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  September 2009
 
Titan and Norman
by: Laurie Stephenson
 

I love pot bellies

they do not grow as large as a pig
they will never be bacon
they are better than a dog
pigs do not bark nor cry like a baby
they entertain and have such character.

 


~ Norman ~

Fred, our 10 year old pot belly pig died this winter
(maybe of pneumonia) and we waited
for the perfect replacement piggie.

 
~ A happy Fred to be remembered ~


Titan, our young dog that we inherited from my son,
now seems to fit in with the other animals
and has bonded with Norman.

Titan licked off the baby goats last winter
and looks after them also.

Poor Titan!

 
Links:
St. Leonard's
in Rockingham
Leo Del Pasqua
Norman and Titan
Laurie Stephenson
Paintings
Bob Perkins
Surveillance
Doug DeLaMatter
Chicago Blues Revue Tour
Jim Jones
A Silver Fox,
A New Old Suit
,
a Walk on the Moon
and a Video Shoot
 
Dave McEathron
Jump Start
Kathy Blomquist
Paintings
Jody McKone
~ The newest member of our Opeongo Farm ~
Norman, 7 weeks old, with his pal Titan ~
 

Poor Titan!

Did he know what it was like to live in the country?
Titan also chased the wolves that came on the property.
He chased one that was right outside my window.
2 goats missing... then the pack of wolves in the field.

 

~ Norman and Titan having a little sleep ~
 

Oh Titan.

He truly is a city dog gone to the country.

 
 
Over 30 years ago Jack and Laurie built their homestead in a hay field.
Laurie came with 2 lovely children, then 4 more,
2 goats and a lot of ambition and a love of the land.

"Over the years our small farm has grown to many small rooms attached.
The barn was the next building to be created and the goats had to have a sweater on to stay warm.
There I was on the roof holding up the slippery logs,(Jack just cut from the bush)
pregnant and needing a barn for the goats. A comment remembered by me from Jack
'no use complaining there are only 2 of us here and the logs have to go up'.
Well, they did.

15 years ago we started a soap business,
which allows us to make cold process soap at home
and still use the milk from the goats and make it in the kitchen.

People come to our farm from all over to see the soap business
but also come to see the goats and other animals we seem to always have.
After all the chickens, ducks and geese eaten for meals to the foxes
over the years and not to mention the 3 baby peacocks I bought for Jack for a
surprise birthday gift only to have them disappear one at time.

The lessons we learned from raising animals
~ good fencing is needed,
~ have animals that can stand the cold,
~ and give them lots of love."


Laurie Stephenson
Opeongo Mountain Meadow Soap
16 Schavens Lake Road
Eganville K0J 1T0


www.opeongo.com
 
 
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