Garden Goodies, Spirit and Crochet time with Shetland Wool...

Hello World... so far today has been pretty stinking great.  After I had my dose of fb & coffee this morning, it was barnyard chores/garden picking time... todays garden goodies are snowpeas, summer squash, zucchini, collard greens & basil... then I made a great breakfast smoothie.  Was gonna clean house but decided to go outside sit in the shade and enjoy the beauty around me while I crocheted before it got to hot. 

 Really nice morning shade... 

The view is great too

 You can just sit in the shade and watch the garden grow...

 or watch the wild birds at the feeders...

 or watch the goats in their lil pasture...

This is when I decided to go get Spirit and let him spend some time outside of the pasture with me.

He LOVES to run circles around me...

 Hi Mom

 Then hes off to munch on yummy stuff.......

Spirit will be 3 months old on the 21st

I had bought some pretty hand dyed-hand spun 100% Shetland Wool and I have been very excited to work with it.  Its about 180 yards of yarn.  So far I've decided to make myself some fingerless gloves...

One is done.  Gonna be nice & warm this winter... 

I know, I know who wants to think about winter in the middle of summer, lol.  

Ok... I was being silly with Spirit

Thought I'd better make the yarn into a ball before it got all tangled 

 Momma duck brought her 15 ducklings over... 

they are so cute to watch

 This rooster likes to hang out with the duck family...

I'm think this one is gonna grow up into a stinkin rooster!

Gotta go, time to start on dinner :)

Ducklings goin for a swim...

This set of ducklings are alittle over 1 week old, they are so cute watching all over the barnyard with momma and swimming in the lil watering holes I put out for them... man they have a good life here on my lil farm.  I really enjoy seeing them around the yard when they are small and cute. I will not be keepin all these sweet boogers.

Arent they so sweet!

ps I made strawberry jam for the first time today and harvested our first goodies from the 2013 garden... leaf lettuce you can read about it H-E-R-E

1st Ducklings of the Season...

 I have 2 Muscovy hens that love to hatch out their eggs... 

Both hens are from my original flock, they are 3 years old and are great mommas.  

She hatched out 11 ducklings

She hatched out 16 ducklings... biggest hatch yet. 

A "Me Time" Kinda Monday...

First I want to say I did not even get on my computer til 2:30pm today... thats a big deal for me, lol.  Normally thats the 3rd thing I do after I jump out of bed... but not today, after I dropped my daughter off at work (8am) I decided to stay off my computer and just enjoy the day outside with my animals, the sunshine and a crochet project... I must say it was lovely, relaxing... and just what I needed.  

Coffee & Crochet = Happy Girl ;)

One of the many crochet projects I'm workin on... this baby blanket needs to be done by Friday, I started it Sunday night bout 9:30pm.  My hook has been flyin all day.

Beautiful fall day

 My Lazy Daisy has the right idea... soakin up the sun

Momma duck brings her 8 ducklings out to the main yard to free range, 

I just love watching them

These 2 think my fingers are food, lol

 Star out free ranging in main yard... 

 Peanut

 I put Tulip & Ringo together for a bit just to see if any love was in the air...

there wasnt, lol

Ringo... wishing there was love in the air, lol

 Nope the girls just wanted to munch the tasty green grass and leaves... 

(I should know this month if Star got bred last month)

So he decided to reach for the leaves instead of worryin about the girls, lol

 I put alittle water in that container lid for the baby ducklings... 

they played in it all day

 The Silkie Family

 Scarlet and her 2 sons... they still follow their momma all around the farm

 Took a few pics of momma hen & some of her older chickies...

The kids Cocoa and Boots down in the barnyard... 

5 months old now

Tulip & Star loving the extra freedom away from their kids...

 Cocoa wanting out to free range with her momma Tulip

 Boots wanting out to free ranging with his momma Star

 So I gave in and let the kids out to munch with their mommas...

I'm such a sucker

 They so love each other

 Happy Goats :)

Look who had to come snuggle in my lap for awhile...

The Guineas