We made the world's worst stack of hay...(but we've learned to balance other things) :)
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
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Trent's art:
trentgudmundse... (also on Instagram)
Lorajean's art & crafting channel:
/ @lorajeansmagazine
Lizzy's art and musings:
@e.m.gudmundsen (on Instagram)
Alex's music:
...coming soon...
Everett's videos:
...coming soon...
Banjo's art and crafts:
ko-fi.com/bunn...
As I progress through this life as a creative person, I have come to realize that for me, life is a series of starting over again and again. Kudos to you for getting back on UA-cam! I will enjoy following you and your family. Best to you!
Well said! There's always another decision to make, and another moment in which to make it. :)
Don't sweat the small stuff. Life goes on.
Yep, no big deal. haha!
Lovely family, lovely home, lovely garden, lovely life🤗🥰🌼🌻🌺🏵️🌾
So nice of you! Thanks!
Hello from Illinois! You really are living the life. Watching you videos reminds me of my grandpa's old dairy farm in Wisconsin, and how much slower and natural that life is. Stuck in an apartment right now, but can't wait until I can break out onto my own land. God bless you guys!
That is awesome! Some of my favorite memories are of my grandpa's little farm...I learned to really love the smell of "dairy air" in the morning...seriously, so nostalgic! Hope you get your land soon!!!
Thank you for your wisdom from doing life on a homestead. I appreciate your wisdom about your milking cow. We pray for your family and pray you are overcoming all the challenges and winning! May Yah bless you and your family!
Make sure there's no mold on the food...it can make your flock very sick or even death. Good to see you again!
I guess there's a fine line between rotten and fermented foods. 💖🌞🌵😷
Yep, that'll probably be thrown on the garden as mulch. :)
So good to see both of you smiling !! Glad to see Lorejean interacting. I thought she was not going to want to deal with UA-cam anymore 😁
It took a lot for me to get back into it too...it's just a matter of getting used to it again. :) (and actually, she's been quite actively making her own youtube videos about her life as an artist...she's on here as "Lorajean's Magazine". )
I love Lizzys earrings. Very cute.
Hi Dad! Yeah, she makes them look even better. :)
Lizzy plays beautifully. The piece played would make great strolling background.
Yeah, it's one of my absolute favorites. By Erik Satie.
Growing upon the farm when this happened to us dad would open up the bales and let them dry out. Then he would wrap them up with his bailing twine again. Fun times. Bailing twine can fix almost anything on the farm😉. Such a talented family. Love your videos
Now that's a thinkin' man! :) Kudos to him!
I'm so glad that you have found a new balance in your lives. You seem so much more relaxed and happy. There is nothing wrong with frozen ravioli! It's still put on the table with love and I'm sure your conversations around the dinner table are just as good! Lizzie plays the piano so beautifully! She has become such a wonderful young person. (I was going to say lady but figured that was really too sexist and antiquated of a term because her accomplishments have nothing to do with gender. ) I'm looking forward to seeing what your other children are up to.
I love what you said. The dinner conversations in our family are precious indeed. We always laugh and tell stories, and it's just time that we all look forward to. :) Lizzy IS a wonderful young lady...she's a young woman who exudes all the excellence and amazing capabilities of a woman, and we're also very pleased with her hard work. :)
Lizzy is a fabulous piano player. Wow... keep going Lizzy... I would love to see all of the beautiful art, ya'll used to share with us...please
We'll try to share more of it. Thanks for the request! :)
My strategy for self sufficiency is having a one year pantry. Reality is that I'm up to about the 2 month mark. Food storage takes a lot of space. ... If growing all of your own food is part of your strategy, realize it takes about 2 acres per person per year... Most of us don't have access to that much land. ... You're right, do the best that you can and don't worry about what others are doing. 💖🌞🌵😷 P.s. I want to know what's for dinner because I always need menu planning ideas and we haven't had ravioli in ages, so thanks!
