Monday, November 28, 2022
Happy Birthday, Archie!
Sunday, November 27, 2022
Happy Birthday...Um...Archie?
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
The 2023 Calendar
I can't fathom how I am once again writing up a 'welcome to the new year' blurb for the back of our farm calendar. Didn't I just do last year's only a month or so ago?!?Many things have stayed the same, thankfully. Lancelot is still rolling in the mud, Maisie is still watching over her flock by night...and day, Jared is still grazing the yard, Possum's still sleeping in all her beds, except whichever one Archie has claimed at any given hour of the day or night, and the chickens are still...well, chickens. It's hard for Bea to keep our feet warm when she's sleeping belly up on the couch, but at least when she's asleep she's still. We still miss all of our old friends.As always a special thanks to Saint Tim for doing all the hard work and heavy lifting and a grateful thank you to all of you who are such an important part of our farm family. Your care and kindness through each year, as they feel shorter and shorter, is appreciated more than you could ever imagine. Here's to another new year!
Sunday, November 13, 2022
Troublemaker, Guardian, Meteorologist, Friend
Spud is having trouble getting around and I thought if he moved to Easy Breezy he'd be able to just walk out the side door, straight onto the grass rather than all the way down the aisle and across the driveway. He could also have access to hay all day and night with no competition.
He's been used to eating breakfast and dinner with Short Round and that's already her favorite place to sleep. She likes to graze the yard as well and I knew if I set them up in there she would love having all day access to an open gate to come and go as she pleased.
The other member of their breakfast club is Maisie, but I didn't even consider moving her to the other end of the barn. She'd be lost if she couldn't sit in her normal spot and watch the back of the barn.
The first day and night went okay. Short Round was happy with the arrangement and Spud seemed okay as well. The second day the weather changed and rain started blowing into the EB end of the barn so I closed the roll down door. This makes for a cozy spot out of the wind.
At evening feeding time Maisie was not in her normal watchdog spot in the aisleway. She'd moved into the middle stall. I wondered if she knew the weather was really going to turn ugly and we needed to add meteorologist to her resume.
Thursday, November 3, 2022
The Pumpkin Party
Well, the after the pumpkin party. Or maybe I should say the after we ate all the original pumpkins party ;-).