by advokate | Jan 29, 2016
This winter has been so much warmer than most, a sharp contrast to the last two extremely cold with snow. I get to walk with no snowshoes and the landscape has large areas of brown and gold field showing where usually it is all white. We have lots of snow around our...
by Carol Conklin | Jan 26, 2016
Dick and I had searched for a farm for almost a year before finding this one in Washington County NY. We had traveled through the great snowstorm of 1978, driving out of Massachusetts before Boston was shut down in the heavy snow and wind. We drove into Maine as...
by Carol Conklin | Dec 17, 2015
In 2009 I was trying to feed and capture a young calico cat. I named her Champion for surviving the winter outside; snow, wind and cold! Champion was an inquisitive kitten that was raised off away from the barn on the farm that I help raise calves on. She would climb...
by Carol Conklin | Oct 29, 2015
“I think I have found a horse for you, Carol,” the old horse trader and trainer, Leo, said to me. My heart jumped for joy. I had been riding and helping with chores at riding stables all through my teens and just lived for the day that I could have my own...
by Carol Conklin | Sep 22, 2015
Nature has a frightening and powerful aspect to it that is also fascinating. How small we are in the plan of Mother Nature, here on Earth. How much we are at her mercy, despite all of our efforts to outsmart her. Back on the farm, thunderstorms brought a lot of fear...
by Carol Conklin | Sep 8, 2015
My old best cow Steppin being friendly Enjoying grass The cow is such a generous and peaceful animal. I got to know them on our farm, Amity Farm, that we had in Hartford, New York, for 28 years and these were Jersey cows. We grazed them over the fields for the warm...
by Carol Conklin | Aug 21, 2015
This is Dick and Jaka. Jaka was about 2 years old. Dick and I on our new mower. It was many years ago that I was at the barn with my two horses grooming my mare Amity to go riding, when fifteen Jersey cows showed up. My friend Joanna was nearby and helped me to get...
by Carol Conklin | Aug 11, 2015
People ask how to start batik without making a big investment in supplies. I will have to recommend getting some old sheets, some RIT dye or ready-mixed dye at your local craft store, along with paraffin wax and cheap brushes. (DharmaTrading.com has extensive supplies...
by Carol Conklin | Jul 3, 2015
It has been an intense week as I finished up my new batik for the LARAC “Ancient Practices” exhibit. I have been up by 6 a.m. and working past 10 p.m. every day. My studio has been overfilled and disorganized as my little calico, Singer, has happily...
by Carol Conklin | Jun 26, 2015
These photos were taken by Maria Wulf and Jon Katz. Maria Wulf’s blog Full Moon Fiber Art is here. I had a visit this past week from Maria Wulf and Jon Katz in preparation for their Bedlam Farm Open House event this weekend (info on my Events Page). It was fun...
