Clem - Get off the Sheep

You would think this cat has been working as hard as I but you would be WRONG ! Ever since Mishka has been living with the other goats - Clem has decided to adopt the Icelandic Sheep Hides in the house as his own. I have several prized hides I brought back from Iceland when we first started the farm and I admit it, I love to sit with my face in them or just pet them while reading. Strange to some but that is just me..... Well, Clem now thinks he can put his cat butt on them and it will be O.K. with me - WRONG !!! He waits till I leave the house to do chores and on the hides he goes, the nerve of some folks......

I know he would never admit it but I think he misses Mishka. I guess any furry body will do for Clem.

Babies are all over the place

I know it is a little bit hard to see but with these wonderful does are four sweet little babies. The mothers kept walking and eating right outside my front door and the babies where laying in the tall grass. I could not seem to get a picture that would turn out of the babies and I did not wish to get to close for the little ones where sleeping and we all need a good nap.

On the front deck was three little ground chipmucks chasing each other but they move so fast my camera just could not keep up. Their running, rolling and chattering sounded like a herd of elephants where on the deck but just these three kids having fun.

When I go outside all my problems just melt away - I remember to live today and stop living in the "WHAT IF" and live in the "NOW".....

Springtime in Colorado

As the saying goes "Don't like the weather in Colorado just wait ten mintues"
Yesturday was 78 degrees and today I already have three inches of snow and it is barely 34 degrees. I LOVE it - we so need the moisture......

There is a down side - that cute little energy creature (Mishka)is stuck in the house and running me ragged. Unlike my two legged kids when they were little - I would bundle them up and out the door they went to play. Even now there favorite time is SNOW, SNOW and more SNOW..... I put Mishka out with the goats this morning when I fed everyone and before I could get in the house there she was standing in the driveway - wet, shrivering and screaming. Yes, in the house she came, blow dried her off and after a warm bottle, naptime. Wished I had a snow suit for her. Just another fun day at the Funny Farm. Stay warm and check in later.

MOM - THEY ARE PICKING ON ME !

Today was a warm and sunny spring day so I placed Mishka out with the other kids and went back to the house to continue where I left off on painting the decks. I was not even on the deck long enough to get the paint can open and who is behind me? That's right - Mishka! She crept up so quitely that she was right on my heels before she let out one of her ear splitting screams. I jumped a mile high and took a year off my life with that one........

I put her back with the goats and tried it all over again. This time I was not even 20 feet from the barn and she was right on my heels again. Like a little kid being placed in the naughty chair (Nanny Jo Jo would be so proud of me) I did this for almost an hour. Then she finally got the idea and so I went back to painting. As soon as I moved to the front porch that clever girl ran out of the pasture and up on the back deck and hide between some of the stuff that was moved while painting. As I came into the house Clem (the cat) was sitting in the window and telling me that someone was on the deck (What a tattle tail) and there she was...hiding.

I left her there while I worked on the front deck. I think she felt she won the battle. When I called her name from the kitchen window that is what you see when her head picks up. She could not figure where I was put she knew she was to be in the pasture. When I called her name again she bolted from the deck and ran to hide behind the compost bin. Silly Girl

How do you like the NEW Look?

While the winds are still howling outside and we had tempature dipped down to 28 degress last night I am in the mood for a fresh new outlook to life - What do you think of the face lift? Tiny bits of green are showing up at the farm but I still needed more.....

You tell me what you do to get you out of the winter blues and into the spring greens? Do you clean the closets, dig in the dirt, sit in the barns counting all your new babies ? With all the doom and gloom on the airwaves and in the papers I was wondering how do most folks keep themselves churping good news instead of thinking the sky is falling ? Lets here from you spring chickens out there or I might just have to eat a worm.......

Plastic or Paper - Earth Day Questions?

I found the sack that Mommie has been saving since the earth started - What was she thinking? I tried to get rid of it for her but she told me she had a plan for them - rugs ! Now I am getting it. Mommie has been working on a rug using up all the plastic that we come in contact with - she uses all the plastic like the wrapping around the rolls of toilet paper, the bag that holds her organic puffed rice cereal, the plastic bags come at us from all angles but Mommie has a plan. First we think about everything that we purchase and how it is packaged. Next, when there is not way to avoid plastic we find new things to do with them. It just takes planning.

Mommie is even using the cans that my milk comes in to repot her herbal seedlings in - they are sitting under grow lights to get them strong enough to handle the outdoors. Mommie said that when these tiny seedlings get bigger I will get to share in some of them. I can not wait...

Here are the Funny Farm we are always looking for new ways to use things - Mommie even said my poop goes into the compost to help out - WOW - I better make more so we can grow more. Who know I was so important to this farm !

Cookbooks - they are so yummy

While Mommie is not looking I am going to find a new recipe for this milk.. Don't get me wrong but bottle after bottle get's dull after awhile. I hate that dried out grass thing Mommie is pushing - I am not going to eat it no matter what !!!!!!!!!