Days Off on the Farm

Okay, arguably there are no days off on a farm.  Regardless of the day, the chickens must be fed, the fire must be chopped, the various waterers freed of their icy prisons, and so on.  But when you're a small urban concern with two "regular" jobs that pay for your farming, days off can be key.  Today is New Years Eve and, thankfully, both my and my wife's employers have given us today off in lieu of the First, which is a Saturday. 

So, what to do?  Do we run to the movies?  Enjoy time in a park?  Go on a drive?  Nah.  Today is groceries, and feeding animals, and stoking the fire, organizing the kitchen for the coming candle making rush, and making appetizers for our neighbor's party tonight.  And yet, the pressure to go to our 9-5's is not there, making these common tasks more enjoyable.

Wherever you are and however you will spend the holiday, we at Odd Ducks Farm wish you a Happy New Year.  For us, it's more work but we love it.