New Arrival....

It is with great joy, and thankful ness to God, that we announce the birth of our newest grand son. His name is Gabriel Spangler,
Weighing in at a whopping 8 lbs 1 oz, 20 inches long. His proud parents, Dianna and Jordan are most happy. Bet Micaiah and Elliyah can't wait to meet their new sibling.

And here are some more pictures.

Micaiah and Elliyah look pretty happy.

And another nice picture of Gabriel Kayden Spangler.

Big Storm.......

A BIG NOR'EASTER..

As I'm writing this the wind is howling around the house. The trees are swaying in the wind. All because a storm blowing in from the North East. We went for a drive at lunchtime and took some pictures. It was so awesome to see the power of nature at work.

North Rustico Harbour behind Doiron Fisheries.

The breakwater at Rustico Harbour.


















Cavendish Beach at the main beach area, where we were walking this fall.

Damaris, facing the wind, almost blowing over.







A picture of the bridge by Joey's Deep Sea Fishing, the bridge is almost flooded.




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A few more Cavendish Beach National Park pictures.









A stubborn rock face sticking its nose into the ocean.














Wild water at the Park entrance










More of the same








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Hope you enjoyed these pictures of the storm.

MERRY CHRISTMAS ONE AND ALL.....

It is the season to remember the greatest gift of all to mankind. Our Savior Jesus Christ came to give His life for all of us. We need to pass on to others what that means to us. How that makes us thankful and joyful.
I hope that all of you will be Blessed this Christmas and be a Blessing to others as well.
I know it is a little early yet, but it will give all of us a chance to reflect on the reason for the season. Many Blessings,
The Nieuwhofs.

Winter has come..........

Time to update, well actually, past time. It is time to get the snowmobiles serviced. Should have been done already, but we were really busy with farming. That seems to get in the way once in a while. Most of the outside work is done, just plowing left mostly.
I figured I would share these pictures with you. They were taken today, in front of the house.


For some reason it took a long time to load up. I hope that the pictures are actually attached to the post. It is supposed to warm up next week, so this snow will not last. But more will come later. Have a great week, and drive safe......

Visitors and more digging........

We are having visitors this weekend. Omke Marten and cousins Rinze and Klarina. They drove up from Boston on Friday. So lots of fun here. I hadn't seen cousin Rinze since 1984. Funny how little they all changed. Its so nice to have them here.






Just a couple of more pictures of digging. These were taken while digging Satina's.

More digging......

Just a few more pictures. We started harvesting Red Norland. The crop looks great, nice and clean. These pictures were taken at Houston's, across from the Toronto Road. If you look real close, you can see the Northumberland Straight in the back ground.
This is my view for most of the day, Seagulls and potatoes. You can see how full the furrow is from the six extra rows that the wind rowers put in between two rows.
Did you see that we made the truck a little bigger? That is the steel hood that came with the yellow dump truck. The guys cut it apart, welded an extra two feet in between, there is a tarp coming for it too yet. Looks good right?

Hope you enjoyed the pictures, have a great day......

Digging....

Hey everyone,
We have started the harvest. Digging is going real well. we are enjoying some really nice weather. As wet as it was last year, this is so much nicer. It is also a lot easier on the equipment. The dust is something we gladly put up with, knowing the alternative.
Just to let you know, pictures will be coming,

And there they are, phone pictures,

May get some more later. This is just to wet your appetite....

Almost done....

Well, the pergola is up, and the stone deck is almost finished as well. The fire pit is in place, and we are cooking with ...wood. It was so much fun, having everyone around the fire, a glass of wine, some hot dogs and marsh mellows.

It was a lot of work, and a lot of rock piles got cleaned up in the process.

Also, we really got to appreciate the view again. We hope to be able to spend lots of time there. And imagine, just sitting there , enjoying the outside and no mosquitoes.

Here are a couple of pictures of the fire pit. Mom ordered it online :)

It works well and looks amazing. You can see on the bottom picture the motive of grape vines. It shows up real nice in the dark, with a good blaze going.

Fun was had by all........

Fishing at Ben's Lake.....

