Not quite sure if I’m ecstatic or miserable !!! This morning there was only one dewy wet nose to wish me good morning, ( no, not Greg’s ) only one set of little feet tapping across the kitchen floor (again, not Greg’s) and no little and large breakfast bottles topped by big rubber teats sitting on the breakfast bar….um…certainly not Greg’s ! My kitchen floor is no longer littered with shreds of Alf alpha and stray straw and I don’t have to negotiate the king size dog house that was bed for little shrimp after lights out. Shrimp the tiny lamb that took occupation of my kitchen would have preferred the king sized plush Costco dog bed but I think that sharing his people AND his bed with the mini despot was getting old for Bran the Border Collie. Yesterday as I wiped the sleep from my eyes…four sets of eyes were watching…and waiting. Bran wasn’t going to forfeit his breakfast dog biscuit treat and he sure wasn’t going to share it. Little shrimp in her baggy diaper was ready and Bella the Jersey calf warm and snug in her garage pen was expectantly drooling. Yes…I said four sets of eyes, Greg, supplemented by a strong coffee, with eggs waiting to be washed and taxes still to be done, surrounded by bottles diapers and animals was waiting for some relief in the farm breakfast service. So, the fact that I can sit at my laptop without a lamb in a diaper perched on my knee and no shards of straw stuck between my toes is goodness. The fact that beautiful Bella the Jersey calf is well enough to take her rightful place in a stall in the barn is a miracle and the fact that Greg and I can have all this goodness and share it is a blessing…..but it is SO good to have my kitchen back !!!
We were fortunate over the past week to have young Kevin, our current WWOOFER volunteer assisting with the ranch activities and have to thank him for hours sitting with the lifeless newborn calf, for his kindness and compassion when things didn’t go as planned and his fortitude and sense of humour when Shrimp designated his leg as a potty. Kevin has been there to help with the poop scooping, cut wood, build the beginning structures for the pig pen, fix and erect fencing, nurse our new borns, assist with milking Misty Moo our beautiful Jersey cow and generally been a great right hand man for Greg all around our busy ranch.
Yesterday Bella took her first walk in the grass, she sneezed as she inhaled a dandelion, she bucked and gamboled in the Spring sunshine and she investigated everything with her beautiful brown eyes. Bella introduced herself to Charm the golden palomino, she made herself known to the two barn cats who, it has to be said were less than impressed by the new attention grabber. It was after all dinner time !
Life is good, we know just how lucky we are as we look around the ranch, the grass is green, the leaves are just peeping through and blossom decks the branches. Time to go, another busy day ahead of us. Take care, keep safe, M
We were fortunate over the past week to have young Kevin, our current WWOOFER volunteer assisting with the ranch activities and have to thank him for hours sitting with the lifeless newborn calf, for his kindness and compassion when things didn’t go as planned and his fortitude and sense of humour when Shrimp designated his leg as a potty. Kevin has been there to help with the poop scooping, cut wood, build the beginning structures for the pig pen, fix and erect fencing, nurse our new borns, assist with milking Misty Moo our beautiful Jersey cow and generally been a great right hand man for Greg all around our busy ranch.
Yesterday Bella took her first walk in the grass, she sneezed as she inhaled a dandelion, she bucked and gamboled in the Spring sunshine and she investigated everything with her beautiful brown eyes. Bella introduced herself to Charm the golden palomino, she made herself known to the two barn cats who, it has to be said were less than impressed by the new attention grabber. It was after all dinner time !
Life is good, we know just how lucky we are as we look around the ranch, the grass is green, the leaves are just peeping through and blossom decks the branches. Time to go, another busy day ahead of us. Take care, keep safe, M
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