Animals
- Tom And Chuck Take A Hike
It was an absolutely spectacular weekend.Mostly sunny with highs in the mid-forties made for perfectweather for hiking in the woods. And that is just what we did...Saturday and Sunday. Of course we took the dogs.But we had some unexpected company on one...
- The List Is Getting Smaller!
Yesterday was spent outside...mowing, weeding, mulching...a marathon garden clean-up was done.The project is nearing completion and I will share photos when it is finished. By the end of yesterday, exhaustion had overtaken me.I had a brief respite from...
- Herding Turkeys
Our two bourbon red turkeys, Tom and Chuck, spend their dayspatrolling the farm.For the most part they hang out with the chickens most of the day. However, if there is any other activity going on,you can find them in the middle of it. Every afternoon...
- 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...
- Herding Turkeys
As if we needed a new task to add to the end of each day....we seem to have acquired one....herding turkeys! We decided over the weekend, that it is time for the turkeys to free range a bit.We have been reluctant to allow them to leave their yardout...
Animals
Sometimes They Surprise You
It's almost 9 PM.
The sun has set in the west, leaving it's fiery handprint on the sky.
It's time to tuck in the animals for the night.
Fly masks come off,
and rations of hay are doled out.
It's time to walk the turkeys back to their home.
Ever since their move to the house by the barn, two weeks ago,
they have been a little confused at bedtime.
Usually I find them loitering outside the chicken house that they used to call home.
But not on this night.
No, tonight they are nowhere to be found.
Ordinarily I have to walk them across the expanse of this field...
sometimes with a Ritz cracker bribe.
But not tonight.
No, tonight, for some unknown reason,
the turkeys have decided that their new home is just that.
Home.
And here is where they have taken themselves and put themselves to bed.
All by themselves.
(First time...EVER!)
Miracles never cease.
Goodnight, Tom.
Goodnight, Chuck.
I'll see you both early in the morning.
I am so proud....like only a turkey mother could be!
- Tom And Chuck Take A Hike
It was an absolutely spectacular weekend.Mostly sunny with highs in the mid-forties made for perfectweather for hiking in the woods. And that is just what we did...Saturday and Sunday. Of course we took the dogs.But we had some unexpected company on one...
- The List Is Getting Smaller!
Yesterday was spent outside...mowing, weeding, mulching...a marathon garden clean-up was done.The project is nearing completion and I will share photos when it is finished. By the end of yesterday, exhaustion had overtaken me.I had a brief respite from...
- Herding Turkeys
Our two bourbon red turkeys, Tom and Chuck, spend their dayspatrolling the farm.For the most part they hang out with the chickens most of the day. However, if there is any other activity going on,you can find them in the middle of it. Every afternoon...
- 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...
- Herding Turkeys
As if we needed a new task to add to the end of each day....we seem to have acquired one....herding turkeys! We decided over the weekend, that it is time for the turkeys to free range a bit.We have been reluctant to allow them to leave their yardout...