Bedlam Farm
Hi.
I have decided that I can be a sheep dog. Or a border collie dog, that is. Or whatever, but I see no reason why I couldn't learn to do this type of work. I doubt that there are any PitBulls currently herding sheep, but that has never stopped me from doing something in the past. I am, probably, the only Blogging PitBull and Reporter Extra Ordinary, so why not something new?
My Mom and I are reading our way through all the books by wonderful author, Jon Katz (and you can go and see him at Bedlam Farm in Cyberspace), if of course, you can find your lazy Mouse Person to take you there. We loved all the books so far, and now we are reading the Blog every single time Mr. Jon posts it and looking at all of his beautiful photo graphs. He isn't exactly our Ms. Bev Hollis quite yet, but he is learning a lot, we think.
So today we learned that Mr. Jon and his wife,Maria, will be selling Bedlam Farm and moving to a New Bedlam Farm. We are sad to hear this news, but we understand how that goes. My Mom says that is why she packed her bags and moved from Montana so long ago. Sometimes one just needs to have some changes in their lives and usually that works out the best.
So we wanted to tell you all about this and here is what Mr. Jon posted today about the Farm:
July 27, 2009 - This is an end and a beginning for me, Maria and my dogs, writing, photography and life. Bedlam Farm is up for sale. As dearly as I love this place, I am clear that it is time to move. I appreciate the many, many messages I am receiving and will get to them as I can. I am also working to finish a novel, so I am focusing on that.
I am not handling the sale of the farm, for those of you who are e-mailing me. My good friend and realtor Ginny Tremblay of Alan Brown Realty in Greenwich - she handled the sale of the farm to me - is putting her capable hands and head to that. For those asking for her number, it is 518 692-2328. Got a beautiful Civil War farmhouse, four tip-top barns, two with water, one with water and heat, three fenced in pastures (all with fresh water), an unfenced pasture up on a hilltop, and a half-mile path into the woods. 90 acres. I love every inch of it.
The sheep and donkeys are gone, and the dogs, chickens and cats remain. Seems like a lot animals to me. I am enthusiastic and excited. I see this as a new beginning for me, an for my life with Maria. And also for the dogs. For those many of you who are concerned about Rose, I assure you she will be fine. There are plenty of sheep farms where she can get some work, and she loves frisbees, rubber balls and ATV rides. Rose has been battered quite a bit in her work - she got run over yesterday - and frankly, I think she needs an active but less high-impact life. So do I.
I've had plenty of chaos. I want something more meaningful. Bedlam Farm doesn't really have much bedlam any more, and that is, perhaps, the point.
I want to focus on sharing my life, mow my own lawn, live without hay, and concentrate on my return to fiction, as well as my photography and children's book writing. It is not easy to write a novel, nor a children's book. Or take good photos.
I have a lot to learn. I have a lot to share. I will keep sharing it.
Timing? Too complex and personal to go into detail here. I didn't want to have lambs born, and then leave abruptly. Difficult on them and on the ewes. If they're going, it ought to be now. The donkeys and sheep have spend every day of their lives together, and protecting the sheep is the donkey's life. They belong together. That's about all the explaining I care to do.
The rest is pretty obvious. Maria and I want a simpler, freer life. There are times to buy a farm. There are times to sell a farm. It is a personal choice.
I don't wish to discuss my personal life in greater detail, or in e-mail. I will share what I can on the blog and in my books. I am humbled by the great outpouring of good wishes and appreciation, and the realization that this is just another loop in the ride, not the end. The Bedlam Farm Journal has a long way to go, as do I, and the dogs, animals and stories in my life. I am not nearly done with sharing my experience, and with living it. Just cranking up.
The search for a New Bedlam Farm is underway. We want a smaller place, private, good for dogs, with good work space for us.
If you have not had the wonderful, wonderful pleasure of reading ALL of Mr. Jon's books, you must immediately go and buy all of them and begin. Some of what we have copied above may not make sense to you if you don't know the whole story, so it is up to you to go back and catch up. But do it quick. It can be your end of the summer project if you start now.
Mom says that she and Lydia would buy Bedlam Farm in a heartbeat, but that runing a dog walking business from some place so rural might not be the best way to pay for it. HA. They are just lazy. I think they could learn to raise sheep (which really, my Mom already knows about from a LONG time ago in her past life) and then they could spin wool and make quilts and just not worry about dog walking.
I am going to tell our friend Ms. Tracie Hotchner about the sale of Bedlam Farm however, cause Ms. Tracie already lives up there and maybe she is interested. We want someone we know to BUY it.
Here is a photo graph
But you really must go to Mr. Jon's web-site and check out ALL the pictures, because they are really beautiful.
Take a moment to make a new friend in Mr. Jon. My Mom and I think you will be happy that you did.
