Peace and quiet …
Well, sort of. The ducks are carrying out outside. Probably wallowing in the water-filled craters that Gel and Rose dug beside the front of the house. We need to get some dirt in the craters and then cover them with something to
Month: September 2011
Rejection Letter
Yesterday morning, I applied for an Intellectual Property Paralegal position at a local company. By the time I got home from MM, I had an e-mail rejection letter in my message box. That didn’t take long. That’s pretty sad, isn’t it? I
Just a few minutes …
I have just a few minutes to write. As is often the case, I find myself sitting in front of the computer researching, reading, researching, reading and loose all track of time. Yesterday morning I got slowed down with having to separate
Cows and chickens
Oh, the cow and chicken business is getting to me. Gwen is giving milk, not a lot and she’s not being terribly cooperative about it; some of her lack of cooperation may be due to the damned flies which have come back
The Banana Bread Factory is running.
I left with Wally this morning and drove to the local Wal-Mart to get flour and other items we needed. When I tried to get the Banana Bread Factory running last week, I discovered all of my flour and other grains had
More rain!!!
As I write this, it’s raining again. I am not going to complain because we really need it. If the weather stays relatively warm for a few days, it will result in more grass growth. I milked Gwen last night and she
Got milk?
A couple of days ago, I pulled Gwen up from the lower pasture. This was for several reasons. The bull calf (who is six months old now) was still hanging off her udder and I could see that his nursing was starting
Back from a very bad experience
I had a very bad experience over the past week, but I’m back and very glad to be here. It’s one of those live and learn things. I’ve missed my daily writing about my life here on the farm (a/k/a my little
Going out of town
I need to make an emergency trip out of town for a few days. Will be back soon. Until later …
The Great Rabbit Experiment
You may recall the great rabbit experiment where we were raising rabbits in a dog run. Well, that experiment sort of failed, primarily because it was too hard to clean the run with the cattle panels on the ground (the cattle panels