Ever wonder how to install panels for a solar hot water system? It apperently involves dangling a carpenter by his ankles…

Anyhow, this latest sustainable energy project on the farm is nearing completion. When the system is up and running, it should all but do away with that peskey little electric bill we keep getting.

Peace

*(no carpenters were harmed in the making of these photos)

This is BB (Baby Bird) right after I found her on the Fourth of July. She had apparently fallen out of her nest and was in the bed of my friend’s truck. She was cold and soon would have been dead.
Being me, I picked her up and brought her home to raise. In spite of the face that I already have WAY too many things to feed and care for…
Of course my husband and friends thought I was crazy, as does everyone else who has seen her. I’ve even been asked by a couple of people, “Why?!”.
Well… “Because I CAN.” I have raised a baby bird before and I know it can be done.
The way I see it, I had a choice. I could have left her there to die like most people would and the world would be less one bird. No big deal. It wouldn’t have made a bit of difference in the whole scheme of things. Death is a part of life. It happens every day and we can’t save every little bird or creature that we come across.
I know that. And I probably wouldn’t have cried if she hadn’t made it.
BUT… I was faced with a choice. A choice that not only would determine the fate of a little bird, but would also have an effect on my psyche. Would I be the person who let her die then and there and spare myself the inconvenience of the time and effort it would take to raise her? Or would I do what I could to save her?
This is BB today. A few more days and she will be ready to be released.

Peace and happy bird songs.

Here on the farm we’ve just finished our first kidding season and our herd has more than doubled! Caring for all of the new goat kids (seven of them!), and getting into the milking routine, has kept me pretty busy but I’m taking some time to post the pictures I promised.
I’m also thrilled that out of the seven, FIVE are does! I’m not sure what I did right, but the goat gods have smiled on me.

Alice & Annabell remind us to take time to stop and smell the flowers

Get Busy Livin' Alice

Get Busy Livin' Annabell

I’m off to the barn now to bottle feed kids and take some more pictures.

Peace

When I went out to the barn this morning yesterday morning I had a surprise waiting for me – twins! To be more specific; two, just born, soaking wet, spotted Nubian doelings!

I wasn’t sure exactly when Mollie was bred because I never witnessed the breeding – apparently she was bred the first day Sinbad was let in with her.

I still can’t believe it. It must be beginer’s luck to get two does the first time. I’ll post pictures latter – I have to go hold some kids right now.

Peace