Winter Goings On

Well, it's been quite a while since my last post on this blog - over a month so I had better put something on here before everyone forgets about it!  Since it's been over a month we've had the whole gamut of winter weather - from more snow, to a warm up then cold and a very once in a while the sun shines.  Currently we are dealing with ice.

This was January 18th, after a significant snowfall

The current state of our driveway

Kevin and Rollie continue to work in the woods as much as possible.  Kevin is generally the one cutting down the trees.  He is very safety conscious and wears chainsaw chaps, ear protection, a hard hat and a face shield.

Rollie pulls the trees and logs out to the work area.  Today they were working on a pretty big oak.

Getting the log hooked up with a choker

Rollie puts it in position near the pile

And then turns the tractor around and skillfully rolls it up to the pile with the front tires!

Out in the barn the does are showing their pregnancies.  Vinca is in her seventh and final pregancy and is truly enormous considering she has several more weeks to go. I sure hope there are only two kids in there!

Echo is merely well rounded by comparison.

The chickens are doing fine - although a couple of them think it's time to be broody.  I tell them sorry, not yet Ma'am and take the eggs away.

 When it is sunny, some of the hens like to go over and dust bathe in the loose dirt in the woodshed.

We haven't had a cat in the house for a quite while now, Lily left us some months back and we just weren't ready.  I was just starting to think about adopting a young cat but that is on hold now that Spot has moved in.

Spot lived out in the shop (heated) and as an elderly kitty just hadn't been taking very good care of herself .  Her fur was getting clumpy and she was losing weight.  Then she had a wound on her face.  I took her to the vet to have that looked at and it turned out to be an abscessed tooth, poor thing.  An antibiotic shot seems to have taken care of it. She also has some other old cat issues so would not be a candidate for dentistry.   After seventeen years as a barn/shop cat, she now lives in the house.  She adapted to the change with little fuss and pretty much stays in the kitchen and the laundry area where her food and litter box are.  This is a good thing as I have never known a cat that sheds as much as she does, she has always been that way.  Most of her shed hair ends up on the two rugs that she favors.  I am also brushing her daily which helps.  She is doing much better and seems to have put on some weight.

I will try not to stay away from the blog for so long - spring is coming after all and things will be changing - thank goodness!  Until next time, be well friends!