Farm Friend Friday - This Time Last Year

It's time for 

Farm Friend Friday

I thought I'd share some photo's

from last year

that were taken around the farm in March.

Lots has changed since these photo's

were snapped.

Some good...some not so good.

Sadly we lost our old barn to a barn fire

last summer.

Shep bugging poor little Bubba.

Shep was 8 months old in this picture.

Eeyore just before he was ...fixed ;(

Chelsea our female Shih Tzu

just before she got her spring haircut.

Her face had already been shaved.

She looks fat but she's a lean mean

running machine!

She's not happy in this photo because she

knows what's coming.

Romeo our handsome Australorp

rooster.

He's a LOVER not a fighter.

Phoebe and chelsea doing 'girl talk'.

Phoebe.." did you see

what that woman was wearing this morning?!"

Love this pump.

These will be moved into the picket fence garden

this spring. Can't wait to

get working in the garden but DH has to finish the 

fence first. 

Life is still on hold.

I hope you'll stop on over to Amy's 

Verde Farm

and visit the other fellow bloggers joining 

in this week..it's always a fun time.

What's on your agenda this weekend?

Have a great one.

Maura :)

Critters Around The Farm

One of our little Black Australorp chicks

Today our temperatures are going to be 

hovering around 70F!

I'm going to be spending my day cleaning

out the coop and tidying around the yard.

That is if I can keep my head from exploding.

Time to bring out the Neti Pot.

So while our farm is looking a little sad

these days I thought I'd share some photo's

of some of our furry and not so furry

friends that live and have lived 

on our little farm over

the past year.

Butter Cup

Oliver or Olly for short

 

Olly really wanted to find a way to come and visit the new chicks

Eeyore our Mediterranean Jack 

This big raccoon was hiding in our old barn on the owl perch.

He never killed any chickens but he did steal some eggs.

Phoebe our little Mediterranean Jenny

Lizzy our daredevil cat...Olly's sister

Chelsea...the Shih Tzu farm dog

Percy one of two African gosling's we raised last year

  

This little fellow was sunning himself on the fence

Me as Mother Goose with Percy and Priscilla

Shep our Akbash and Bubba our other Shih Tzu 

are missing from these pictures but there were

just too many to go through and I'm itching

to get outside. 

I really hope you have a wonderful day

and that this weekend you get the 

chance to get outside and

breathe some 

fresh air.

Maura :)

Welcome to the farm!

This is the lane to our farm cottage and on the right up ahead is the grove of lilac bushes. We moved here in June last year so we didn't get to see the lilacs in bloom but we are told they are beautiful. Unfortunately the former owner told us that a freeze killed the buds last spring so there weren't many blooms...hopefully this spring will be a good on for the lilacs.
This is Shep our Akbash (Turkish livestock guarding dog). He was over 100 lbs at 6 months! He's only 7 months old now and still growing like a weed.
This is Phoebe our little dinky donkey and she is 10 months old. She's got an attitude that girl!

Since this is my first post I thought it would be a good idea to show you a few pictures of where this Blog originates from. Please keep in mind that this farm is a 'work in progress' and that's putting it mildly! This has been the coldest and snowiest (is that a word?) winter I have ever seen here in our part of Kansas. After moving here from a ski village in the mountains of British Columbia where we got 40-60 feet (yes feet!) of snowfall per winter the winters here were a breeze. However...after living here for 10 years I have now become a sissy when it comes to the cold and snow! I am anxiously awaiting spring like I'm sure many of you are. Since I am new at this blog thing I hope you will be patient with me as I try and figure this all out. Anyway...welcome to the farm!