April 18, 2009

Today was a beautiful day. After feeding Emma Lee her bottle, I spent the morning cleaning the livestock and horse barn up. I got a truck load of feed bags to go to the trash. I let Fanny (Belted Galloway Cow) and her calf out of their pen to graze in the pasture. Fanny came from the Nature Center and since she was bottle raised and not used to being with other cattle, she gets bullied when she is put in with our cattle. We wanted to make sure she got enough to eat with the calf so we put her up so she can eat undisturbed. Bubbarina (our Movie Star) eats alone too and is out of the pasture. She lets any of the other calves and even older heifers nurse her and she cannot hold her weight up so we moved her away from the other cows so she could put some weight back on. Bubbarina had a very small part in Leatherheads, the movie with George Clooney. While at the barn, I let Priscilla and Presley (pot-bellied pigs) out to play. They had already started to route a hole out in front of the barn.

After cleaning the barn I mowed the grass. My Persimmon tress and Paw Paw trees seem to be doing okay for now. After mowing, I went in to feed Emma Lee another bottle, eat some lunch and finish up some typing. Donny and Dusty were at worked and going to bring feed home with them so I had to wait to feed. While waiting, I put together my swing so I can sit in the yard and watch the animals in the pastures. I have a swing in the barnyard that I also like to sit in to watch the animals. After Donny and Dusty came home we finally got everything fed and done just before dark. Delilah, the nature center sheep, went out to pasture with all the other sheep. She did not seem to want to come back to the barnyard so I left her. Bindi, Lilly and Chunk decided to come back to the barnyard from the Nigerian lot.