One aspiring farmer-musketeer found her dream base today. In the morning shade we ventured up to Henrico's Meadow Farm. An option we'd always foregone but today was the perfect moment. Almost deserted, we were greeted by wandering lambs and their mums, then went off to seek other beasts only to find the best bit - a bucket and pulley system! When it got sploshed back into the tub it created the perfect water shower for our legs. J duly stripped down.
Then there were giant cattle with horns, a stallion with some very large features (!) and lovely free-roaming speckled hens. We went to see if there were any eggs and were greeted by a turkey, who then leapt over the fence - we ran... The fencing style crops up in the more historic bits of Virginian. The farm here dates from 1713.
