A Crop-duster flying over the house this morning (before 8 am) to get to the field just north of town. The first photo is over the pasture, the second one is coming over the house.
Today my "baby" turns 20--where does the time go?!! We had plans to go to the Omaha Zoo, but he has a funeral to attend (and be a part of) for one of his own. :( So the homemade chocolate cake and other "plans" have a rain-check! Not sure if I woke him up when I texted him this morning....at least I waited until after 8! ;)
Chandra is ready for baby boy Russell to come out into this world. Her back hurts and her feet are swelling. I feel for her! So we all await for him to make his appearance into this world!
Pat and I hit a 'mother load' of garage sales the other day and got lots of sleepers and outfits for little baby boy Russell, and some nice blankets. So another 'care package' is on it's way to NC!
It's been cooler--thank goodness! But some days the humidity is really high; but all we get is sprinkles instead of rain. Oh, we've gotten some rain, but not like other places in the area. We can always use more! I mowed the yesterday, and it was sprinkling on and off--and of course the mower quit when I was almost done. So I grabbed the "old" mower and finished--but it cuts higher, so it looks interesting! At least it was in the backyard! ;)
We lost a branch off one of the peach trees (the white-fleshed one of course--grrr), and had to prop up another branch so it doesn't break. On the tree next to it; the peaches are ripe. So I canned peaches and then some tomatoes that were ripe the other day; Pat made sweet relish the next day (we're getting low!) So we will be busy canning as the produce/fruit comes ripe. We have more cucumbers to deal with, and of course more tomatoes and peaches off of different trees (they are all ripening different, even though some are the same kind!)
I just automatically pick up canning lids when I'm at the store--one can never have enough! ;) I noticed my lemon juice is getting low--something you don't notice until you're using lots of it, like at canning time!
Yesterday I noticed Daisy has vertical cuts on her back teats--Fillet (the foster calf) hadn't cut up her teats before now. So I'm thinking: "what changed?" Then it dawned on me I saw Nessa head-butt Fillet when she was nursing on her own free will out in the pasture. I hate to separate anyone at this point because it makes so much more work for me. But I probably will have to, just for Daisy's sake. She certainly doesn't deserve to be torn up because of youngsters' antics! Daisy is such a trooper--I can't say enough good things about her.
I plan on drawing blood this weekend on both 'girls' and get Nessa's pregnancy confirmed, and see if Daisy is preggers or not. (I'm hoping so, but I won't know for sure until I send blood in).
Sherman the outside dog got neutered this week, so that deed is done. :) He was glad to get home! (It's hard to drive a stick-shift with a 30-pound dog trying to keep climbing in your lap!) HA
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