Category: June 2011

• June 2011

  A Day of Rest

  Lucy watching me June 5, 2011        Yesterday we snapped a few pictures of Lucy. The one above, she is watching me put the lawnmower away. It was the first time she got up all day.        Today she is very tired choosing to lay quiet even when…

  June 5, 2011
• June 2011

  That’ll Do Girl

  Good Girl Lucy June 4, 2011        My Lucy has been ailing lately. She is tired and just not her usual self. A trip to the vet revealed illness. I am devastated, my constant companion is near death. My tears flow freely and I am not ashamed.       …

  June 4, 2011
• June 2011

  Buckeyes

                                                                      June 3, 2011        Here are a pair of Buckeye chickens. They are a breed of laying chickens that get their origin in Warren, Ohio. A lady breeder named them after successfully creating the breed. They lay a big brown egg and do well in our harsh winters. They are…

  June 3, 2011
• June 2011

  Picking up chicks

                                                                      June 2, 2011        In the photo above you can see 25 meat chicks. These are broiler chicks that will be butchering size in six or seven weeks. We put them in this old water trough until they “feather out”. Once they have feathers, they go into an…

  June 2, 2011
• June 2011

  Quiet Places

  Naturalizing for mom June 1, 2011        In the photo above, you can see where I have been planting flowers and hostas near my mom’s final resting place. She chose my farm too. My father and step-father are here, as well as ,the old couple who used to own…

  June 1, 2011