Too Dry

We are still really dry.  I think I’ve had about a half an inch of rain in the last six or eight weeks.  I’m not sure how the grass is still as green as it is.

My poor oak trees are turning brown. I’m afraid a couple of them might not survive this.

Tony

There’s been a few days that we’ve had dark clouds teasing us with the idea of relief.

“This grass tastes dusty.” -Aurora

But it just stays cloudy and doesn’t give us any relief.

We still have a chance of some rain tonight, but it is again a really scattered hit-and-miss kind of rain.  Here’s hoping for anything.

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Scenes From Around the Farm

Here’s a few left-over pictures from the last week.

Fionn

Maybeline, Aurora, and Odie

Snickers

Peanut

Maybeline (still waiting)

Joy and John (?) on the fallen tree

Geese begging for treats

Ringo

Tony with Pluto, Zeus, and Anubis

Aurora

rake

I Missed My Deadline

I am still scooping the barn.  That means I missed my self-imposed deadline of the first of August.  I’m trying, but it’s been hard. When we had the excessive heat warning, I was checking animals, and didn’t really get anything done.  Then I spent time with the family while my nephew was back from Indiana.  I had to spend a day shopping for doors and getting feed. Then I was right back to scooping, and I got the manure spreader filled!

When my nephew took the spreader to empty it, he asked if it would be in our way for baling hay.  Should he bring it back?  Of course, my knees and elbows suggested he wait until after we got done making hay.

Maybeline checking out the hay

Then I went and sat with my great-nephew so my nephew could bring the spreader back (Grady was not happy his dad left).

I immediately began scooping again, but I just keep getting interrupted.  I have to keep an eye on Tony, so my bucks are safe.

Tony Llama

There’s all the care for my goats–Fionn and Peanut are getting lots of care.  I am cutting grass (with scissors) for Peanut.

Peanut eating freshly cut grass.

It’s helping.  Fionn is gaining his weight back, and he’s even starting to get a bit of pink to his eye membranes.

Fionn

I had to give everyone another round of copper.  Most of them took it in a peanut, but I had seven that I had to catch and use the pill pusher.  But I’m done with that now!

Anubis was my last goat to get copper!

I’m working to keep Tinkerbell’s head out of the fences.

She made me go for a “Ranger ride.” It was terrifying!

That included an incident which involved my face hitting Tink’s horn.  I decided I shouldn’t throw manure when it was going to blow back onto my face while the cut was still oozing.

It’s better now, but sweat still hurts, and I tend to have sweat running down my face when I’m scooping the barn out.

Then there’s walking Pluto out to pasture because he can’t figure out that he should go out when everyone else does.

I also had to take a break from scooping because I was checking on Maybeline and noticed she had a wad of chicken wire stuck in her tail.

Maybeline

I got that removed.

It’s just been really, really busy.  I’ll have to tell you about more of my distractions tomorrow.  I’m still making progress though.

It will be done before I go back to school.