Update for the start of 2009
In Uncategorized on January 3, 2009 at 12:44 pmHard to believe that a whole year has passed since my last post on this blog.
Anyway that’s way too long so it is time so shake things up a a bit. I’ve went with a more newspaper-ish theme, and I will post some pictures soon that I’ve taken over the last year or so.
As far as life at the farm goes… it was a very wet year. Until winter came, there was actually some green grass all year long. Also the pond north of the house held water for much of the year (it is dry now though).
I’ve seen a lot of wildlife… oodles of owls (they live in the barns and also in the trees down by the creek), armadillos, rodents (some kind of critter that is much bigger than a mouse but isn’t a rat… looks almost like a gerbil or a hamster), racoons (my dog actually treed one down by the creek a few weeks ago), coyotes, squirrels (also in the woods down by the creek), and just recently a red-headed woodpecker.
Gardening in 2008 was a bust. I planted a few tomato and pepper plants but let them die when I was traveling. The wildflowers were gorgeous though. (I actually saw an Indian paintbrush blooming in November! And I saw some of the rare yellow strain of them too this year in the front yard) I do need to post some of pictures of the wildflowers for sure.
What else is to say… I guess that’s all for now. I will shoot to post something every week from here on out.
In Memory of Ralph, the Gerbil
In Uncategorized on January 23, 2008 at 2:27 pmI’m sad to report that I came home to the farm on Monday night to find Ralph (my pet gerbil that I’ve had since May 2006) dead.
I definitely will miss the little guy. He was so fun to watch as he climbed up the bars of his cage, or when he would chew up toilet paper rolls. He also would take sunflower seeds and yogurt drops from my fingers after he realized that he got more treats if he didn’t bite me.
I probably will get another pet. It was nice having some company when I got home at the end of a long day.
