If you read our blog regularly, you may remember our post from back in July where Luke took the "Zwig vs Twig Challenge" (if not, you may click here to be taken to that post). West Paw predicted that dogs would choose their new Zwig toy over a plain old stick. They were right....but that's not exactly what Luke did on our first try at the video: We won't tell West Paw that … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2018
Proud Dog Mama Moments
Sometimes Luke does things that make me so proud of him! It’s the little things for us – small ways he shows how smart he is, or subtle ways he shows me that he’s overcoming some of his fears, at least at times. It wasn’t that long ago that I decided to give Luke a bath; we have always done it in our walk-in shower here. It was one of the few things that Luke would actually … [Read more...]
Life with Guinea Hens – Story 3
We first decided to add guinea hens to our flock last summer, and I wrote about some of the reasons we did so in our Post “First Line of Defense – Guinea Fowl”. One reason I didn’t list was unexpected for us, and it has turned out to be the most important one – they are very entertaining! While they can be a lot of work – they are messy when raising them in the brooder, … [Read more...]
Farm & Flower Friday – Sunny Days
While I'm sure we still have some more hot weather ahead of us, with the days getting shorter, and cooler days here and there, we can feel summer winding down. That means we need to get out and enjoy the warmth and sunshine as much as we can. While "the boys" enjoy lounging in the sun, I enjoy the sunny faces of my sunflowers. One fun thing about these … [Read more...]
Thankful for New Life
Our ongoing saga of our nesting guinea hen, Henrietta, took a sad and unexpected twist last week; when she got taken by a predator (most likely the fox). I'm not going into that whole story today, I'll share that in our guinea story series. I'll just say that while we don't know exactly what happened, she is gone and Luke and I found her feathers on our walk that day. We were … [Read more...]
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