Animals
- Piggyback
A few words about yesterday's post... Although Red has been a stellar student, I have to tell youthat we have miles to go before he is done.We have much work to do with steering.He's learning....and it's a process....but I couldn't be...
- Hope Finds Her Voice
Gracie and the girls continue to call the barn home.Having them spend a portion of the day in a stall gives me the opportunity to bondwith the lambs. They are quite fast, now...so catching them outside is impossible. While in the stall, I can pick them...
- Gray Days
Yesterday morning as the sun rose there was a brief promise of sun...the orange horizon setting the stage for a day predicted to melt what was left of the snow. It wasn't long, however, 'til a thick cloud bank filled the skyand all hopes for...
- H2o And Snow, Snow, Snow
I am sure by now you are well acquainted with MaryAnn and Ginger,our Kunekune pigs.These two girls are so full of personality,and have so many funny little habits. Every day, on one or more of my trips to the pigpen,I clean and refill their water buckets....
- Surf's Up!
With the advent of warmer weather came the necessity for some way for our dearpiggy girls to cool off.Apparently, pigs don't sweat and are not good at getting rid of heat,so hot days are hard on them. The solution?A piggy pool, of course. And yesterday...
Animals
Quiet Time With Ginger and MaryAnn
It's afternoon feeding/chore time and I have climbed the fence
from the dry lot into the piggy stall.
The view from here is...
all of the equines peacefully munching.
Inside the pig stall...
more munching!
Here is a little quiet time with the girls....
Sorry about the silly piggy-mom voice that I use.
But then I suppose we all talk to our animals with silly voices,
don't we?
I wonder what the animals think about that.....
"Well, I think I would like my dinner, too!"
"Well, I think I would like my dinner, too!"
- Piggyback
A few words about yesterday's post... Although Red has been a stellar student, I have to tell youthat we have miles to go before he is done.We have much work to do with steering.He's learning....and it's a process....but I couldn't be...
- Hope Finds Her Voice
Gracie and the girls continue to call the barn home.Having them spend a portion of the day in a stall gives me the opportunity to bondwith the lambs. They are quite fast, now...so catching them outside is impossible. While in the stall, I can pick them...
- Gray Days
Yesterday morning as the sun rose there was a brief promise of sun...the orange horizon setting the stage for a day predicted to melt what was left of the snow. It wasn't long, however, 'til a thick cloud bank filled the skyand all hopes for...
- H2o And Snow, Snow, Snow
I am sure by now you are well acquainted with MaryAnn and Ginger,our Kunekune pigs.These two girls are so full of personality,and have so many funny little habits. Every day, on one or more of my trips to the pigpen,I clean and refill their water buckets....
- Surf's Up!
With the advent of warmer weather came the necessity for some way for our dearpiggy girls to cool off.Apparently, pigs don't sweat and are not good at getting rid of heat,so hot days are hard on them. The solution?A piggy pool, of course. And yesterday...