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Storms and vitamin D
Last night we had a gentle rolling thunderstorm. It was the kind that starts with a low rolling gutteral growl and never really gets violent or scary. The rain came straight down in sheets, soaking the land and making the sweet corn stand up and dance. The whole time I heard Enya's Storms in Africa in my head and couldn't help but smile. This ( Read more... ) -
A dose of cuteness from sleepy hollow road
More of Bud the donkey. He's really come into his own at his new home! I can hear this awesome bellow from across the farm field in between us when his pappa gets home. It's awesome :)
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Kind of like potato chips
Well I'm finally mixing the baby chickens with the big girls this weekend. At this point in time ALL of them have to spend part of the day behind a fence to minimze damage to the newly planted corn. I must say they hate this, but sure as shit, the first thing they do when they get out is usually to run to pappa's wheat and corn field to scratch ( Read more... ) -
Broody chickens and a man with a gun
Well I have a sad outcome to my guinea story. When I got home from work on Wednesday, I noticed all 3 guineas out hunting in the yard. I investigated the nest and found 2 dead newly hatched babies in the nest, a small amount of blood, and the rest of the eggs intact but abandoned. Apparently after sitting on her eggs nearly 28 days in the frost ( Read more... ) -
I didn't write it, but I wish I did....
Ugh. Last night I was so sick. SO sick. I vomitted so hard that the blood vessels are broken all around my eyes. It would almost be funny if it wasn't ME that looked like a pink racoon. I initially called off of work at 5am but after going back to bed for a few more hours I now feel exponentially better and called back and said that I would ( Read more... ) -
Kind of a mopey whine....
I have to go to work today. Again. I'm dreading it. I don't want to leave here. I don't want to go anywhere. I just want to sit on an upsidedown bucket and watch the baby chicks or wait for the garden to grow or listen for the emerging worms and insects or even clean my chicken coop. This whole place has become my security blanket and it ( Read more... ) -
Visualizing away the fear
It's weird. I feel like I should pinch myself. If we wanted to, we finally have enough money in savings right now to just write a check and have the barn put up. I never thought we'd have enough money saved but there it is... and yet the fear is there. What if it's a mistake? What if some unforseen money emergency comes up? What if I lose my ( Read more... ) -
Tis the season
A few weeks ago I sadly resigned myself to the fact that another guinea had been missing for days and most likely dead. They have been getting much TOO brave these days and venturing deep into the forest. Well in preparation for another large bonfire, we made a startling discovery.... she is alive in the cave like center of the woodpile AND ( Read more... ) -
Buggy Beltane
So yesterday I ran some errands with my neighbor friend and we stopped at the mini mall to look at purses and shoes. It was one of those surreal days where all kinds of strangers went out of their way to smile and make eye contact with us and strike up conversations. Old ladies asked me where items were in the stores... a mom and daughter pair ( Read more... ) -
babies
My first set of news to share is that I got more baby chickens! The goofy bucket truck neighbor decided to take 200 baby chicks that didn't sell from the nearby tractor supply store for 50 cents each. What the hell is he going to do with 200 chickens? Anyhow, I agreed to take 16 from him even though we have no idea what kind they are OR the sex ( Read more... )
