New Kittens on the Farm

When a very pregnant female cat was dumped here, I knew we'd be having kittens before long. And sure enough, after giving birth somewhere in the hay barn or the well-house, she eventually moved her babies under the house, right by the front porch.

They are now around 4 weeks old and starting to venture out from under the house. 

The momma is super sweet and seems to really be at home here. We plan on getting her fixed and keeping her. But hopefully we can find homes for all the kittens. 

The View

 Before the warmer days settled in, we were having some beautiful

early mornings, such as this:

Spring Soaking

We've had a very wet spring this year. In fact, I've only had to water the garden one time so far, and the rain has kept most of the livestock's water tanks constantly filled. It's been quite nice, and the kids have had their fun with the rain too:

Homemade Bow Stand

Handy Husband and our 9 year old put their creative skills to work on a stand

for their bows and arrows. I think it came out pretty good!

Fun Filled Weekend

We finally had a weekend with no rain, and we took full advantage of it.

Here are some highlights from our fun times:

Fence Finally Finished!

We finished the front yard fence, and just have some painting left to do, and a couple of gates left to hang. So I guess it's not exactly finished yet, but it's very close. We love it so much! Not only does it give our kids a safer place to play, it's also very pretty.

 

Farm Updates, and NEW Chicks!

It's hard to believe that it's already May!

We've had some very busy months recently, but I am going to try and post some farm
updates in the upcoming days.  

For starters, we have some new chicks and ducklings, hatched from our incubator,
with our own eggs. The chicks are all barnyard variety, and the ducklings are Pekin/Cayuga mix.

RIP Zoe 1999-2017

Our sweet Zoe girl died this week.

It's been a sad week for many reasons, but this is the only one that is farm-related.

Zoe lived a full life, to the ripe old age of 18.

She died lying in the yard in the sun, with me stroking her soft fur.

She will be missed.