Sunday, May 9, 2010

Mothers Day

You know your relationship has ripened when your husband gives you a powerwasher as a Mothers Day gift! Bright red, it is, and POWERFUL!!! We started the day off today with frost but, having covered everything tender yesterday, it looks like everything has survived in good form; even the apple blossoms seem to be okay. I let the peafowl out for the first time, the hens made their tentative foray into the chicken yard but the peacock is biding his time. He's displaying inside the coop and is going to be a beauty! We decided Spot and Red needed some play equipment and tossed Una's old Jollyball in their pasture - we're delighted to see them moving it around, trying to figure it out! They're growing fast - must be all that goats milk because the bags of grain are sure not going down - these seem to be a couple of really thrifty pigs, and full of personality. They climb up the side of the fence to interact with us (not a good thing...) and squeal in anticipation of either Jim or me coming their direction.

Jim fixed the trellis - amazing it's been up for 10 years! and tilled the upper garden, split some wood, started a fire to burn up the old raspberry canes and did bits of this and that, mostly enjoying a warm spring day.

I, happy to have some company at home, helped some but mostly did my own bits of this and that, ran tracks with Trouble, moved the goat kids that need weaning off by themselves, clipped the goats' undersides, planted more cabbage, mowed the dog runs and this afternoon took my rod and a bucket down to the creek and caught trout for supper thus ending a perfect day!

Tomorrow it's back to the vet for more progesterone testing on one of the dogs in anticipation of a fresh extended breeding to Solo!