Sunday we drove to Montour Falls to pick up some new additions: Lily and Daphne, a pair of female mini donkeys.
Lily is the spotted one and is 3 years old. Daphne is behind her and is 13 years old. They stick together like glue.
Look at those spots!
The horses weren’t quite sure what to make of them.
Keiko had to take a closer look.
Here is a video of them out in the field and meeting everyone.
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Twas day one of the new year
And all through the farm
The snow covered everything
With all of its charm
The chickens gathered and took great care
That no one stepped even one foot out there
Even the guineas all snug in their coops
Stepped in the snow for one tiny loop
When from the barn there arose such a clatter
the turkeys ran out to see what was the matter
I ran to the driveway and flew like a flash
and fell on the ice right on my ash
(there was ice under that new-fallen snow
it didn’t matter I poured yesterday’s ashes below)
Afraid I was to get away
I had to drive down the driveway and get some hay
Getting down was easy, I knew I could do it
But getting up would be hard, I had to stick to it
Now gas it! and gun it! and use four wheel drive!
I had to get up the driveway alive!
To the top of the hill I had to go all the way
To get up there and unload all this hay!
As turkey feathers that before the wild snows fly
when they meet with an obstacle mount to the sky
so up to the barns my Ranger did flew
with its bed full of hay, and oh yeah me too!
But then in a twinkling I slid way back down
Sideways and backwards and turned right around
I hit the gas and my brake, and wheeled my truck
Managed to back in without hitting a duck
I spoke not a word, but went straight to work,
And pulled all the haybales, giving each bale a jerk.
Lugging them up the hill one by one
Walking down for the next one, on ice! What fun!
In one way I was lucky, my truck was small
the back only held 10 bales in all
the turkeys in the barn now would call me from within,
I wished they had thumbs, how much help I’d have then!
Sheep and goats in the pasture would baa on cue
If only I could get them to help too!
But soon I was done, and sat down with a whistle
pulled weeds from my coats as I was covered in thistle
I scratched my head and took off my hat
slapped my knee, and said, “well that’s that!”
The neighbors may have heard me, words flew from my mouth
Happy New Year’s to all, Next year I’m moving down south!”
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All summer, Gary has been busy stacking piles of firewood in the woods. We can bring the tractor with the wood trailer and easily fill it up, and split more wood too. We do this about every weekend.
Today we had some extra help. Meet Gracie.
Gary found Gracie for free on Craigslist yesterday. She is a Treeing Walker/Blue Heeler mix, and so much like his last dog Blue.
After Hank, it feels a little too soon for me to have a dog in the house, but seeing Gary’s face when he met Gracie, I knew she would be coming home with us.
She’s not too sure about the horses, or the cattle, the sheep or the goats. She stays on her leash when the birds are out, but eagerly runs around off leash when the birds are cooped.
Today she ran around so much, exploring every nook and cranny she found, yet she stayed close and came when called. What a good girl! And then she slept all the way home from the woods. In fact, she sleeping now by the wood stove.
She really is an amazing bundle of joy and energy! I am hoping she can overcome her fear of our other 4-legged critters, and that I can overcome my own fears. Welcome Gracie!
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