Thank you, Lord, for that! We have never in all my days had a winter like this one. I enjoyed the first couple of snows. Hated the night it got to 7 degrees. Do you know how I know it got to 7 degrees? There is a REALLY funny thing about my farm...it is just a short stones throw away from a Naturist Resort. Do you know what that is? Well, it is a nudist colony. And on their website they have a really, really cool weather station reporting conditions there at the resort. When you come to think of it the weather is probably very important to them. Anyway, as I was so cold that night I checked my iPhone which has their weather page programmed in and it said it was 7 degrees.
I was just sure all of the farm animals would be frozen but they were not. I know animals up north get used to it but in Texas in the winter you can have a 70 degree day and a few days later have a 20 degree day. It makes it hard for things to get
acclimated to it.
So we are wallowing in the glory of springtime here. Wildflowers are blooming, tomatoes, squash, onions, garlic, peas, green beans, potatoes, and eggplant are planted, Liz's figs are starting to leaf out, raspberries are too. Pomgranates are all leafed out. Doesn't that sound impressive. I bought 6 grape plants on sale at Lowes for 75% off and they are all leafed out. We shall see. So back to the picture I was painting...the wildflowers are blooming, the Oak trees are pollenating and, oh, do I have trouble with that! BUT! I have this really cool homeopathic allergy spray that helps so much. And that is a very good thing.
We did have another death on the farm. I wrote of my brothers kitty Fred in my last post but at my house we lost a 17 year old dog. LONG TIME farm dog. The farmhouse in Heaven got another new resident but it is too fresh for me to speak of much. At the same time our Rat Terrier got really sick and it so looked like she was headed down that path. She was so sick and did not eat a bite for 3 weeks. Three weeks! She really taught me a lesson and I think I will make it a topic on my other Health Talk Blog in a few days. Our poodle is just as energetic as she can be. She can leap tall buildings in a single bound. You would never know unless you picked her up how absolutely huge her mammary tumor is. She has had it for years but it is growing fast now. But it is like she does not know it. She is a great example of living with cancer. With the growth of this cancer I know she could not be around a lot longer. I thought the rat Terrier was leaving us. All of this is to say that soon to come is a new little house dog.
I have three outside farm dogs. Sadie and the two Lab mixes who were dumped as babies on the county road. They are outside 24/7 and they are very good farm patrol officers. The little dogs are to keep Ms. Green Jeans and her mother company. Misti and Millie are 13 and 10 years old. Will introduce the newby when she gets here.
Remember last year when someone dumped two little puppies on our county road? They were very young. I had been bottle feeding them for a couple of weeks or more when this picture was taken with Miss Sadie. Sister is the one nose to nose with Sadie.
Sister and the Indian Paintbrushes
Even here it is Paintbrushes and Sisters under carriage.
