Animals
- Life Is Good Award For Alasandra
TBT over at Marks Mews and Nico, JayJay and Simon's Mom passed this award on to me (Alasandra). Thank you both very much. What would your prefect day consist of? To wake up at a Bed & Breakfast in the Canadian Rockies with my Hubby...
- Harvest Time
It's apple harvest time! Can you believe it?Well, you might believe it from where you are,but... here...we have yet to even have a summer's worth of hot weather. Still, I am not complaining.I am not complaining...no, I am picking apples!!And...
- Talking Turkey
With all of the rain we have experienced this summer,I had feared that we would lose our grape harvest.At one point, it seemed as if the grapes were rotting before they ripened. This weekend I happened to notice this.... We have grapes to harvest!...
- Garden Delights
"No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden."-- Thomas Jefferson It seems there is nothing more peaceful to me than sitting in my garden,with a barn cat on my lap....watching...
- Curiosities And Silliness
Why does it seem that so many of my tales have to do with birds?Well, I guess if you have 100 birds...(OMG, I have 100 birds?)stuff happens! So, here goes....a few observations. Our ducks have maintained their flock of 18 all summer.Each night we herd...
Animals
Apple Harvest
It's that time of year again!
The days are warm, the nights are cool.
The leaves are beginning to turn to shades of yellow and crimson.
And with this time comes apple harvest.
I headed to the orchard yesterday in search of apples
for a very special dessert.
A family favorite...
a tradition started by my mother
and carried on by me...
Apple Harvest Cake
made only one time each year
at apple harvest time.
(see my home blog for the recipe)
I filled my basket with the apples from the lower branches
and then used my trusty apple picker for the ones I could not reach.
I just couldn't help but eat one.
I think they are Macintosh,
but since the trees are so old,
and we did not plant them,
I am only guessing.
Of course I had the usual help!
Ok, this is not much help, TomTom!
***Warning***
You might want to end your reading
with the above,
if you are feint of heart,
or a bit squeamish.
I thought I would share with you the outcome
of Dr. Becky's visit with Eileen.....
Yesterday afternoon, Dr. Becky payed a coop call.
She looked at Eileen's foot and confirmed
that indeed she did have a case of
Bumblefoot!
(Thanks to Heather and Peggy for the tip!)
Ok, here is your second warning...
you might not want
to read any farther!!
Bumblefoot is a Staph infection of the foot.
Sure enough, Eileen's foot had a lot of pus beneath the skin.
Dr. Becky lanced the foot
and removed a large solidified mass of pus
(I told you to stop reading!)
She cleaned out all of the pus.
(Amazingly, the procedure did not seem to bother
Eileen all that much.)
Then she applied antibiotics and packed the wound.
Bandages were applied.
We will check the dressings tomorrow and possibly change them.
Hopefully with some daily care,
her foot will now heal up nicely.
Please say your chicken prayers for Eileen!
My apologies if any of that grossed you out!!
(I told you not to ready any farther!)
- Life Is Good Award For Alasandra
TBT over at Marks Mews and Nico, JayJay and Simon's Mom passed this award on to me (Alasandra). Thank you both very much. What would your prefect day consist of? To wake up at a Bed & Breakfast in the Canadian Rockies with my Hubby...
- Harvest Time
It's apple harvest time! Can you believe it?Well, you might believe it from where you are,but... here...we have yet to even have a summer's worth of hot weather. Still, I am not complaining.I am not complaining...no, I am picking apples!!And...
- Talking Turkey
With all of the rain we have experienced this summer,I had feared that we would lose our grape harvest.At one point, it seemed as if the grapes were rotting before they ripened. This weekend I happened to notice this.... We have grapes to harvest!...
- Garden Delights
"No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden."-- Thomas Jefferson It seems there is nothing more peaceful to me than sitting in my garden,with a barn cat on my lap....watching...
- Curiosities And Silliness
Why does it seem that so many of my tales have to do with birds?Well, I guess if you have 100 birds...(OMG, I have 100 birds?)stuff happens! So, here goes....a few observations. Our ducks have maintained their flock of 18 all summer.Each night we herd...