Animals
He made fast friends with the other animals
and soon became an integral part of life in the barn.
Every morning at breakfast time he would hop down the hayloft ladder
and land on top of the refrigerator to receive his breakfast.
chicken and tuna (mixed) being the only item on his preferred menu.
As a tiny kitten, he was quite adventurous.
As he grew, however, he seemed to prefer the barn over adventuring.
- Goodbye Sadie Pie
I sit here at the computer trying to find the right words.For once, they just won't come. You see, 9 years ago, we opened our hearts to this strange little girl.She was the smallest and shyest of her litter mates. Sadie, so tiny and so fluffy...so...
- A New Year!
Can you believe it?A new year already? (Oh, and before I go any further, I have to tell you.... I have missed our little daily chats!) Did you have a wonderful Christmas?We had the merriest! Every little boy needs his very own John Deere Lazy Boy recliner,...
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I won't bore you by telling this whole tale from the beginning. But I will summarize for those of you who are new to my blog. This past summer I ordered 25 fancy chicks. I also ordered a very colorful rooster chick (enter Hank)....
- Important Duties
I posted a picture a few months back of a lovely cat who lives on our farm. We call her boots, because of the white sock on each of her legs. She is not one of our barn kitties (well, not officially), but she eats her meals in the barn (she's quite...
- Addendum To Previous Post
It is with great sadness and tears streaming down my face that I write this post script. This morning we had to say goodbye to MoJo. He had another blockage, somewhere higher up in his urethra. I found him lying in his house this morning when I went out...
Animals
Ups And Downs
Life on the farm is real life.
Real life.
And with it comes ups and downs.
Luckily, the ups outweigh the downs...
by a mile....
maybe by a hundred miles.
But still, an occasional day comes along where we suffer a loss.
We shed tears.
We wonder if there was something more we could have done.
We grieve.
Christmas evening delivered a sad loss to us.
We lost our little Leo.
Our Leo the Lionhearted...
who arrived at our barn a few short years ago
as a scrawny kitten.
It was his picky tastes that determined what flavor would be served each day...
As a tiny kitten, he was quite adventurous.
As he grew, however, he seemed to prefer the barn over adventuring.
Most of his day was spent in and out of the hayloft,
and only occasionally out of the barn.
He preferred the cushy life...
keeping himself as spotlessly groomed as a house kitty.
Last week, he stopped showing up for meals.
We searched the barn to no avail.
Then on Christmas evening I found him in the feed room (an open stall with easy access)
huddled in the corner in obvious respiratory distress.
Dr. Becky came quickly and tried a few medications,
but none seemed to ease his distress.
Unable to watch our sweet kitty suffer like that,
we decided to euthanize him.
His lungs had filled with fluid, making it impossible for him to breathe.
The whys and hows of this condition are a mystery.
We have no idea what precipitated this little fellow's misery.
Through tearful eyes, we said our last goodbyes
and kept our hands upon him as he took his last labored breaths.
Goodbye little Leo... out time with you was way too short....
sweet, but short.
And now, as we go about our errands and drive through the countryside,
we keep our eyes open for "Free Kitten" signs.
With only two kitties left in our barn, it seems a bit empty.
There's room for more.... there...
and in our hearts.
- Goodbye Sadie Pie
I sit here at the computer trying to find the right words.For once, they just won't come. You see, 9 years ago, we opened our hearts to this strange little girl.She was the smallest and shyest of her litter mates. Sadie, so tiny and so fluffy...so...
- A New Year!
Can you believe it?A new year already? (Oh, and before I go any further, I have to tell you.... I have missed our little daily chats!) Did you have a wonderful Christmas?We had the merriest! Every little boy needs his very own John Deere Lazy Boy recliner,...
- The Rooster Saga Continues (and Happy Birthday Hubbs!!!)
I won't bore you by telling this whole tale from the beginning. But I will summarize for those of you who are new to my blog. This past summer I ordered 25 fancy chicks. I also ordered a very colorful rooster chick (enter Hank)....
- Important Duties
I posted a picture a few months back of a lovely cat who lives on our farm. We call her boots, because of the white sock on each of her legs. She is not one of our barn kitties (well, not officially), but she eats her meals in the barn (she's quite...
- Addendum To Previous Post
It is with great sadness and tears streaming down my face that I write this post script. This morning we had to say goodbye to MoJo. He had another blockage, somewhere higher up in his urethra. I found him lying in his house this morning when I went out...