It Is Cold

The temperature today here on the One Horse Homestead is cold and frigid. I really don’t have much to report. Just trying to stay warm while waiting for the spring temperatures. Every day is good though, even the  cold ones.   

Homesteading On 3+ Acres

Homesteading on hillside land is difficult, and my physical health may limit me very much. All I can do, though, is try my best and see what happens. I already know there is going to be negative talk behind my back. There will be people who will laugh and mock. They will say, look at that dummy! Sure they will. They are mostly the people who have never did a hard days work in their entire life. Their mother has coddled them and spoon-feed them far too long. One such guy laughed at me, when he realized I had to dig post holes and set the posts all by hand. He thought it was funny. 

Homesteading On 3+ Acres

All my life I have wanted a few acres of land to call my own. Well, finally, after nearly sixty years, I have a few acres of hillside land to call my own. I know there are people who would laugh at my accomplishment. But to me, even though it is only 3+ acres, it is a big thing. Of course, I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth, and my mother didn’t spoon-feed me and coddle me all my life. Certainly people who have never had to do for themselves are the people who would laugh at my few acres of hillside land. 
But my small homestead isn’t about those people or anyone else for that matter. I know I’m poor. I know I’m always going to be poor. These two things aren’t going to change for me. But I like to think life is about joy and happiness, and enjoying accomplishing something good, even if that something is only a very small accomplishment.