wintertime and the living is breezy

a wise sweater-chop supervises

goose ballet

strider!

annie warms up inside

junior is ready for rabbit season

tito flirts with camera

herschel fully recovered from rehab

a rare shot of camera-shy eunice

everything's ducky.

we had three days of nice weather! what a pleasant surprise. i finally got a chance to weed the garden. wow! i pulled enough grass to feed our horse, llama and all 10 pigs. it was great.

the baby ducks finally graduated from the brooder. they successfully moved to the barn and are loving it. although, still a bit shy to venture out into the fields, they do enjoy the barnyard.

along with ducks, the chickens have been relocated to the barn. it is safer over there. free from four-legged predators. they seem to like their new digs as well.

the geese were miffed at the winged competition for like a minute. then decided to keep their chin (bill) up and return to their silly and entertaining ways.

the heat returned today. hot, hot, hot. and still no rain. no substantial rain in 10 day forecast, either. it's crazy. i was walking the fields today and the ground was dust. but this farm was built in 1930's during the great depression and dust bowl. if it could survive then, it will survive now.

where the wild things are...

apparently wild things grow inside trees!

alexander the baby (who i suppose has been promoted to "alexander the toddler" but i like the sound of baby so we'll stick with that) visited the farm this weekend. the animals still love him and he still loves animals. if not even more that before. seeing the looks on children's faces really makes all the hard work here worthwhile. such pure wonder and amazement is contageous!

baby alexander greets the geese

and the baby chicks

he catches a pig's kiss with his fist

"gimme five, babysnakes"