6.14.2016

the last week... in a nutshell

I could not resist snapping this photo yesterday morning as I was letting the chickens out before heading to work for the day.....
This picture totally embodies how I feel each day when doing my farm chores. Some people - actually a good bit of people wonder how I fit it all in, or how I can possibly get in the right headspace to come home from work and do more work.....but to me, it is one of my outlets. Unless it is rainy for days, or freezing cold and icy, these 'duties' are therapeutic....

For instance Sunday I gave Hazel a bath for the first time. My very first time giving a full-sized horse a bath. Taffy was my first horse bath ever, but she's a little thing and was easy peasy and more than willing to be pampered. Hazel not only was really enjoying the hose on her body, she was also very curious about drinking from the hose, so I played a bit with her and watched her goofily drink and push her nose into the cold stream of water. Big G then got interested and so I tested him a little just by running the water through the hose and in front of his face, and then let him come to me. He did and once he got a taste of the cold water on his nose and in his mouth, he was hooked. Talk about a fun time!! I had a blast and pretty much forgot all about Christian in the house for hours as I played with the horses...
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Once again it has been a little while since posting here, but not quite a week! Since my last post, here is a little rundown as to what has happened in my world....

~I went to a cornhole tournament...

~The farm had visitors and Taffy continues to steal hearts.....

~Misty [the goat] got to meet a human by the same name..

~I topped off all my fields (with my lil John Deere mower- YES!!) in anticipation of the rain that may happen this week (fingers crossed!!)

~I noticed that a bunny dug up all of my carrots and ate all my kale. Boo.

~Eddie killed a baby bird and I was just devastated. I saw it happen and tried to save the little birdie, but luckily it seemed to be killed instantly. I learned to always check and give a quick scan of the yard before letting Eddie out for playing. Of course, he didn't get in trouble, it was purely instinctual of his retriever nature...

...speaking of Eddie, I found a few pictures on my old computer! Just look at the young pup!! He was TOTALLY golden! It's hard to believe his face once had no white on it! <3 !!
At the end of the weekend, I made blackeyed peas and little mini cornbread muffins for dinner while Christian and I caught up on our weekly reality TV crap-a-thon which consists of 'The Shahs of Sunset", "Alaskan Bush People", and "Million Dollar Listing" while chilling out with Eddie and Spirulina and snacking on ice cream we had delivered by the Schwanns truck - ohhhh yes we did! Too funny! I couldn't resist!! Hello, orange sherbet 'Push Ups'!

Anyway, the last several days have been good to me! I hope you all have a happy week
and I will be back here very soon with more from the little farm!

xoxo

-s



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