My friends, the news is not good. Sophia was euthanized yesterday. She died in my arms. It was a dreary day, but she seemed to enjoy the trip to the vet. She was tucked in her box and she rode shotgun, craning her neck trying to see out the window. We were just two girls, goin' for a little ride in the country. When we got there, the exam was brief. Nothing had changed in the past … [Read more...]
What A Day
May 8, 2014 by
Well, I asked for winter to be over, and it is! I'm not shoveling snow. I'm not breaking ice in the water buckets. I'm not bundled up in layers and layers of clothes. I even stored much of my cold weather gear. Winter is boring. But SPRING? Oh yeah, spring is EXCITING! Exciting...and exhausting! I spent yesterday building stuff. A rolling wood-and-tool-storage-thingy. I got the … [Read more...]
More Fun For Goats – Again!
May 2, 2014 by
My favorite people in the world, Cousin Beth and her husband Fayne, visited over the weekend. We always wind up with some kind of barnyard project to do and this time was no exception! Beth took one look at the barnyard and thought the placement of the new logs for the goats to play on could be improved. Fayne and I set about moving them around until she was happy. This is a typical … [Read more...]
Doink And The Epic Fail
April 25, 2014 by
I know you've had a day when things weren't going right. We've all been there. Well, today was special in a WHAT MORE COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG kinda way. I had one goal for the day. Finish painting the new shed. I've not shared the building of this shed with you, because I wanted it to be all spiffy and cute before I showed it to ya. A little Chicken Mama surprise. Painting around … [Read more...]
It Was A Party Weekend!
April 21, 2014 by
We had a wonderful dinner party for family and friends on Sunday. It was our first party of the year and as such it required much work, both inside and out, to pull off. Very Excellent Husband Don and I worked our butts off for three days and the dishes still aren't all put away, but the fun totally outweighed the work involved. Starting on Friday we moved furniture around, got the carpets … [Read more...]
Never A Dull Moment
April 15, 2014 by
After morning feeding earlier this week I was strolling around in the barnyard, enjoying the sun and doing my usual chicken head count. Something wasn't right. I was one chicken short and immediately had a deep-in-my-gut kind of panic. I'm frequently surprised at the depth of my emotional connection my animals, animals that most people eat regularly without thinking twice. I don't have … [Read more...]
What’s That In The Barnyard?
April 10, 2014 by
There's something in the barnyard that wasn't there before. Rapunzel was a little shocked. Brandy tried to hide. Doink, well, Doink wasn't paying much attention. Is the anticipation just KILLING YOU? Well then, meet the Littles! We needed a little joy in the barnyard to lift our spirits, and these two guys were just the ticket! I've actually been … [Read more...]
The Nightmare Continues
April 8, 2014 by
As you know, a raccoon took my sweet Ethel in the dawn recently. I say raccoon, because the manner of death and remains indicated a textbook raccoon killing. I didn't see it, but Keela sounded her ALERT bark around 6:30am. I assumed it was rabbits and didn't investigate. Lesson learned, lesson learned. I know raccoons are around. Keela treed one in the late fall. Lordy, what a racket they … [Read more...]
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