Jordanscollected’s Hobby Farm

[motojobobo]

I like the swing!

[jordanscollected]

@motojobobo Thanks! It faces directly West, and we sit on it until the sun fades over the horizon every night these days.

[Mizmazzle]

I love following this thread. Life looks good on the farm!

[jordanscollected]

Last weekend we celebrated my wife’s 40th birthday with a get together at the farm. I smoked Teres Majors, made herb deviled eggs, salad and Tiramisu, and my wife baked raspberry pie and mixed berry fragipane tart. We also catered in her favorite Indian dishes, Shahi paneer and Chicken Biryani. In the photo with Allie and I, you can see me yelling “Everyone please leave by 9” during the singing of Happy Birthday.

[Mizmazzle]

@jordanscollected you guys are the coolest!! What a great celebration. Happy 40th!

[SKT]

@jordanscollected Happy birthday to your wife Jeff. Beautiful backdrop for a celebration dinner

[endo]

what a great place you two created there @jordanscollected and happy belated birthday to your wife!

[Fadez]

@jordanscollected magnificent set up. I hope she knows what kind of effort you put into that. It shows so much love! Well done dude.

[Denman John]

@jordanscollected The farm looks great and I love seeing the progress pics and stories. Happy birthday to your wife and hope they left by 9

[scarfmace]

This thread is the most wholesome thing I've seen in a good long while. Love it!

[motojobobo]

Happy bday to Allie @jordanscollected and compliments on her beautiful attire!

[jordanscollected]

A couple months ago I entered a photo we took last fall into the Hanover photo competition. This was the first time they held the competition and the criteria was you have to live in the city, and the photo must be taken within city limits. While most people took photos in places around town, we just needed to step into the back yard and catch Nola looking out into the mist.

Anyhow we took first place. The same woman got 2nd and 3rd and I could maybe hear her angry that she got beat by a guy in a denim vest.

[SKT]

@jordanscollected that’s a beautiful pic congrats on taking home 1st place. How’s farm life?

[jordanscollected]

@SKT Thanks Sean! Farm life is great, but I have to admit I wasn't fully prepared for every hobby to get shelved.

The golf clubs are full of spider webs, the boat (currently in the shop) was collecting dust, my pool table is disassembled in the garage. Even horseback riding has been difficult to find the time to do. I do still play softball on Thursday nights.

On the plus side, I also wasn't prepared for how relaxing and rewarding a full day of chores and hanging around the farm with the ducks and chickens and horses would be. some weekends we close the gate at the end of the driveway and don't open it till Monday morning.

[jordanscollected]

We always said we weren’t getting a rooster. No way no how. Then we got a request from an old family friend to take in a rooster who’s hens all died this summer. One picture and my mind changed.

This is “Zucchini” or “Zucch The Duke”. He’s a Silky Blue and he’s still recovering from fighting with our top hen for pecking order.

His best trait is using treats to lure women. If we give him a piece of grape, he drops it and calls the hens to come get his offering.

[SKT]

Man I’m glad to hear you guys are loving it. Hope you find time to add back some of the hobbies too. We need some “Zucch the Duke” merch

[tody]

@jordanscollected i hope you never lose that feeling.