Stupid is as Stupid Does

Friday at 6 am I went to town - food and feed was in need after a month and I told everyone to behave.  Yeah Right! I came home to Sundance again with his head thru the fence.  This is an every week deal with him and in time or the sound of thunder he figures it out.  I have tried to help him every time he does this but I end up with smashed fingers, cut hands or many other injuries.  Besides he has to learn this ...

Before you feel too sorry for him - I gave food and water all the time, tried to comfort him to relax so I could get him out and even his twin brother tried to comfort him which Butch was met by the same bad behavior.   

It is now Sunday afternoon and still Sundance is stuck. I have had no sleep because he cried all night long and when he was not crying Kasha was barking telling me that he is still stuck.  Now as the saying goes what goes in must come out - but finally about an hour ago I went out with the heavy wired cutters and Yes, cut my fence - CRAP!!!  I am so so so so mad that words can not even come close.  The moment I cut it he still would not put his head back so a tap on his nose and he jumped back and then pronged around the pen so Happy.  So do you think this will stop the silly bugger???  NO- I am sure it wont.. 

Yes, I forgot to take a picture of his silly self stuck in the fence.  I admit I was so pissed that it never even entered my brain.  Now when the sun goes down I have a fence square to fix.  You know I had nothing planned for today anyway - Yeah Right!!

Hear the Frogs

So I guess my Naked Rain Dances WORKED!!!  We have had three rain storms hit the farm in two days and this one is a HUGE one...  Beyond what these pictures can show - the rain was in continual sheets that for a while I worried that I should have been building an Ark instead of cleaning the chicken coop on Sunday..  Just wait till you see the coming pictures. This picture may look out of focus but it isn't - it is because the rain was coming so fast and hard that is really was a wall.

This is only after 10 minutes and the rain had filled the pond and now was backing up across the driveway and standing 4 inches deep in the south pasture.  There are three great big pipes that drain that area but the water is coming too fast for them.  I could only stand and watch and wonder how long this was going to continue.

This is the dry pond that ran over with all the water.  The frogs did not take long before they were out and singing so loud that you can not hear the TV over their sounds.  The rain had stopped and now I am able to take the billies out to the forest before the next storm might come our way. I hope by showing you this rain storm you can also see how incredibly brown, dry and dead the plants are at the farm.  I pray that this water can soak into the ground but it came so fast and hard that most will run away but still I am so very thankful.  Great to fell the rain and hear the frogs....

Sharing Accommodations

While Birdie Sitting the little one's in the house this morning the Mother sat outside on the front deck bent willow chair and sang her song so loudly that I thought she must have been sitting right next to me.  I grabbed the camera and took a quick snap.  They have such a routine now about dropping the babies off early in the morning into my house and then going about their day.  With having two days of rain storms the babies are taking more flying lessons but always returning to the living room if the door is open.  So far there has only one accident and that was on the wooden floor which was easily cleaned up.  Their sweet songs and muted chirping adds to the flow of the day but I am sure most would not be thrilled to have wild birds feeling right at home in their living room.   I guess over the years I have learned I am in their space and need to share  the world I live in - now that does not mean I will invite the deer into the house but last night I guess they decided the mint and sage in the front bed was the best tasting food around seeings how everything else is brown and crunchy.  I did not mind so much but I do have more then my share of round poop pellets covering my front driveway in front of the house and shop.  Time to get the rake, shovel and wheel barrel going.  Just another unexpected result of house guests.

Celebrate This Moment

 Around this farm we work 24/7 and party 24/7 - we do not wait for a holiday because we live each day to the fullest if we can..  Last night we celebrated a whole 5 minutes of rain and the cool breeze that graced the farm.  I sat on the front deck with Sherlock and my two baby birds just breathing in the cool (somewhat smoke scented) air. I gave thanks for letting the worry drop for just that night and be in the present moment.  This morning I saw my guard goat Sherlock making sure my truck was safe.  You see they had to take out the alarm because it kept shutting down the engine.  Now Sherlock has taken it upon himself to make sure no one even thinks of getting near the truck but me!

 Now don't let this sweet face fool you - he is serious about his truck.  He even cleans it by licking off the dirt - talk about detailing!!!  All this is hard work and a guy has to rest just a bit.  I could not resist getting a couple of pictures of him resting while make sure all was safe.

Yes, that is a smile on his face.  He knows he is loved, that he has a big purpose here and that all is right in our world for now.  I hope you find such a life and that today you celebrate all that is right in your world because we spend too much time guarding against what might happen instead of enjoying what is happening.  I can even forgive the poop on the deck or on my Welcome mat outside the shop door to see this gentle guy care so much for me and the farm.