Love and Licks,
Bob
........ practicing now to learn how to herd things
I have decided that I can be a sheep dog. Or a border collie dog, that is. Or whatever, but I see no reason why I couldn't learn to do this type of work. I doubt that there are any PitBulls currently herding sheep, but that has never stopped me from doing something in the past. I am, probably, the only Blogging PitBull and Reporter Extra Ordinary, so why not something new?
My Mom and I are reading our way through all the books by wonderful author, Jon Katz (and you can go and see him at Bedlam Farm in Cyberspace), if of course, you can find your lazy Mouse Person to take you there. We loved all the books so far, and now we are reading the Blog every single time Mr. Jon posts it and looking at all of his beautiful photo graphs. He isn't exactly our Ms. Bev Hollis quite yet, but he is learning a lot, we think.
So today we learned that Mr. Jon and his wife,Maria, will be selling Bedlam Farm and moving to a New Bedlam Farm. We are sad to hear this news, but we understand how that goes. My Mom says that is why she packed her bags and moved from Montana so long ago. Sometimes one just needs to have some changes in their lives and usually that works out the best.
So we wanted to tell you all about this and here is what Mr. Jon posted today about the Farm:
July 27, 2009 - This is an end and a beginning for me, Maria and my dogs, writing, photography and life. Bedlam Farm is up for sale. As dearly as I love this place, I am clear that it is time to move. I appreciate the many, many messages I am receiving and will get to them as I can. I am also working to finish a novel, so I am focusing on that.
I am not handling the sale of the farm, for those of you who are e-mailing me. My good friend and realtor Ginny Tremblay of Alan Brown Realty in Greenwich - she handled the sale of the farm to me - is putting her capable hands and head to that. For those asking for her number, it is 518 692-2328. Got a beautiful Civil War farmhouse, four tip-top barns, two with water, one with water and heat, three fenced in pastures (all with fresh water), an unfenced pasture up on a hilltop, and a half-mile path into the woods. 90 acres. I love every inch of it.
The sheep and donkeys are gone, and the dogs, chickens and cats remain. Seems like a lot animals to me. I am enthusiastic and excited. I see this as a new beginning for me, an for my life with Maria. And also for the dogs. For those many of you who are concerned about Rose, I assure you she will be fine. There are plenty of sheep farms where she can get some work, and she loves frisbees, rubber balls and ATV rides. Rose has been battered quite a bit in her work - she got run over yesterday - and frankly, I think she needs an active but less high-impact life. So do I.
I've had plenty of chaos. I want something more meaningful. Bedlam Farm doesn't really have much bedlam any more, and that is, perhaps, the point.
I want to focus on sharing my life, mow my own lawn, live without hay, and concentrate on my return to fiction, as well as my photography and children's book writing. It is not easy to write a novel, nor a children's book. Or take good photos.
I have a lot to learn. I have a lot to share. I will keep sharing it.
Timing? Too complex and personal to go into detail here. I didn't want to have lambs born, and then leave abruptly. Difficult on them and on the ewes. If they're going, it ought to be now. The donkeys and sheep have spend every day of their lives together, and protecting the sheep is the donkey's life. They belong together. That's about all the explaining I care to do.
The rest is pretty obvious. Maria and I want a simpler, freer life. There are times to buy a farm. There are times to sell a farm. It is a personal choice.
I don't wish to discuss my personal life in greater detail, or in e-mail. I will share what I can on the blog and in my books. I am humbled by the great outpouring of good wishes and appreciation, and the realization that this is just another loop in the ride, not the end. The Bedlam Farm Journal has a long way to go, as do I, and the dogs, animals and stories in my life. I am not nearly done with sharing my experience, and with living it. Just cranking up.
The search for a New Bedlam Farm is underway. We want a smaller place, private, good for dogs, with good work space for us.
If you have not had the wonderful, wonderful pleasure of reading ALL of Mr. Jon's books, you must immediately go and buy all of them and begin. Some of what we have copied above may not make sense to you if you don't know the whole story, so it is up to you to go back and catch up. But do it quick. It can be your end of the summer project if you start now.
Mom says that she and Lydia would buy Bedlam Farm in a heartbeat, but that runing a dog walking business from some place so rural might not be the best way to pay for it. HA. They are just lazy. I think they could learn to raise sheep (which really, my Mom already knows about from a LONG time ago in her past life) and then they could spin wool and make quilts and just not worry about dog walking.
I am going to tell our friend Ms. Tracie Hotchner about the sale of Bedlam Farm however, cause Ms. Tracie already lives up there and maybe she is interested. We want someone we know to BUY it.
Here is a photo graph
But you really must go to Mr. Jon's web-site and check out ALL the pictures, because they are really beautiful.
Take a moment to make a new friend in Mr. Jon. My Mom and I think you will be happy that you did.
Love and Licks,
Bob
........ practicing now to learn how to herd things
Posted by Daisy and Bob's Blog at 7/27/2009 3:06 PM 
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