Animals
- Day Is Done...
We've arrived at that time of year again.The sun begins its descent early...leaving a dusky glow to all by four p.m. It's at this time that the goats leave their barn and head out into the pasture for evening grazing. I haven't figured...
- 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...
- 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....
- Good Night!
The sun has set.It's almost time for bed.(Yes, we go to bed rather early on the farm.) Before our day is finished, though, we have one last set of chores to do.And most evenings, Bobby shows up at the house for a ride back to the barn. It's tuck-in...
- Dog Days
There's probably nothing that our dogs love more than the adventure of going for a walk.And especially now after all the rainy days we endured last week.(We received over a foot of rain last week!) (Hickory, our 16 year old partially blind gal, gets...
Animals
A Most Beautiful Start to Autumn
As the sun sets on the first day of Autumn,
the dogs and I head outside to eek out every last moment of daylight.
The animals are preparing for the night ahead
as the moon rises high above the barnyard.
The hens work their way back to their henhouses,
except for this little band of nonconformists who prefer to roost in the goats' run-in shed.
They all find their place on the hay feeder and settle in for a little
pre-bedtime gossip.
Although the run-in is not as secure as the henhouse, no predators bother
these hen because the goats are close by.
It's always this time of evening that the goats head out to the far reaches of their pasture.
They spend their nighttimes grazing by the light of the moon.
On this particular evening, though, they are hesitant to venture out.
That's because on this evening the dogs have decided to use the goat pasture as a ball field.
Oakley and Annie beg for one last game of fetch before dark.
And of course I oblige...as the goats patiently (and some not so patiently) wait their turn.
The turkeys are tucked in their house, pigs and sheep fed, and horses turned out to pasture
as the sun sinks low beneath the horizon.
Darkness settles upon the farm... the only light from the moon.
It's been a spectacular first day of Autumn...
crystal clear blue skies held a bright yellow sun...
temperatures in the 70's.
The forecast is for more of the same over the next few days.
Oh, how I love this time of year!
And it only gets better as the leaves change and the temperature drops.
- Day Is Done...
We've arrived at that time of year again.The sun begins its descent early...leaving a dusky glow to all by four p.m. It's at this time that the goats leave their barn and head out into the pasture for evening grazing. I haven't figured...
- 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...
- 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....
- Good Night!
The sun has set.It's almost time for bed.(Yes, we go to bed rather early on the farm.) Before our day is finished, though, we have one last set of chores to do.And most evenings, Bobby shows up at the house for a ride back to the barn. It's tuck-in...
- Dog Days
There's probably nothing that our dogs love more than the adventure of going for a walk.And especially now after all the rainy days we endured last week.(We received over a foot of rain last week!) (Hickory, our 16 year old partially blind gal, gets...