New Calf

Ruby finally had her calf. On Friday, the 20th of July she presented us with a large male calf. No wonder Ruby looked as though she was going to have twins. He is quite large. Probably over 50 pounds already. He is absolutely beautiful. A truly white face, with red rims around his eyes. I'm told that this is a good thing because the color around the eyes helps to prevent pink eye on a cow. We've decided that his name is Huevo (cause he won't have any once they band him later this week and that will be the only reminder!) I know, that's sick....whatever! I went over to see him yesterday and to get some pics and when I was out in the field, he came right over to me and got his nosed scratched...he has no shame! Or fear, for that matter.

Newest Additions to our Household

No, Ruby hasn't had her calf yet. We heard Carson barking like mad on Saturday. John went out to see what the commotion was and found that he had 'cornered' two very small kittens in the dog run. It seems that someone dumped 4 kittens near our frog pond on Friday nite and they managed to make their way up to the house during the night and into Saturday afternoon. Unfortunately, Carson didn't like small animals in his run and since they are way too small to elude him, he disposed of two of them. But the other two managed to get somewhere under the deck that he couldn't go. John and I now have 2 barn cats! Since they were cast away into our yard, we've named them Ginger and MaryAnn. They only weigh about a pound each and are probably somewhere between 4 and 6 weeks old. They currently live on the front porch in the kennel that we got to housetrain Carson. Within a week or so, they will be moved down to the barn. John couldn't resist them and I have to admit, they are adorable.

Torrential Rain!!!

We got a torrent of rain on Saturday, along with a frightening Tornado Warning...while John calmly watched the news on TV, I zipped thru the house, packing radio, flashlights, medications, water bottles, cell phone chargers, dog bones and leashes, pillows and blankets. then I took the camera and shot these pics of the amount of water we had coming down and 'raining' off the roof of the barn. The tornado missed us by several miles. The rain and wind did not miss us at all!.

Kitty Centinel

Most folks know we don't own a cat! But we have a barn that has no mice at all. A neighbor has a siamese cat who likes to sleep in the window of our hayloft...it drives our dogs nuts!

It's got no fear as long as our dogs are in the run and the cat is not.

Bambi's kin

Every time my mother comes to visit, we tell her she will get to see the deer that live in our woods. And every time she goes home without seeing any deer. Last week, the dogs went nuts at the door to the back deck...when I went out to see what was making them crazy, some of the deer family were grazing near the burn pile. I got the trusty camera and now here's proof that we have deer on our property, Mom!

Wicked Weather

We sometimes get some wicked weather here in the Ozarks. It's not always easy to tell that the weather is going to change. But on Saturday, it was easy to see that we were in for some fierce winds and rain. This monstrous shelf cloud began to slide in from the north about 7:30 Saturday nite and left quite a bit of moisture in its wake.

Goodness, Time Flies!!!

I can't believe it's been so long since I last blogged...no excuse except time! It simply flies out the door! And what have I been doing? Sewing, knitting, sleeping, eating, and then turning around and doing it all over again.

John loves his new job! He is still on probation but I figure they are going to keep him on since they bought him tools earlier this week. And they are talking about sending him to a school in Georgia in August. Of course, considering the weather in Georgia in August, he may be being punished!

The weather here is heating up along with the rise in humidity. Thank goodness for a/c! I'm off to the studio to sew...maybe a Christmas wallhanging will cool me off!