Yay! You're welcome! Sometimes store-bought and easy is exactly what the doctor ordered. :D Yeah, it takes a lot of land to be self-sufficient (one figure we heard was closer to 1/4 acre for a family of four) except some people have done amazing things with so much less than that. We'd like to get better at that too. :)
@@ArtandHomesteading, I think the 2 acres includes meat? IDK. For food for a year. 💖🌞🌵😷
I’m so happy you are back. Thank you for sharing your family. Each one of them has a great talent for something, such a creative family. You are definitely one of my favorites, very refreshing and down to earth.
Thank you! Yeah, we're glad to be doing it again too. It's fun to share what we're doing. :)
Love the reality of your channel,watching your videos inspires me to be keep being creative. Learning to do watercolour.
Keep up the great work.
Awesome! Keep trying new creative outlets, and keep getting better! :)
This way the cats have access to the mice that will try to set up housekeeping in the pile.
Disorganization may have occurred, but not destruction. You didn’t just leave them in the field to rot.
Yes! Very good observation. The point wasn't to make it pretty, but to get it out of the rain. :)
What about putting that bag of grain in some water to ferment. I've heard fermented grain is good for animals too! 💖🌞🌵😷
Great idea! Actually, this bag isn't straight grain, it's a processed chick feed meal. But yes, if it were grain, that would be the perfect solution. :)
I’m so glad you’re back sharing. I really enjoy watching your beautiful family and menagerie of animals. As an artist l am always hanging out for any glimpse of your beautiful paintings. God bless from Australia 🇦🇺 🙋🏼♀️🌷🌼🎶
I agree, how are people going to buy your art if you don't show it off? (Plus, if you sell it on your own, do you still have to pay the gallery commission?) 💖🌞🌵😷
Thank you, Roslyn...Suzi, UA-cam hasn't proven to be the best art-buying audience. haha! No offense to anyone...it's just not the right place I guess. But when I do sell one on my own, I keep the entire profit without a commission, so that's always really nice. :)
@@ArtandHomesteading, I'm not saying UA-cam should be your only venue but selling ONE would be worth giving us a glimpse now and then. And we are always happy to be the fly on the wall when you do pick up a brush. (Same with the rest of the family). 💖🌞🌵😷
@@ArtandHomesteading yes l know exactly what you mean Trent. If we relied on sales from UA-cam viewers we would starve ☺️. I hope you are having good sales in the galleries that promote and display your beautiful paintings 🖼 🌷🌼🐇🇦🇺
I just sent 7 new ones out to the gallery in Santa Fe, NM. It's their biggest weekend of the year, so we're hoping for a couple good sales. The past couple years have been particularly good for us, and we're grateful.
Yah first, Marriage second and children(arrows in your quiver) third!! For us grandchildren 4th and then work 5th. :)
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What are your favourite you tube channel would be interested to know. Thank you for sharing with us again. Xx
As a family we enjoy funny or silly channels like "Mr Beast" or "Daniel Thrasher" or "Macara Tewers"...also funny animal or kid videos. Lorajean and I really like watching "My Little Homestead" together (a lot of our initial inspiration came from them!), and I like watching a lot of thought-provoking (Veritasium) or "invention" channels (I love NightHawkInLight) or self-help channels (none in particular, just any subject we find interesting..."Charisma on Command" is interesting).
@@ArtandHomesteading thank you for your reply I will take a look at some. Xx
We are purchasing a 5 acre property with a barn and 4 pastures. We are going to purchase a minature Jersey milk cow and more chickens to start. How do you create hay to eventually harvest and bale?
Will y’all continue to do UA-cam this time?
One video at a time. Some weeks are better than others...but our purposes are different this time around, so I think it's more sustainable.
I was going to look at the kids channels but there are none
The boys aren't "ready" with theirs...they want to tweak the content first. The other links are now in the description...thank you for the reminder. :)