Animals
All activities of the day come to a close, and everyone else retreats to the
warmth and safety of shelter.
The minutes and hours of life tick by so very quickly,
so I make it a point to take note of things like sunrises and sunsets.
I take a moment,
breathe deeply,
and fill my soul with the deepest gratitude for the day...
another day of doing what I love to do...
another day of experiencing the beauty of this world around me...
another day of hard work, love and laughter.
And if I am lucky,
another sunrise will greet me in the morning!
- 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....
- Guinea Graduation
[Imagine, if you will, the familiar notes of "Pomp and Circumstance" in the background...that is, if you can hear it over all the guinea ruckus!] The place: Bee Haven Acres' Birdbrain AcademyThe time: 6:00 PM Saturday eveningThe event:...
- 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...
- Butterfly Wisdom
I was lucky enough to find this "lovely" floating on the top of one of the goats' water buckets. She was barely alive...resigned to drowning....waiting to draw her eventual last breath. She had quit struggling to escape from her watery...
- Back To Farm Life
It didn't take long to get back into the groove of farm life and farm work. It felt so good to get up early and hit the ground running as usual. The sunrise was spectacular....red and glowing....a prelude to a seasonably warm and sunny day.For the...
Animals
Day's End
Before I begin...
I must first say thanks for all of the suggestions you left for me yesterday.
I think the next thing that I will try to keep the birds out of our chicken yard is...
pinwheels...
lots of pinwheels!
Where does one buy lots of pinwheels?
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| (Image courtesy of Pinterest) |
Back to the subject of the day...
I often post about sunrise and how it is my favorite time of day.
Nothing is better than watching my animals peacefully munching
away on their breakfast as they greet the new day...
with a beautiful fiery new sun on the horizon.
There is another time of day that makes me pause,
taking time to appreciate
all that my senses can take in....
all that my senses can take in....
sunset.
As many times as I see an orangey-pink sunrise,
there are even more scarlet, purple, and crimson sunsets to be seen.
Even non-climactic sunsets like last evening's are still lovely;
as shadows, stillness and silence overtake the land.
The chickens return to their yard and eventually wander back into their coop to roost.
The turkeys follow soon after.
And lastly the guineas fly to their treetop roost in the old pine tree by the barn.
The goats eat the last of their supper and finish their evening's gossip.
The horses meander back to the barn where flakes of hay await them.
After sleeping all day beneath their heat lamps, the barn kitties emerge;
ready for their evening hunt.
Even non-climactic sunsets like last evening's are still lovely;
as shadows, stillness and silence overtake the land.
The chickens return to their yard and eventually wander back into their coop to roost.
And lastly the guineas fly to their treetop roost in the old pine tree by the barn.
The goats eat the last of their supper and finish their evening's gossip.
The horses meander back to the barn where flakes of hay await them.
After sleeping all day beneath their heat lamps, the barn kitties emerge;
ready for their evening hunt.
All activities of the day come to a close, and everyone else retreats to the
warmth and safety of shelter.
The minutes and hours of life tick by so very quickly,
so I make it a point to take note of things like sunrises and sunsets.
I take a moment,
breathe deeply,
and fill my soul with the deepest gratitude for the day...
another day of doing what I love to do...
another day of experiencing the beauty of this world around me...
another day of hard work, love and laughter.
And if I am lucky,
another sunrise will greet me in the morning!
- 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....
- Guinea Graduation
[Imagine, if you will, the familiar notes of "Pomp and Circumstance" in the background...that is, if you can hear it over all the guinea ruckus!] The place: Bee Haven Acres' Birdbrain AcademyThe time: 6:00 PM Saturday eveningThe event:...
- 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...
- Butterfly Wisdom
I was lucky enough to find this "lovely" floating on the top of one of the goats' water buckets. She was barely alive...resigned to drowning....waiting to draw her eventual last breath. She had quit struggling to escape from her watery...
- Back To Farm Life
It didn't take long to get back into the groove of farm life and farm work. It felt so good to get up early and hit the ground running as usual. The sunrise was spectacular....red and glowing....a prelude to a seasonably warm and sunny day.For the...