Lovebirds

It took long enough, but Dandy and Fancy are officially an item. While we don't know for sure if there is a bun in the oven, we have noticed a calmer demeanor with Fancy now. She actually willingly comes up for petting now!

Now, I'm not sure if Patches and Dandy have any chemistry, but at least they tolerate each other. That is truly the only thing we want of our animals, for them all to get along. For the most part, they do great!

I do feel bad that this week will be nothing but triple digits temps. We're going to do our best to make sure everyone stays cool and hydrated. I do really think rain barrels might be the way to go in the future, too. 

Who Wore It Best?

This weekend was a little different than most weekends. We helped out the Friends of the Night Sky passing out information on Friday night which was good. Saturday, I got to watch the flooring/tile guys do even more great work. Today, it was basically a lazy Sunday. 

This week will be the true test of when we get to move into the barndo. There are two outstanding main projects after the flooring/tile, and that is stone work and the outdoor kitchen. Rob and I fell though that once the inside is done, it's time to move in. We've had enough!

As promised, I finally got around to putting the patriotic headband on both Flora and Patches. Both pics below, who wore it best?

Long Cove

Heading north to Goldthwaite on highway 183 from Lampasas, you will see a sign that points down this old country road saying "Long Cove Cemetery". Now, Rob and I love exploring old country roads and as most don't have an official cemetery sign on it, we figured we needed to check it out. We weren't disappointed. 

I don't know the name of the road, but you take it a lot further than you think you will. You'll begin to think after going through so many twists and turns, that the point of that sign is to say you'll meet your end before you make it there. That it ends in a cove, people end you and leave you there. But no, it's actually a beautiful final resting place for a few early settlers, some Civil War soldiers, even a few WW1 and 2 soldiers. You have to call Greg for interment, but there's still room if you're looking!

Have a great weekend everyone. More next week!

He's Dandy!

It took long enough, but Dandy finally let me pet him today! I work animals differently than other people where I let the animals get comfortable with me instead of breaking them. It's just the way I do things because I've got the time and the patience. Plus, my animals are spoiled, but y'all already knew that. Anyway, Dandy finally decided I wasn't all bad, and even though he was still pensive, he did enjoy the petting session. 

No one worked on the barndo today, but I've been told they'll be here at 8:30 in the morning. As much as I hate mornings, I'll be there to greet them and get them going quickly. The tile will be done!

That's all I got for today. Tomorrow, I'll share about a little trip we took to Long Cove. 

Independence Day

Happy 4th of July everyone! We don't do fireworks here, but luckily the few around us haven't been too traumatic for the animals. I had meant to take a cute pic of Flora wearing a patriotic headband, but I forgot. I'll try to do it tomorrow because American pride doesn't end in a day. 

I'm hopeful that this is the last holiday we spend by force in our RV. If it's camping down the line, that's one thing, but I'm ready for the barndo. Beyond ready. Meaning I might just move in despite it not being finished. This last part is the worst, just because it's so close!

Enjoy the fireworks y'all and I'll get the pic tomorrow. 

The Young Bloods

Tonight, we had a regular at our farm today, a cute and rambunctious three year old boy. He's learning our animals are different than his farm animals, but our animals are starting to accept him. We're all about socializing our animals and this boy is great at keeping them on their hooves!

Patches and Nutty absolutely adore him, but the coos are still feeling him out. My coos are becoming old hands with adults, but they still need to learn about tiny humans. As with any species, little boys and girls are loud, confusingly always sticky, and extremely quick with their movements. Fiona allowed him to get close to the herd though, so we've got improvement! He even got to pet Brogan today and that's Fiona's favorite.

Special Visit

As I mentioned last week, we were having special visitors this weekend. My parents came to visit! They live two states over and drove down for a couple of hours with me before continuing on to visit my brother, his daughter, and his daughter's son. Yep, my parents are now great grandparents and they had to meet the little guy!

But first, I had to show them all we've accomplished. We gave them the grand tour of the farm which included seeing the barndo, meeting all the animals, and taking a ride through all of our thirty acres. They also finally saw what I've been living in for seventeen months and now they feel even more sorry for me and hopeful the barndo will be finished soon!

Aside from that, we took the dogs on a car ride to avoid Saturday night fireworks, visited the winery and played with our animals. I do appreciate the heat dome send to have lifted and we even got a little rain!