Rural Ramblings…

Tornado Aftermath in Alabama

15 July 2011

Once a tornado has passed through, it’s big news for a while. The tv, newspapers and most certainly the internet has all kinds of stories and photos about the damage. But the story dies down and there isn’t usually much long-term coverage about the aftermath… all the time and details for the clean-up! We weren’t [...]

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Guinea Birds and Keets

8 July 2011

We only have one batch of guinea keets so far this summer. They are incredibly cute when they are little, but as The Farmer puts it, they are the “opposite of the Ugly Duckling story.” They grow up to be, well, a little strange looking. This particular mama guinea started out with 9 keets, but as of this [...]

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Happy 4th of July and Happy 4th Birthday!

4 July 2011

HAPPY JULY 4th!!! . Yes, it’s Independence Day here in the United States. I can still hear fireworks going off all around us. A lot of people have a lot of money going up in smoke right now ha! I went outside for a while to watch some of the displays the neighbors were making [...]

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Happy Birthday Toby!

10 June 2011

Yes, today is our American Farm Collie’s birthday. He is 7 years old. Wow. He was soooooo cute, too. He was 2 months old when he got him. The above picture was taken his first day here. It doesn’t seem that long ago he was just a little pup driving our Maremma, Neffie, crazy, and [...]

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Rats & Chicks

3 June 2011

Well, Rats… So remember me talking about clearing rats out of the feedroom back in February? They made a stinking mess (literally), and chewed up a years worth of peacock feathers to making nesting material, and ate who knows how much of the peafowl’s food. I finally realized they were even getting into the bag of large-sized [...]