It's been a busy day on the farm...so busy that I didn't take pics. Wayne took the 2 little boys to get their hair cut so the rest of us started the Saturday barn chores. On Saturday the barn is supposed to get a total clean out, but I think we missed a Saturday or two since there was plenty to attend to.
Rachael did the alpaca's barn and yard. That was a special job since Mr. Wonderful got sprayed by a skunk yesterday and their area is quite aromatic. We're very thankful he was sprayed now and not in the spring just before shearing!
The 3 goats were taken to the 'buffet bush' on the edge of our property to browse on some weeds and bushes while I cleaned out their pen. Once they got over the new environment they happily chomped down the overgrowth. Until they realized we had done them a favor, they made quite a ruckus.
The rabbits came next. Their cages got a thorough clean out and we filled the worm bed beneath the cages with soil, peat, and bunny berries. Now we just need to add the red worms and let them do their thing. Arthur gave me a nice supply of rabbit wool to spin.
Our friend came and helped move some top soil to low spots in the lawn and in the area where I want to put a lavender bed next year. I love the smell of lavender and can use it in our handcrafts.
Captain got a haircut.
I changed out my 'summer decor' to my 'autumn decor' in the kitchen and made the crescent rolls a woman had ordered a couple weeks ago.
Katelyn left a note on the porch door for Nathanial when he comes home telling him that there's been some changes since he last was home. (We've rearranged a few rooms over the week). The last item she listed was: #4. The leaves have been dropping on the lawn (HINT, HINT!) For someone who complains about raking leaves she certainly enjoys going out and making leaf piles.
So now that the barn and lawn work are done, and the pizza is baked, it's time to call it a day and enjoy a quiet evening.
This chair has a history in our family. When we lived in the Washington DC area I would walk through base housing with a friend for exercise. One evening we were walking and I saw this chair in the trash heaped in front of a house that was obviously being packed up to move onto the next base. I went home and told Wayne that I had spotted a neat chair that I thought we should rescue from the trash. Being the wonderful husband that he is, he followed my directions to the house and salvaged the chair. We stripped and refinished the wooden frame and added a new seat pad. It's been through several seat covers, but I think this one will hold up better than the others.
