I have been remiss in keeping the blog up to date.
I apologize for that. I’m working on getting a solid posting schedule going again. Life happens, and I’ve been busy, y’know? And then, by the time I remember I have to write a blog post, it’s 2am, I haven’t slept, and I have to be up with Hubby at 4am…so yeah, the blog has suffered.
But, I have been uploading pictures to share with you, and so, here’s a whole bunch of them from the past 15 days. Enjoy! 🙂
The Geese are returning!
WooHoooo!!
This is exciting because we’re hoping to send more than a couple to freezer camp this year. The farmer who used our field planted canola, so at least there’s grain out there for them to have some interest in. With the cross fencing in place, I can move The Girls out front, and give Hubby the chance to hunt from under the big pine, without equine helpers.
The bugs were really, really bad for a while…
I love this picture because you can see Sable’s dapples. She’s one giant dapple this year. Makes me happy, because she’s just so damn beautiful. Whether or not there is truth to the theory that dapples are a sign of good health in horses doesn’t matter to me. I *know* she’s healthy and happy. ❤
Ain’t she grand?
Yup, I’m biased. I know it. She’s my sweetheart, even if she’s a bit of a goober. Here she was on high alert because the kittens were playing on the fence while I took pictures of the herd. Dork.
Leaping Felix
He’s come a looooooong way from being the runt of the litter! He’s a solid little hunter, who does love him some grasshopper…I’m good with cats who eat grasshoppers.
Mmmmmm salt!
Yeah, you know it’s hot when even the kittens were at the salt lick!
Sometimes, when it’s really hot, I take a rubber feed pan, and put a cup or so of canning salt (no additives, just salt) and put it out for The Girls. Sometimes, they eat it, other times they don’t. I know those blocks can be hard for them to get enough salt off of, so I offer the loose, just in case. Especially when I see Cookie chewing the block! And Ms Ruby likes to lick the loose salt up out of my hand. That feels pretty neat.
Ahhhhh! The heat broke…
And everyone fell down…
“Hey Food/Mom Lady. Whatchoo doing?”
Funny noises from the neighbours…they’re doing some upgrades over at the hog barn. It annoys Ruby.
Cookie decided to get up…just about when the Kittens were marauding.
They are the Marauding Hoarde, after all! It’s what they do.
This is what happens when Kittens help take pictures….
Woulda been a great shot, but Trouble decided to steam up the lens for me. He lives up to his name, that boy!
Cookie had enough of scary kittens, and had to hide behind Ruby…
Ruby was too tired to deal with Cookie’s irrational fears. LOL!
Finally, a preview of some pictures to come…
Over the summer, the kittens kept coming out to the pasture while we were working with The Girls. One of the things they love to do is walk along the top edge of the big water trough…they’re kittens, they do odd things, just because they can. Well, this happened:
Oreo done fell in…
Yup, I took pictures before I thought to scoop her out. She was fine though, but it got me thinking about if she had fallen in, and we weren’t there…so a few days later, with The Kid’s help, we rounded up all of the Marauding Hoarde and had swim practice. Like it or not, someone could fall in, and not realize they can get out, so we showed them.
And, of course, I have pictures. I’ll save those for another post…
🙂
R is for Remiss…and hopefully, I’ve managed to redeem myself a bit, with these pictures.
Sharing with Jenny Matlock’s Alphabe-Thursdays.
