Animals
- Bone Chilling
It may look absolutely beautiful outside right now... but like most of the central and eastern portions of the country,it is brutally cold.Bone chilling cold. The kind of cold that blows right through your gear and pierces you with icicles! Off we...
- Here A Flake, There A Flake, Everywhere A Snowflake!
Winter has arrived...a little early. It's been bitter cold...cold enough to freeze the edge of the pond and the autumn leaves that floated there. Yesterday morning, as I headed to the barn for chores,the scene was this: Out in the pasture the horses...
- Scenes From An Autumn Day
Early Autumn in our neck of the woods... The corn is dry... the leaves are changing... the grass remains green... all under the bluest of blue skies! Love!I took the above pictures on my way to the feed store yesterday.Running errands is like being...
- 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...
- Pasture Eyes
Each afternoon the Littles and the Bigs spend some time grazing in our pastures. During the summer months, they spend that time in the lower pasture in front of the barn. This pasture is adjacent to the dry lots and easily accessiblethrough...
Animals
Frosty Days
It seems that Autumn has packed his bags and moved onward...
a bit premature for my liking!
Ole Man Winter was only too happy to move himself right into Autumn's place.
And he's warned us that he is setting up camp for an extended period of time...
unlike the fleeting visit that Autumn gave us.
Winter is all too opportunistic and wastes no time in jumping right in
if Autumn turns his back for even a moment.
Every morning, we are greeted by a thick blanket of frost...
its icy crystals drawing the life out of anything that remains green.
Even the kale, though easily thawed in the sun, has become as brittle as glass.
The animals spend a great deal of time foraging now,
as food is not so readily available in the pastures.
Their grazing is augmented by ample portions of hay.
Now that the nutrition of the pasture is almost gone,
the horses will be allowed longer times out and about.
(Rich pastures make them fat!)
Even the pigs have had to resort to munching hay
instead of their usual diet of grass and weeds.
They are less interested in venturing out of doors when it is this cold,
but prefer the comfort of their stall filled with hay and warmed by a heat lamp.
I am not sure what the chickens find to eat outside,
but they spend their days searching...
As for me, any extra time that I have is spent in my sewing room.
I am working on quilt number 10...
and yes, I will share pictures of them
(after Christmas....as they are gifts!)
As for the barn kitties....
as you can see, they have a tough life!
This is how they spend the cold months.
Occasional trips outside for hunting adventures are always followed by
defrosting under their heat lamps.
And by they way,
look how Ella Bella has softened over the years.
Amazingly, she has agreed to share her bed with Leo...
nothing short of a miracle for this old gal!
Although, she still has that sourpuss look on her face.
- Bone Chilling
It may look absolutely beautiful outside right now... but like most of the central and eastern portions of the country,it is brutally cold.Bone chilling cold. The kind of cold that blows right through your gear and pierces you with icicles! Off we...
- Here A Flake, There A Flake, Everywhere A Snowflake!
Winter has arrived...a little early. It's been bitter cold...cold enough to freeze the edge of the pond and the autumn leaves that floated there. Yesterday morning, as I headed to the barn for chores,the scene was this: Out in the pasture the horses...
- Scenes From An Autumn Day
Early Autumn in our neck of the woods... The corn is dry... the leaves are changing... the grass remains green... all under the bluest of blue skies! Love!I took the above pictures on my way to the feed store yesterday.Running errands is like being...
- 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...
- Pasture Eyes
Each afternoon the Littles and the Bigs spend some time grazing in our pastures. During the summer months, they spend that time in the lower pasture in front of the barn. This pasture is adjacent to the dry lots and easily accessiblethrough...