"Sunshine... On My Down... Makes Me Happeee!"

Meet Percy and Priscilla.

Some of you will remember them

from earlier posts.

They were just tiny when we brought

 the two of them home April 4 2010.

They were so sweet...and soft.

Sweet Fluff Balls

They were such sweet little goslings

and would follow me around like I was

Mother Goose!

They grew up so fast. Too fast.

This day we had just had a big rainstorm

and the 'pond' hubby had dug 

just for them was full and overflowing.

The sun was shining

and it was nice and warm so 

I let them out to play.

They followed me to the water.

If a goose could smile...

then I would say this was a

smile.

They were giddy and goofy

and they had a blast.

They took a little break and ate a snack...

tasty grass!

Then went back in the water

and blew a few bubbles.

And preened themselves.

Then it was time to 

head back to the pen.

It was a good day.

I hope you enjoyed a little walk

down memory lane with me.

:)

Joining Karen over at 

My Little Home And Garden 

for 

Sunlit Sunday

#5

I hope you'll stop on over and say Hi

and visit the other bloggers

taking part this week.

I hope your week is a good one!

:)

Farm Friend Friday - Fur And Feathers Around The Farm

Bubba showing Shep who's boss last spring

It's time to join Amy over at

Verde Farm

for

http://www.verdefarm.com/>Farm Friends Friday

I really enjoyed visiting the other

blogs that took part last week.

It's such fun seeing all the 

sweet critters and lovely farms

and meeting others who love 

living or dreaming about the 

country life.

This week I thought I'd show you

a few of our furry and feathered 

friends here on the farm.

Some are still with us

others are not.

But we 

love/loved

them all.  

Percy and Priscilla spring of 2010

Percy and Priscilla

Talk about two geese with

totally different personalities.

Percy is very shy and sweet

while Priscilla is the curious

bold one who was always the first

out of the barn.

Heaven help the cats if Priscilla

spotted them in the barnyard!

Buttercup

Buttercup was given to us along

with her sister Marigold.

We raised them as chicks in a plastic 

storage bin on our kitchen counter

until they had enough feathers that

they could be moved to the coop.

She was the sweetest chicken.

As a chick she would fly up onto my hand

and then walk up my arm onto my shoulder..

then she'd softly peck at my chin or ear.

One time she flew up onto my head and

then promptly pooped.

Who'd have though a little bird like that

could make such a huge smelly mess!

As she grew up that bond remained.

Unfortunately one morning I went out to the

coop and found her laying on the floor.

She had died during the night although

there were no signs of any health 

problems. Sometimes this happens

but I just didn't expect it to hurt so much.

I still miss her and it's been nearly a year.

Shep guarding the spring chicks

The picture above is of Shep our Akbash.

He's like no other dog either of us have 

ever had. He's very loving and kind 

and very protective.

He's our big 'love bug'.

He's grown since this picture was taken!

Our wild feathered friends visiting us yesterday

I love watching the birds at the feeder.

Actually they were pretty lucky

when I took this picture...usually there are 

about 5 squirrels lined up waiting to take their turn at the feeder. They must

have been full as the birds had the

feeder all to themselves

this time.

Our neighbors cows that surround us on 3 sides

We have about 75 head of Black Angus

surrounding us. 

When they arrived it was just a bunch 

of cows. Now we have young

calves joining the herd as mothers

give birth out in the field.

They are curious creatures and sometimes

come to investigate when they 

hear us working outside.

Our lilac lane and a young Shep

Hard to believe that in 

two months those 

lilac bushes 

will be in full bloom.

Can't wait!

  

.

Our handsome and gentle Romeo

Above is our wonderful

Australorp rooster we call

Romeo.

He lives up to his name as all the 'girls'  love him. None of them 

complain when he wants to

'woo' them ;)

He coo's and dances.

He's very charming.

Chelsea the 'stalker' trying to get Olly to run

Chelsea is our little Shih Tzu 'farm dog'.

She looks cute and sort of innocent 

in this picture but believe me...

she's NOT. 

Out for an evening stroll around the farm last summer

All the animals get along pretty well. 

Shep is a bit of a pest especially to poor

Bubba our other Shih Tzu.

Hopefully he'll grow out of it for Bubba's sake.

In the very first picture you see Bubba tearing

a strip off Shep. It was a hoot  because shep

was just playing but Bubba was serious

and was pulling out mouthfuls of Shep's hair!

I guess it was finally 'payback' time.

I hope you have enjoyed your visit

to our farm and I hope

you will come back

and visit us

again.

Have fun visiting all the others

who have joined Amy

over at 

http://www.verdefarm.com/>Verde Farm

PS

I hope you'll join me

for my 1st Year Blogiversary

coming up this weekend...

I'm having a give-away!

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Chickens In The Barnyard

Friday is a special day.

It is 

Farm Friend Friday

over at Amy's at

Verde Farm.

This is Amy's first Linky Party for all of us

FARM Bloggers!

So I hope you will pop on over to visit

Amy and her hubby Richie in

West Virginia.

If you haven't been to visit her before I hope

you'll check out all her adorable

critters and take a look around

their beautiful farm.

In the meantime I hope you enjoy

a few pictures taken around our farm.

Some of these you have seen before

...sorry...

A lot has changed since these pictures

were taken. Fences have gone up,

buildings have been sold and taken down,

picket fences are going up, and

unfortunately our old

barn we were looking

forward to restoring burned down

last July. 

These photo's bring back happy memories.

I hope one day we will have another barn.

In the meantime when we get the time

(once the bee colony is re-located)

we will start renovations

to our old corn crib.

You never get bored on a farm.

Do you have a project you'd like to finish this year?

Enjoy your weekend!

Maura :)