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Happy World Read Aloud Day! Although we farm folk primarily focus on getting kids outside and moving around – we also LOVE to get everyone reading. After all, books are such a great way of understanding animals and the outdoors. We have made many books about our farm which, in the past, we would often Read More »

From kindergarten-bound five-year-olds to fully matured humans dealing with stressful times, everyone can benefit from having a worry stone. A worry stone is something you can slip into your pocket to relieve some anxiety and instill a sense of calm. Just rubbing your thumb along its surface is soothing. You can find beautifully smooth stones Read More »

This past weekend, the folks of Frederick County’s hospice program hosted Camp Jamie at our farm. This camp is a yearly one-day grief camp for local children who have lost someone close to them. The day was jam-packed full of healing experiences for the children, who ranged in age from 7 to 18. The children Read More »

Our 12th Annual 5K/10K Trail Event is one month from today! As always we are so excited to be hosting this awesome event on ThorpeWood’s beautiful property on Catoctin Mountain!   If you haven’t participated in this Run/Walk, then this is the year…right? The trails are beautiful and the event is for all ages and Read More »

Each year, we seemingly get to spend more and more hours with our ‘friends’ at Head Start. This year for our summer visits, we doubled the amount of students coming to visit from 30 to 60! So, for each of twelve sessions over the course of July and August, we had our troop of preschoolers Read More »

We hope you had a wonderful Holiday Season! We received this gift from a friend of ThorpeWood. It’s in a shadowbox frame. The text is a quote from Jan Struthers. “Physical weather certainly is beyond our control. But human weather – the psychological climate of the world – is not beyond our control. The human race Read More »

Good Day, Sirs and Ma’ams, My name is Garpur. I am a 7 year old gelding (boy horse) here at Stoney Lick Farm. My name means “Hero”.  My coat color is Dark Chestnut which is a reddish brown. Miss Joy has nicknamed me ‘Curious George’ because I am very curious about life and like to investigate Read More »

Hi Beautiful Friends! My name is Thokkadis! I am a 12 year old mare (female). My coat color is Dun Pink Chestnut. But if you look at my picture you can see I am not pink! The Dun means I have a dark stripe down my back from mane to my tail.  The Pink Chestnut color is light reddish Read More »