Animals
- Sunday Funday
(I stole the title of today's post from my son and daughter-in-law... it's what they call Sundays at their house, and it seemed fitting!) As predicted, it was a quiet, but lovely weekend on the farm.Aside from a couple of errands run on Saturday,...
- Week's End
It's the end of a perfect week...the best weather of the summer, so far! So much was accomplished around the farm this week.The mowing and trimming are done. The horses and donkeys have all had pedicures. Everyone is happy and healthy... enjoying...
- Good Night
Every night, 365 days a year, we have the same routine.As the sun starts to set in the west, we head out to the barn to tuck in our beloved critters. Along the way we stop at the Roos coop where Statler and Waldorfhave already retired for the night....
- Animals First
You have probably figured out that taking care of our animals is my top priority.Ok, second.Family comes first.However some days they might say that the animals come first! I spend a great deal of time considering the needs of all of our animals,and...
- Last Call
So much of farm life is ritual. There are certain chores that are done every day and every evening....without exception. No matter what the weather, the chores must be done. After all, there are little lives that depend upon us to meet their needs. And...
Animals
Evening
We've been gifted with a few absolutely perfect days in a row.
After weeks and weeks of intense heat and humidity,
we are currently enjoying sunny days in the 70's with nights in the 50's to 60's.
Perfect weather.
Perfect!
Finally I can spend hours outside doing farm work and not end up feeling like
a rung-out dishrag!
Perfect days followed by perfect evenings are truly a gift this time of year.
I thought you might like to see how we spend our time on these
temperate evenings.
First a visit with the goats...
Sitting on the ground, watching Sally scratch on a log, I feel a tug on my apron ties.
Lifting my camera over my shoulder I snap a picture
to catch little Gracie in the act.
Fainting goats are typically shy goats.
Even though we spend a good deal of time with ours,
they are slightly wary of us,
and prefer to observe us from afar....
except for the younger ones.
Gracie and Dot are always eager to visit with us.
We usually limit our visits to just one visitor, so Hubbs remained outside
with the dogs and of course the turkeys!
Next stop this evening is the garden.
We'll spend a little time weeding the walkways between the garden boxes,
and watering the plants.
As you can see, we are in the midst of a garden explosion.
There are literally hundreds of tomatoes on the vines.
The pumpkins are almost ripe.
The squash have taken over the walkways.
And the morning glories have finally covered the arch.
Sunflowers surround the playhouse.
And the sunflowers around the perimeter of the garden...
are much taller than me!
Hanging between the sunflowers are canning jar lanterns that I made
with solar lights.
(A quick and easy project...just remove the stake and plop
light into a Mason jar)
After the garden is tucked in for the night,
it's time to tuck in the turkeys and Milford.
Each night we carry Milford to the barn and put him to bed in one of the empty stalls,
where he waits until we return the next morning.
The horses, donkeys and pigs are fed their bedtime meal.
The chickens are closed safe and sound in the henhouses.
The guineas have flown to the top of Samson (our 200+ year old pine tree) to roost.
The moon rises as the farm is gently lulled to sleep by a soft cricket lullaby.
Another day has come to a close.
Another good day.
All is well.
Goodnight.
- Sunday Funday
(I stole the title of today's post from my son and daughter-in-law... it's what they call Sundays at their house, and it seemed fitting!) As predicted, it was a quiet, but lovely weekend on the farm.Aside from a couple of errands run on Saturday,...
- Week's End
It's the end of a perfect week...the best weather of the summer, so far! So much was accomplished around the farm this week.The mowing and trimming are done. The horses and donkeys have all had pedicures. Everyone is happy and healthy... enjoying...
- Good Night
Every night, 365 days a year, we have the same routine.As the sun starts to set in the west, we head out to the barn to tuck in our beloved critters. Along the way we stop at the Roos coop where Statler and Waldorfhave already retired for the night....
- Animals First
You have probably figured out that taking care of our animals is my top priority.Ok, second.Family comes first.However some days they might say that the animals come first! I spend a great deal of time considering the needs of all of our animals,and...
- Last Call
So much of farm life is ritual. There are certain chores that are done every day and every evening....without exception. No matter what the weather, the chores must be done. After all, there are little lives that depend upon us to meet their needs. And...