"Just living is not enough...one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower."

~Hans Christian Andersen

Reeses Had Kittens!

Four sweet kittens were born early this morning.

Mr. H. discovered them and quickly put a heat lamp on them.

Momma Reeses was very appreciative. :-)

She lost her first litter last year

and it's so sweet to see her getting to take care of these babies.

She is a good momma. :-)

I had to go find some pictures of her when she was just a kitten herself. :-)

May 24, 2011

August 24, 2011

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A Boy and His Dream

My son has wished for, saved for, and waited patiently for

a go-kart for the better part of the last two years. 

And then one day Mr. H. found an incredible deal on Craig's List,

and the dream became a reality.

Boys and wheels.

It's what they live for.

He's taken Momma for a ride.

And Daisy, too.

Add a day of rain and some mud puddles...

Pure joy. :-)

And Remington Makes Three

We are now a three dog family.

Meet Remington.  Remi for short.

He belongs to my daughter.

His momma was a chocolate lab,

and his daddy was part yellow lab and part blue heeler.

He's a mess. :-)

Four Weeks

Miranda and Taylor have been spending some time outside.

Night time has still been a bit chilly out,

but they should be able to make the big move 

to the outside chicken yard very soon.

I was cleaning out their indoor brooder this afternoon

and peeked outside to check on them.

And sure enough,

Miss Daisy was standing guard. :-)

Just like she did with my first little chicks.

I also have one more little chick to raise this spring.

Meet Jenna Rae #2.

My poor Jenna Rae #1, my best laying Rhode Island Red, 

recently met an unfortunate end 

in a tangle with Bubba. :-(

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Spring Gardens

Mr. H. and I finally got going on our gardening for the year!

In the last month we've had work, travel, 

out of town soccer games 

(my daughter's high school team went four rounds in the playoffs!!) 

sickness (me) and a sprained ankle (him).

Needless to say, extra time has been hard to come by. ;-)

Mr. H. got me a truck load of gardening soil

and built several raised beds.

He lined each one with weed barrier.

While he was doing that,

I was busy weeding out the horribly over grown cutting garden.

I planted sunflowers, zinnias, and daisies. :-)

This year in the vegetable garden we planted -

tomatoes, peppers, squash, okra, cucumbers, beans, and carrots.

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How does my garden grow?

Well, it's a little behind schedule this year.

But, that's ok. :-)

We're reconfiguring where we're planting things.

Four new raised beds were built for me last weekend

by Mr. H. and son and hopefully this weekend we'll get things finished up.

Potatoes and onions are doing nicely though. 

Deer Spotting

A half mile or so down our road,

we have a neighbor that has black buck antelope 

and axis deer on his property.

He also has at least one sika deer

that has been jumping some fences.

We've noticed him several times across the road from our house

visiting with the neighbors.

My husband left the house this afternoon,

and as he drove out of the drive he noticed 

that the sika deer was in the pasture.

I walked across the road to get a picture.

He came closer.

And posed for me. :-)

And then took off!

While I was outside this afternoon

I also spotted another deer

in our yard -

 "Bucky the Backyard Buck" 

Poor fellow,

I think he's seen better days. ;-)