This Week Scavenger Hunt

The items for Ashley’s scavenger hunt this week are:  walking, yummy to my tummy, favorite toy, what I did this week, and anything.  These all fit together really well to sum up my week.

This morning, as I was feeding my little bottle kid, I noticed how a fog had settled in the bottom.  It really made the pasture look magical.

Then I noticed a hawk on sitting in the trees on the far side of the pasture.  I knew I wouldn’t get very close, but I thought I might get close enough to take a decent picture of it before flying away.  I took off walking across the pasture, still in my pajamas.  Funny thing about hawks around here. They don’t pose.  You get so close, and then they stand, take care of business, and  turn their back to you.

Then they take flight.

Since I had my favorite toy in my hand (my Nikon D3100) and my feet were already soaking wet from walking in the morning dew, I decided to take advantage of the beautiful dewdrops on the grass.

Later in the morning, I noticed the squirrel had come up to get some dog food.  It is certainly yummy to his tummy.  Anyhow, he eats enough of it.

What I did this week,  was to spend as much time in pasture as I could.

Each evening I went out with the goats and llama and just took all kinds of pictures.  It’s especially nice when that big yellow-orange sun is going down and makes the world look beautiful.

Life is good! (Especially since I wasn’t standing under the hawk)

Linking to Scavenger Hunt Sunday, Macro Monday, Mosaic Monday, Monday Mellow Yellows, and Mandarin Orange Monday

Scavenger Hunt

The topics for this week’s scavenger hunt are:  happiness, spring in black and white, family or faith, fuzzy, and gathering or provide.  I couldn’t handle the goats being shut in the barnyard any longer.  Buying hay and storing it in the garage and feeding them from there was killing me.  My feet and knees and elbows have been screaming in protest.  On top of that, I hated seeing my beautiful goats slog around in the mud.  I let them out!

Happiness:  It really made them happy to have green stuff and dry places to bask.

Helen

Bud

Minnie Pearl

Spring in black and white:  I chose the geese for this prompt.  The reflection is for weekend reflections.

Family or Faith:  We have one giant happy squabbling goat family here!  Bambi has about three extra kids hanging out with her. She and Litha have been roommates for the kids’ whole lives, so they are comfortable with either mom.

Coffee, Tom and Huck

Fuzzy:  The llama is very wooly.  Hopefully that counts for fuzzy.  He’s my good guard llama.

Gathering or Provide:  Of course, Reva still needs a bottle, so I delivered it to her in pasture.  I wonder how my mom feels about making deliveries to pasture.

Reva

Her brother doesn’t seem to know what to think about her bottle.

Linking to Scavenger Hunt Sunday, Mosaic Monday, Weekend Reflection, Shadow Shot Sunday 2, and Monday Mellow Yellows.

Uninvited Visitor

1.  Let’s see.  I looked out the window this morning and saw that the goats and the llama were on high alert.

That’s not good.  The boys were running up from pasture, and I figured I’d better go check things out.  I walked through the barnyard, and entered the barn asking, “What’s going on?”  I didn’t want to scare a raccoon into attacking me.  I didn’t see anything.  I went through the barn, and the llama was staring along the back of the barn, into my field.  I looked where he was looking and saw an uninvited guest.

I was not happy.

2.  I tend to throw my goose eggs over the fence into the buffer strip.  I would prefer the raccoons didn’t come and take the eggs (and the geese) from the buildings.  I’ve never had anyone else steal them before (not that I know of).  She looks like she was trying to take them back to feed her family.

She could only get one of those big eggs in her mouth though.

3.  I’ve filled out the paperwork to do the farmer’s market again this year.  It’s always fun to meet people and hear how much my soaps have been good for their skin.

4.  For really random, my teaching position is almost certainly being eliminated at the end of the school year.  With five endorsements, I assume (dangerous, I know) I’ll still have a job, but I have no idea what I’ll be doing next year.

5.  I have a couple of people editing my second novel.  So far, the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive.  Of course, I’m sure there is lots of work to do on it yet, but I’m getting anxious to have the comments so I can get back to writing.  Maybe that’s because the research for the third novel isn’t the most interesting read.  I have to survive tomorrow’s book signing too.

I’m sharing this with Random 5 Friday, Camera Critters, Weekly Top Shot.  It’s also the start of Nurture Photography‘s spring challenge where today’s themes are Easter/yellow.  Hopefully the coyote’s yellow eyes or the yellow of the early morning sky counts.  Maybe it’s the giant Easter goose egg that fits the theme.