Birdie Daycare

This morning while coughing up a lung from the smoke that seems to gather in the early morning I opened the doors and hoped to clear the smell from the house.  I started the coffee pot and look who was waiting for me on my kitchen window.  The two sweet baby birds had left the chicken coop and flew over to start what I now call "Birdie Daycare" - it seems that the parents have felt their day too full to watch their little one's so they now hang out either on the window ledges or in the house.  I still have not had a chance to talk payment but their lovely songs and sweet faces are payment enough but don't tell the parents that - I am still hoping to earn a bit more scratch around the farm.

Wondering what the going rate for daycare out here goes for out here?  I must admit I am not much of a bird person but these sweet one's grow on you.

An Angel named Sheri

I can not believe what a lucky girl I am!!  My sweet long distant soul sister angel sent me a package in the mail with some of the most incredible items that she knew would put this gal right.  The first is hand spun, hand dyed, hand knit socks from her own two talented hands.  Aren't they just too much!!  I admit I went and washed my feet off and had to try them on.  They fit like a glove or should I say sock - Perfect in everyway.  The color are my favorite and I really can't tell if they are coming thru because my eyes are so foggy with all the smoke here that everything is a blur.

Next came some hand burned CD's for my listening pleasure and a CD of Tibetain chants - love them and listen to them all the time.  Her sweet daughter found this and said that it surely had to come my way.  I even have one that has Sheri and her late husband signingon it - they where professional singers and it brought me to tears.  She can no longer sing like she would like too but I can hear in their songs the love they shared.  I have been listening to them all and finding such joy in them...

Next was a beyond words picture from a friend of hers who created this with such amazing insight and soul spirit that I have every seen.  It is very hard to get all the detail into the picture but it shows what I see in my heart and soul when I spin.  I am just floored every time I gaze at it.  I will have to find the perfect frame to do it justice.  It will also have a place of honor in the house - I think next to were I spin to remind me that others see the world the way in which I do.

Now there was one more special gift but I did not post a picture until I hear back from Sheri - she made this fantastic blown egg ornament but since she is thinking of selling them I did not want to jump the gun.  I know how easy someone takes your creative idea so I will wait till she gives me the go ahead to post it.  Just know it is out of this world and you holiday tree will have to have more then one to deck it halls....

I can not put into words how special this lady is to me and not because she sends me amazing things but she gives her heart, soul and time to me - we talk of many things and how alike we are.  She listens so lovingly to me and I know that I am heard.  I hope in some small way I can return that friendship, love and caring - this is what a Girl Friend is to be in life.  The universe was so kind to bring her into my life and I give thanks every day for her.  By the way she also makes the best Strawberry Jam on this planet.  A package she sent me last year of her more then Yummy Jam and I have been enjoying all year..  I still have a couple of jar and they are such a special treat.

Many Thanks Sheri for all you are in this world and the kindness you share so freely.  I want folks to know there are Angels on this world and Sheri Chin is one of mine.  Hugs and Blessings Angel

Baby Sitting for this Grand Mother?

You would think after all the years living a not NORMAL life I would be use to strange happenings.  WRONG!

I admit I got two hours of sleep because I was watching "Being Human" on Hullu - Yep, I was trying to get with the flow of modern computer life.  Also with the heat I just could not sleep.  So with little sleep again I started my Sunday morning with great hopes and a long list.  Trying to read the huge operators manual for this computer on line was like pulling my finger nails out and half way through the computer acted weird.  Yep, I paniced and called the help center They again had such patience was so wonderful.  We had a bunch of issues, all of which I did not understand but we are running again...  I can not express how much this kind of stuff freaks me out.

After that two hour horror I needed to be outside with the animals.  I took the big billiesout of their pens because they have no grass with this heat.  So off to the forest we went so we could knock down the tall dry grass. While out there I had about two dozen dragon flies whirling around my head - really neat and so calming!!  Really needed that after the computer thing.  On the way back to the house and putting up the boys I kept thinking I just really needed a quite night.. I also need to sleep. Oh and should I even mention some RAIN!!!!

As I came upstairs I could not beleive what I saw -  flying in the house was the two parents of the babies in the coop flying around screaming around my living room and kitchen.  I had no idea what was going on.  When the parents left the house there I saw was the two babies.  So now it is an hour later and the parents have come into the house about a dozen times talingk to the babies and then go away while leaving the little one's here.  The babies are only moving around the ceiling and talking to each other softly.  I am trying to just let them be so if they will gather their wits..  At first I thought this might have been a accident but I think the parents feel my house is a safe place to leave their little one's.  Why doesn't anyone ask me first???

I just want to know how much should I charge for baby bird sitting???