Animals
Where were the nuts?
Mystery solved!
By the way....Happy October, Friends!
- Lucille...woman Of Mystery X3
You might remember that our decrepit old rooster, Kenny Rogers,lives in the barn (Witness Protection Program).Every day he is visited by Lucille, a little red hen.Now, Lucille is a woman of mystery.She keeps her business very private.No one knows where...
- Mystery Solved... And More
Oh, it was so mean of me to make you wait for the conclusion of yesterday's mystery. And, sadly (actually, happily) the answer to the mystery turned out to be an easy one. I am happy to report that there was absolutely no fowl play. Apparently, Hubbs...
- Happy Spring!!!
Yesterday we enjoyed the calm before the storm.Sunny, mid-40's...delightful. All of the animals were out lying in the sun.It was a peaceful day on the farm...and one that could convince anyone that Spring was knocking on the door. And then it snowed....but...
- Carrots For Everyone
We've had snow on the ground ever since the first of the year.And today we are getting even more...with ice...and freezing rain. But, even in the midst of all this wintery precipitation,there's a change in the air. Now, when the sun does shine,...
- Happy As A Pig In Mud!
Summer gave us a preview yesterday as temperatures soared to 85.Part of why I love Pennsylvania so much is the change of seasons.But, usually the change is a little more gradual.Not so, it seems, this year.Spring arrived ahead of schedule,and it looks...
Animals
I Love A Mystery!
Yesterday afternoon, a break in the rain gave me a chance to take a walk.
I love taking walks around the farm...
never knowing exactly what I will see along the way.
Yesterday's walk was no disappointment as it provided me with two mysteries.
Mystery #1...
as I looked up at the cat-head bird house that hangs on the peak of the wood shed,
I noticed something strange coming from the cat's mouth...
I moved in for a closer look.
What the...?
How did a snakeskin end up there?
Obviously there had been a snake inside the birdhouse...
a snake who shed his skin as he crawled up and out of the house.
Why was he in there?
Was he stealing bird eggs?
How did he get up so high?
Did he climb an adjacent tree? Land on the roof? Slither down into the house?
How did he even know to do that?
All of these questions will most likely remain a mystery....
all that's left behind is one obvious clue...
an empty snake skin.
Hmmmmmmmm.
Mystery #2...
There are two chestnut trees that grow in the pig yard.
Every year I find the empty prickly burrs that fall to the ground...
devoid of any chestnuts.
I always assumed that these small seed pods had no seeds.
Then, this year I found a wealth of chestnuts laying outside the fence.
Thinking that I might roast them, I gathered them all up and filled my pockets.
It seemed that this year the tree had grown large enough that the limbs now hang further than the fence. Hence the nuts in the driveway.
Were there any nuts in the pig yard this year?
I searched, but only found empty prickly pods.
No nuts.
And then as I tried to take photos of the pigs, the answer hit me.
You see, I could take no clear photos...
the pigs kept following me around very closely and excitedly
(my pockets full of chestnuts.)
Could it be that the pigs smelled the chestnuts? And liked them?
I had to climb the fence to get away from their curious noses.
The only way to know for sure what happened to those chestnuts inside the fence
was this....
Mystery solved!
By the way....Happy October, Friends!
- Lucille...woman Of Mystery X3
You might remember that our decrepit old rooster, Kenny Rogers,lives in the barn (Witness Protection Program).Every day he is visited by Lucille, a little red hen.Now, Lucille is a woman of mystery.She keeps her business very private.No one knows where...
- Mystery Solved... And More
Oh, it was so mean of me to make you wait for the conclusion of yesterday's mystery. And, sadly (actually, happily) the answer to the mystery turned out to be an easy one. I am happy to report that there was absolutely no fowl play. Apparently, Hubbs...
- Happy Spring!!!
Yesterday we enjoyed the calm before the storm.Sunny, mid-40's...delightful. All of the animals were out lying in the sun.It was a peaceful day on the farm...and one that could convince anyone that Spring was knocking on the door. And then it snowed....but...
- Carrots For Everyone
We've had snow on the ground ever since the first of the year.And today we are getting even more...with ice...and freezing rain. But, even in the midst of all this wintery precipitation,there's a change in the air. Now, when the sun does shine,...
- Happy As A Pig In Mud!
Summer gave us a preview yesterday as temperatures soared to 85.Part of why I love Pennsylvania so much is the change of seasons.But, usually the change is a little more gradual.Not so, it seems, this year.Spring arrived ahead of schedule,and it looks...