Animals
- Checking In With Ginger And Maryann
These days if we want to see the porcine princesses,we have to visit them in their winter palace. It's been way too cold for pigs this past week. They have been staying in their house,nestled snugly in a bed of hay with a warm heat lamp radiating...
- Moonie, The Mooch
At the base of our driveway is a wonderful historic landmark....a 250 year old log cabin. Once a one room log cabin built over a spring,it was enlarged to include a second downstairs room and an upstairs. The date of this renovation is unknown. Although...
- The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
The Good What a beautiful weekend we had on the farm.With the exception of one unfortunate incident (which I will talk about later),the weekend was perfect in every way... perfect weather, fun guests. This weekend was moving day for the piggies. For...
- 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...
- Wild, Wild Horses........
......we'll ride them some day.....(but not today) Well, that is how the song goes. Today all four of our boys decided to go on a little escapade. You know, the grass is always greener....or so they think. Well to make a very long story short, Brigadoon,...
Animals
Houdini Lips
Yesterday afternoon I was in the pasture cleaning up manure
and playing ball with the dogs.
This is their very favorite game...fetch.
Can't you tell by the smile on their faces?
Oakley....
Annie...
Oh, I might have failed to mention...Sam doesn't fetch.
While I worked and the dogs ran, I heard the sound of the Porcine Princesses
from the other side of the fence.
In their very best Piglish, they were excitedly trying to tell me something.
I, the dumb human, just couldn't understand what had them so excited.
And then I heard a very loud "CRACK" from the direction of the porcine palace.
Going up to the horses' dry lot to investigate that sound, I saw this...
Apparently, Moonbeam was so starved that he had to break into the pigs' stall to eat their hay.
"A guy's got to do what a guy's got to do when starving!"
There was nothing for me to do at that time, but to close the door and latch it.
And then I realized that Mr. Houdini Lips...
could actually turn the handle and unlatch the door.
Yep, that old Moonie can use his lips just like fingers.
He can open just about any kind of door!
It takes the hook lock on the top of the door to keep him out.
Somehow he has not managed to figure out that kind of lock!
"Rats! Foiled again!"
"Looks like I'm gonna starve around here!"
PS: Later today I am going to get the trail cameras and check for this week's activity.
I know that the camera in the orchard will have at least 42 pictures of Annie,
as she runs in front of it routinely at least twice a day.
Check back this weekend to see who's been visiting our land at night!
Have a great weekend.
We are hosting a bridal shower this weekend with the theme:
"Fall in Love"
Perfect for this time of year!
- Checking In With Ginger And Maryann
These days if we want to see the porcine princesses,we have to visit them in their winter palace. It's been way too cold for pigs this past week. They have been staying in their house,nestled snugly in a bed of hay with a warm heat lamp radiating...
- Moonie, The Mooch
At the base of our driveway is a wonderful historic landmark....a 250 year old log cabin. Once a one room log cabin built over a spring,it was enlarged to include a second downstairs room and an upstairs. The date of this renovation is unknown. Although...
- The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
The Good What a beautiful weekend we had on the farm.With the exception of one unfortunate incident (which I will talk about later),the weekend was perfect in every way... perfect weather, fun guests. This weekend was moving day for the piggies. For...
- 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...
- Wild, Wild Horses........
......we'll ride them some day.....(but not today) Well, that is how the song goes. Today all four of our boys decided to go on a little escapade. You know, the grass is always greener....or so they think. Well to make a very long story short, Brigadoon,...