" Miss Pissy " and me are going round-n-round again this year - like every year. She's gone Broody on me again. So she gets to spend the day in jail until she gives up!
When we're not getting another weekend loaded
with solid rain showers - anyways.
“ Crap. “
We get a little bit done. And it rains. We get a little more done. And it floods. We get a little bit further. It pours down for 3 out of 4 days. And we end up having to mow on #4 before we go back and hit it on #3!
I’m just glad things have
settled enough that I can take care of the Domestic Front from the Inside. God knows – there’s been plenty to catch up
on there!
I’m gonna have to cave and
buy more rechargeable batteries for my regular digital camera. I’m just not impressed – at all – with the video results from our Sprint HTC Evo 4G.
I must get some better video
of these babies! It is sooooo much fun
watching them! We have 2 cows that are " paying for their raisin' " – without a doubt.
And poor Storm. His “ Moo
“ makes me wonder – “ just exactly WHAT
on 4 legs did she tangle with before she got here last October? “
He sounds like a Goat!
“ Aagh! “
I am so glad to be past
the births of our 2 new calves. That
first one was a rough ride for me. There’s
just something about the birth of a baby that tunnels your vision and your
thoughts. The fact that we were in the
middle of a storm all day long – just left my mind. My rain coat only worked well enough to flow
the water down my waders. So I dumped
that thing. Ended up changing clothes 4
times that day. But – rainwater is good
for your hair. And wet hair is why they
made blow dryers.
All I cared about was
getting that brand new calf and his Mama into a stall together – safe – warm –
dry – fed.
Storm is a whole week old
today! And it appears as though the
Mamas have calmed down. Dwayne watched
while I had an experience with them yesterday evening – like never before.
I had dished out their
evening rations in their bunker. They’ve
been coming in to eat from the back of the paddock after we’ve gone back in the
house for supper. And they were still
hanging around afterwards – yesterday – when I decided to take cookies ( Alfalfa
cubes ) out to ‘em.
It was a gift for not
giving me any crap when I invaded their space and loved on those babies – just ‘cause
I wanted! I told ‘em what I was gonna do
– while I was doing it. I guess I shocked
‘em. They just stood there – watching.
Anyway – both girls have
always kept distance whenever taking cookies from me. At most – Cora would come up close in the
barn alley – competing with Bruce – Killian and April. But when the cookies were gone – they had no
use for me – unless I wanted to go for more hay.
Yesterday evening was
something totally different. I still don’t
know why. But I had both girls standing
right beside me. I thought Patty was gonna
pull a ‘ Brucey ‘ on me and rest her head on my shoulder! Both girls just seemed to be very comfortable
being around me.
These babies look so much
alike that we can’t tell them apart – unless they’re standing right next to
each other. Patty's calf has a nose that goes straight across the top. But Storm's nose is shaped like the top of a heart. ( Okay, Dwayne says it reminds him of a set of boobs - go figure. ) Anyway - I’m having to pick up
different colored Goat collars for ‘em when I pick up feed on Tuesday!
We haven’t taken time to
figure up a name for Patty’s calf yet. I
think it has to do with the fact that we had already decided he will be going
into the freezer. And we had named Cora’s
calf before we were visited by the breeders that sold Artist to us. We received some very sage advice that has
led to further discussion and other decisions.
Our 25 cute little chicks have hit that stage! Each are currently playing their own Lead Role in the Production of “ Downy Gone Downright Ugly. “
But they’re still cute! And they’ll stay that way - until the first one makes it with all those attempts at flying over the top edge of the Brooder.
And then – they’ll be outta here! I’m not chasing chicks all around a basement.
There will be 25 against 4. They can all Army Up and fight for the Chicken Coop!
Amazing what a short amount of time can do to a chicken!
This little Cutie has gone from this…
To this!
But I can tell she’s gonna be really pretty after all her feathers come out!
We got more work done on
our new garden area over this past round of days off. Dwayne trimmed the 2 tractor tires before
rolling ‘em down to the garden area. We
got the fencing up. And I managed to get
a few things planted!
We’ll be picking up a
stronger charger for the hotwire around the paddocks. So the one we have now will be going around
the garden. We’re hoping it will help –
at least a little.
I could not resist picking
up this little beauty! Beautiful red
Azalea! It’s being planted beside the
deep salmon pink Azalea. We have a white
one on the opposite side – with a shoot that rooted last year! I’ll be collecting that little gem to plant
on the opposite side of the Red Azalea after the white one finishes its bloom.
This corner of the yard
will be so pretty next spring with all the red – pink and white coming from the
Azaleas – our Bush Rose and Monica's Kwanzan Cherry tree!
I can only imagine!
