Life on the Farm...

Life on the farm is kinda laid back...

The words of John Denver. This is true, in my case, but it Does Not mean that I am not working. I have to get my studio set up and start recording... I have to get Organized!

My wife and I moved up to the house that my brother & I inherited when my beloved Mum passed away last Fall. Mum grew up, with many brothers & sisters, on the farm. It is located in Brennan's Hill, Quebec... about 20 minutes past Wakefield, going North on Hwy 5.

When my Grandmother Stella (Driscoll) and Grandfather, Mike O'Brien were alive, it was a working farm. Mum & her siblings did not live a life of leisure, there was always work to be done. In recent history, since it became the 'O'Brien family farm', it has been a place for all the members of the extended family to gather, usually in the summer, to rest, relax and renew relationships.

This summer is going to be very different, with Mum gone. There won't be many visitors this year. My wife and I will spend most of our time alone looking out over the rolling green fields and forest, we'll be listening to the birds singing in the trees and watching our funny little cat, Squeek, hoping in the grass chasing moths and butterflies. We will take walks to the lake and go for swims and explore the lake in our kayaks, hoping to find a turtle or a Loon. It will be simply beautiful... I just wish Mum was here too.

I hope you have had a great Spring so far and are enjoying each and every day.

Danny