We went trout fishing on Saturday past.It was organized by Paul and Patty Lynn Larsen. They offered a fishing trip for ten with a BBQ to finish of, at the Christian School Auction. So the farm bought it, and we all shared. Klaas, Alice, Andrew and Kenneth. And from our family we had Matt, Amanda, Damaris and me. It was a lot of fun and it was guaranteed to be successful. After all, it was fully stocked with nice big Rainbow Trout.
Catching them was slow at first, as it was a warm day. But by four o'clock, the first fish started to come out of the water. The first picture shows Matt and Amanda patiently waiting for that eluding first fish. That happened as soon as Alice gave her rod to Matt. Go figure.Matt caught one, but Amanda's fish just went to the other side of the lake. Best thing to do would be to follow it I would think. Below, you can see some of our crew trying hard to be patient.
And after Amanda went to the other side of the lake to try, she had better luck. Isn't it a beauty?

Weighing in at a whopping 11.68 pounds, it was one of the biggest fish caught that afternoon.

Not to be outdone by her sister, Damaris soon caught her own big one. Weighing in at over nine pounds, it was quite a catch as well. She has tried her hand at fishing for trout several times before, but this time it was successful.

Petra Larsen may have been the smallest person there, but she caught one of the biggest fish that afternoon. It weighed an amazing 12.8 lbs.

But the biggest one was caught by Kenneth. It's no fishy story either. His fish weighed 12.87 pounds. He didn't beat Petra by much.

After that, we went over to Point Prim for a BBQ with Paul and Patty Lynn. There was lots of food. Amazing hamburgers and hot dogs, followed by a very tasty desert of Raspberry shortcake and Ice cream. After all that, we rolled home again, a wonderful day was had by all.

Monster Trucks.......

Caleb, Damaris and I went to see the Monster Trucks when they hit Oysterbed Speedway. It was a big hit with the kids. Caleb even got a ride in one.

It was called , The Raptor, and it seated about ten people.

There were 4 Trucks all together. Not much of a competition, but it was fun to watch. Good reason to try the new lens on the camera. It takes very nice pictures this way.

It was the first time I ever saw them. So it was exciting for me, but other people that were at the event last year said last year was better.
Also that afternoon, another first. Chain races. Two carts chained together. The front car has power, but no brakes. Back car has brakes, but no power to the wheels. It was the high lite of the day. Specially the last race of the day, where they enter all 7 units in the same race. Had a big crash that took out three units at ones. Great fun.
This is the unit that ultimately won the race. The guy in the brake car is a drag racer. His comment? Thats the first time that I tried to slow down , instead of speeding up!

Oh well, fun was had by all.
This coming weekend off to visit Matt and Amanda, and Kings Landing....

The new door....

Home Improvements..........

A few pictures of the house. as you know, we are getting a new door put in. Well, its in.
Yesterday, the window went out, and the patio door went in. Tim and his dad did the work. And they did a great job. It totaly changed the look of the house.

It was nice and refreshing today. We can now open the door and let some fresh air go through. We only had one small window in that room before, and it would get real hot in there.

And just to add a little color, here are some shots of the Wisteria. It is blooming beautifully this year. This was from the back porch, with the new lens on the Nikon.

And this one of the Clematis.

Hope you enjoyed these updates of our home.

Planting.............

We are finished!!

The earliest ever done. Finished on Monday , May 24. I took a few pictures yet that I want to share. I hope you will appreciate them.

This top picture on the left shows the Rez-Till on the left and the planter on the right. These were taken in the last field we planted. We even had to plow a few more acres to finish the seed we had. To expensive to throw it away. You can see the plow in the picture below here on the right.

All three tractors working in the same field. Going from a green hayfield, into a planted field of potatoes on the same day. Bet it was quite a shock to the foxes that cross it daily.


Another picture of the planter on the bottom. Taken in a different field that morning. You can see how dry it was. We had a nice rain on Tuesday. It was very welcome. So now it is time to clean everything, do some more grading, spread fertilizer and all that other fun stuff that keeps us going all summer. I hope you will enjoy your summer..............

Where did April go.........

Hey everyone, It seems that I missed posting altogether last month. But May is here now, and a new post in the making. I am going to show you the pictures of the recent renovations of the gardens in front of the house.
Tractor came in handy. It saved a lot of digging with the shovel. All the topsoil was removed.

We took out the bushes and transplanted them into new beds. First I scooped the sod of the lawn where the beds had to go. Then transplanted whatever mom wanted to save. Also with the front end loader of course. Otherwise there would not be enough dirt left around the roots. And we like healthy bushes and plants.




Here is a look at the new beds. We basically connected the Weeping Willow.


And went right to the Maple tree.


In the last picture you can see that I added rocks back in front of the house. The next step will be............