Wow, was there some amazing rifles in there, I will start with the sales rows, I was so thrilled to see such great rows for the black powder folks..and then work us over into the Gallery..
I let my dad pick out what he wanted to do with me on Father’s Day, and I will let the pictures tell the tale..
Looking all happy and content on his farm does he not.. I am going to try and tell this story as it came together for me..
Morning Phone call from DH: FG- How was your night hon? DH- Bad, and I got woke up with a knock on the door at 6:15 am from Farmer T as our cows were grazing in her front yard.. OPPS!
DH: Once I got the halter on Girl, they lead fine and came back to the barn, I will figure out where they broke out and get on it and get back to you..
FG- Email- Hi hon, figure out how the cows broke out yet?
DH-Email- Cows got out of their night box stall because I forgot to put the chain on the gate, then they broke down the favorite spot and got into our garden, then following the tracks (mighty tracker my man is 🙂 they ambled along the edge of our front yard, and though the food forest, across the road and over to check out the woods and Farmer T’s front yard..
FG-Email.. O, that’s to bad, well the gate part is fairly easy to fix but what about the fence part..
DH- Hauled the huge full new rolls of sheep fencing and redid that part of the fence (it was done when we had sheep and worked lovely but really needed to be beefed (get it LOL) beefed up for the cows and it was the long list of things to do, and then he put up a three strand of barbwire on the inside, as well as finished off running the top barbwire strand around the big pasture for the cows..
FG- Did you get the cows out to graze today to see if it holds?
DH- No, I was going to put them out to graze but decided that it was rewarding their breakout, so they are in their stalls with hay and water (FG picturing, slow clanging of the metal dish with soulful music in the background as the cows calls out for their jailor to being them their stale bread and water…giggle, snort)
Thankfully, they didn’t go far, they are perfectly fine and Farmer T was cool, but its still not a nice way to wake up in the morning and its not something you want the cows learning to do. Dh is working on putting up new bigger stronger metal gates today that will also be cow proof instead of just sheep proof for the one area of the big pasture, we spent all that time last year making the small pasture ready for the cows but they end up spending just as much time in the big pasture or out on their tethers in the as yet unfenced area.
Got a very nice email from a stranger who is friends with a friend of mine, who was looking to place a single month old duckling, breed and sex unknown..hopefully I have the story right, Â this little duck was hatched out a nursey an was the weak duckling of the ones that hatched, and so this lovely lady took “jack” home to see if she could raise up, and was now looking for a new home.
Dh picked it up the next day and informed me that given the straight tail feathers that the odds are very good that Jack, is in fact a little hen, so we moved her over to Jackie..
After the Shock of being put into lockdown in a big old rabbit hutch for 24 hours to make sure she was in good health (she was not really in shock, she eat and drank in a matter of minutes and figured out the bedding right fast etc) she got moved into the bigger ducking flock and they think she is bigger and therefor a momma and are following her around doing their qaucking best to win her over, on the other hand, she thinks that she is a human and a house duck and is still adjusting to becoming a outside with a house duck with other ducks.
I look forward to getting a photo or two this little duck and figuring out its breed and I am hopeful that Dh is right that its a hen, I can always use a good hen in the flock..
I have gotten used to the way the water tastes and I am adjusting to the taste or in some cases the lack of taste in my fruits/veggies and some things are even good, like the locally grown mushrooms (excellent) the wonderful locally grown (just ten min away) hot-house tomato’s are full of flavour and have been allowed to ripen on the vine..they are excellent..
However the rest I am struggling with, last night was a great example, we had liver and onions as mom is to be eating lots of things with iron in it and it was beef liver, well one bite and the smell and taste was ah, mom has a nose that puts mine to shame and she said it was fine (so 99.9 percent sure she is right) but having only been eating my pasture raised lamb, rabbit and fowl livers for the past years and if you have seen some of my different liver recipes, you know I love it.. but I could not make myself eat this..
There have been a number of things that are like that(including almost all milk products), so far the best I have found is to make myself big green salads with lots of veggies and a bit of cooked cold meats with fair bit of nuts in it.
Broke down and spend 4 dollars on an herbal tea drink, it makes 28 cups, so overall that is not a bad price and I read for a good while before finding it, as I wanted something that had things I knew what they were and that they were safe for me, and finally got this one that had nettle, burdock and others that I use from the farm and so started using it yesterday and will continue for the next five days an see if it can get me a bit more myself..
The good news is that I have been looking after my feet and got new good heavy sandals for in the house and good walking shoes for outside and while I could see improvements each day since I wrote and asked for help (THANK-YOU! all again for sending me so many wonderful ideas) today was the first day I got out of bed, stepped down and felt no pain anywhere from both my feet! YES!~
To make things even better this morning, they sent different pain meds for mom yesterday afternoon and she had a much better night and morning then she has had for a few days, we even got her out onto her deck and into the fresh air and sunshine for her 15 min sit up time with a fresh coffee and the local newspaper..
Tonight I get a few hours off, my SIL T is coming over to give a hand with mom, while I get to spend some aunty time with my teen newfew, I could have picked a movie in town to see but I’m smarter then that, I picked one in Red Deer, an so we will have the drive in and the drive out to have visiting time and then we are off to see Snow White and the Huntsman.
Well, had better wrap this up, as I have a deck to clean and vaccoom, a house that needs things done, dusting (I hate dusting!) the never ending laundry, and little dog that needs a bath, and some yard work to get done between attending mom and doing meals..
But before I leave you.. here is a photo of the newest baby ducklings that were hatching yesterday and last night on the farm!
Well, I don’t get to see the below photo but once a day when I change the dressings but the leg swelling and bruising I get to see all the time, in a way its amazing how well she can put weight on it already and yet we seem to be having issues getting the pain managed to a degree I am comfortable with, I don’t want her pain free but I would like it be less so that she can rest and heal..
Just another Day on the Farm 