It has been hard adjusting to not having Daisy around. Even the cats were upset for a while. Mistletoe, who joined the farm in December of 2014, has been keeping me company lately.
She goes to the barn with Lisa and I everyday and has done a great job of keeping the mice and birds out of the barn! We have had very little activity since she joined us.
Last weekend was beautiful!!! It was 65 degrees and sunny, unlike today that is 33 degrees with snow! We knew it was going to be gorgeous out so the family and I decided to spend the day getting pasture fences ready and taking care of some misc. tasks that have been setting incomplete since fall.
Lisa was at a friends house for a sleep over so it was just my wife and Alex helping me with chores. He was very grumpy at first and didn't want to go but after about 20 minutes of pouting on the 4 wheeler he found something fun to play with in the creek and then had a great day the rest of the day outside doing stuff.
The cows above an the pigs below had their own way of enjoying the warm weather. The cows headed for the pasture and the pigs laid in the sun in the cow shed!
Lisa joined 4H this year and is taking dairy beef feeders. She got her first (T-Bone) calf in January and just got her second calf (Milkshake) two nights ago. T-bone is growing really well and should do well for the fair at the end of August. I will get a better picture of her with them when the weather warms up next week. You can see the picture is hazy because of dust in the air from bedding the pen.
In the afternoon on Saturday I stopped by my cousins house after dropping Lisa off for her sleep over. They were planing wood planks for a remodeling project and had a massive pile of wood shavings...which my son found very enjoyable! Needless to say I will now need to clean the truck and he got a double shower that night! You will also notice my cousin's dog beside my son. She used to be very tiny but as you can see she gets a few too many snacks and is now a little chubby!
Lastly, I want to share a picture of a litter of puppies we will be getting the chance to view next weekend. The mother is a husky cross and is very similar in size to what Daisy was. She is with a shelter here in our area and was rescued after she was found living in a dump. She was not tagged and had no microchip either. She was also found to be pregnant. She had her litter 5 days after she was rescued.
We are looking to rescue another pup just like we did Daisy. We did look at some others because most of the shelters have exceptional adoption rates now unlike they did 12 years ago when we got married. However, we want to stay with a smaller dog since they will be riding in the tractor and in the truck. Also, if something happens my wife will need to be able to pick the dog up as well so a large breed doesn't work well for us.
We will let everyone know if we decide to bring one of these little ones home. From what the shelter can tell there are several different breeds in the litter bu they believe a few of the pups will stay under the 40#-45# size. We will not know until we get to go see them next Sunday. It is time for us to have another dog in the house. While cats are great for mice and naps there is nothing like coming home to a house with a dog who greets you at the door. Coming home right now is a constant reminder of who is missing. We are starting to be able to move on but until we find someone to take over Daisy's roll here on the farm we will never be able to completely move on.
Have a good weekend everyone and enjoy the nice weather coming up this week. They are calling for weather similar to late spring for the week!!! Hoping to hear peepers this week. If we do that means spring has actually arrived!!!!
Kenny
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