those who cannot manage their smallish dogs. Really, I did. I stand, slightly hunched over to one side with loads of large bandaids, corrected. A vast right side conspiracy, I call it. As in the right side of my body from tip to toe is scratched, bruised, lacerated or otherwise maimed by the lovely small dog. I'd post a picture but I'm far too embarrassed.

Perhaps a pic later today, Max frolicking about in his new digs. Much more fun!