Zipper, Otoelene, Cattle, Goats

The temperature and humidity was so comfortable this morning I just couldn’t pass up a ride on a Otoelene. 

We headed down the driveway to the gravel road. 

I let Zipper come with us this time.  She has been listening better on occasion. 

And the first thing we ran into was Joe salting the cattle at our rented farm.  

He went ahead and opened the gate for me to circle back onto the farm.  Meanwhile, he found someone to have a middle of the road conversation with. 

Zipper continued to stay with me.  She really likes the water now. 

 

Trees And Flowers

Neither Joe or I thought the wind blew that hard but there were down trees this afternoon all over the county and our power was out all afternoon and evening.

The main road was blocked on my way home.

Some men were able to clear one lane so I was able to get by.

Then in our yard my Hawthorne tree split and fell on the fence.

Joe’s favorite thing, cutting trees off fences.

But I am sort of glad it fell on the fence and not on my day lilies that are in full bloom. 

The fence bounces back, I’m not sure the flowers would have been as resilient.

Sometimes You Just Need A Laugh

Here are a few veterinary and farm related memes I have stolen from Facebook. 

 

Hope they made you chuckle.

Last Kids

While on vacation, I did figure out how to get photos from my phone to my iPad.  So it looks like I might be able continue to blog in this tedious fashion.  Also, while on vacation, the last nanny that we were sure was bred kidded with twins. 

 

Tonight when I went to feed the dogs, the nanny was walking around looking for her twins.  I followed her around and she couldn’t seem to find them.  I decided to hike around and hunt too.  

I finally found them in a patch of woods.  One was up under some tree roots.

The other was laying several yards away.  When I picked them up they started hollering which alerted the nanny as to their whereabouts.

Mission accomplished, family back together.

Kid count- 69

Ending Streak

 My daily blogging streak will most likely be coming to an end.  When we got home from vacation my computer won’t come on.  I can blog from my iPad but it is much more difficult.  I also take most of my pictures with a camera and I have no way to download those without the computer.  Technology can be a curse.  

Couponing #73

I didn’t expect to have to coupon on vacation, but we needed a new spray nozzle to rinse sand off our feet. 

$9.50 was just too much. 

 I used my powers and selected a few items from the clearance section.

With those additions, I was able to bring down the cost of the spray nozzle to $5.79 plus tax.  Of course, everything else was free. 

Spontaneous Trip

Thursday night I suggested we go the the beach.  Joe said ok, we can leave tomorrow.  What? That spontaneous?  We checked with Mike and Virginia and they said they could do the farm chores.  Then Friday after lunch we loaded up Zipper and Kit Kat and took them to the clinic to make sure we would still have them when we got back.  So here we are, at the beach. 

The shark tooth hunting hasn’t been too great yet.

They are working on rebuilding the  dunes after they were damaged by a hurricane and erosion.  Those are little rows of sea oats that are being planted.  I liked the circular pattern they are making by being blown around by the wind. 

I have been trying to identify some birds.  I think these are common grackles.  I am sure Emily will let me know if I am wrong. 

I thought this might look a little like an ape face. 

We have walked to the pier a few times.  The weather has been nice, a little rain today though. 

A couple of more days and we will be back home.