Animals
- Finding Solutions
I am happy to report that all is calm in the world of roosters. Milton, Milroy, Millard, George, and Statler and Waldorf spend the daytogether out and about. While Milford is quite happy around the barn. There was a question in yesterday's comments...
- Communion
Hubbs arrived home early yesterday....something that rarely happens. So, we took advantage of the gorgeous Autumn daywith the sun sinking low in the sky, and took the boy dogs for a walk in the woods.Sadly, we had to leave the girl dogs (our geriatric...
- Sundays Are Fun Days!!
Yesterday morning we awoke to a light dusting of snow....we had had some flurries Saturday evening. It looks as if this will have to suffice for our White Christmas...as there is no more snow on the horizon. Since our Christmas preparations are complete,we...
- 100% Chance Of Rain
Today's forecast: 100 % chance of showers.Rain.Like we need it! Knowing that today was going to be a rainy day,I spent yesterday squeezing every last bit of sunshine and blue skies into my psyche.I worked in the garden.I hung out laundry.I cleaned...
- Rat-a-tat-tat
It seems at any given moment, we can always hear the sound of a pileated woodpecker drumming away on a tree somewhere in our woods. That is the way he attracts a mate. And this is the end result of all that drumming.... We have many trees in our woods...
Animals
What A Difference A Day Makes
What a wonderful quiet weekend we had...
Hubbs and I...
and the dogs...
and the critters!
Saturday was a beautiful day...blue skies with temps in the mid fifties.
We set out mid afternoon with Sam and Oakley for a hike in the woods...
no jackets!
Hiking through the woods gives us a chance to assess the health of our
hemlock forest...which has been under attack by the wooly adelgid
(an insect that immigrated to the US from China).
This insect is threatening to destroy all of our East Coast hemlock forests.
Each year we lose more and more trees.
Like this one,
they eventually snap in half and end up on the forest floor.
(We are currently working with a forestry professional to take whatever measures
we need to...to help save our remaining trees.)
Forgive me, for I have digressed...so let's go back to our walk.
The forest has so many stories to tell.
When I walk through the woods, I don't just walk...
but rather, I look for the tales the woods tell.
The tree above, that snapped in half,
had obviously been dead for a while...
as you can tell, by the woodpecker holes in its side.
And even more interesting is the fern that has started to grow out of one of the
woodpecker holes.
Just a few short days of warm weather enabled these fungi to
develop.
I couldn't help but think of Cheetos when I saw these!
And I will admit to you right here that I have a certain fondness for them.
Cheetos.
Although, I do like fungi, too!
By the time Sunday rolled around,
the warmth and the sunshine were both gone...
replaced by rain, fog, and chilly dampness.
Everyone stayed inside on Sunday.
(Except, of course, the horses!)
Even the guineas hung out beneath the shelter of our old pine tree.
The dry lot became the "wet lot"!
With only the very top layer of ground thawed from Saturday's warmth,
there is no where for the rain to absorb...
and so puddles formed everywhere.
If we get another freeze this week,
the farm will become one huge skating rink!
- Finding Solutions
I am happy to report that all is calm in the world of roosters. Milton, Milroy, Millard, George, and Statler and Waldorf spend the daytogether out and about. While Milford is quite happy around the barn. There was a question in yesterday's comments...
- Communion
Hubbs arrived home early yesterday....something that rarely happens. So, we took advantage of the gorgeous Autumn daywith the sun sinking low in the sky, and took the boy dogs for a walk in the woods.Sadly, we had to leave the girl dogs (our geriatric...
- Sundays Are Fun Days!!
Yesterday morning we awoke to a light dusting of snow....we had had some flurries Saturday evening. It looks as if this will have to suffice for our White Christmas...as there is no more snow on the horizon. Since our Christmas preparations are complete,we...
- 100% Chance Of Rain
Today's forecast: 100 % chance of showers.Rain.Like we need it! Knowing that today was going to be a rainy day,I spent yesterday squeezing every last bit of sunshine and blue skies into my psyche.I worked in the garden.I hung out laundry.I cleaned...
- Rat-a-tat-tat
It seems at any given moment, we can always hear the sound of a pileated woodpecker drumming away on a tree somewhere in our woods. That is the way he attracts a mate. And this is the end result of all that drumming.... We have many trees in our woods...