Weekend Critter Duty!

Friday was a pretty day to be back on Critter Duty!

We are getting our act together and have figured out a few things.

It involves a good bit of walking so we feel like we have got our exercise in.

Thumper really likes this table. 

He held his position for a long time.

It takes about an hour to make the rounds.

We start with the ducks. I feed them the corn and leave the pen door propped open so they can go on out after breakfast.

From the ducks we go to Dean and Sherry's house and let Rufus and Blue out, I get their medication ready - wrap the pills in cream cheese - and fill their dog bowls.

Then I gather the food for the pups and new goats and we head for that pen.

The trick there is untangling the chains at the gate while both MeeMee and Thumper try to get out of the gate as we are trying to get in. Louis Dean takes them out one at a time to the meadow while I untangle the chains to the inner pen where the new goats are. I feed them and the pups.

Then we take them out to the meadow.

And lastly, we tend to the chickens and peacocks.

The new baby Polish chicks in the brooders as well as the 'teenage' chicks all get crumbles while all the others get regular feed.

Morning chores were DONE!

I made BLT sandwiches for lunch.

Louis Dean worked hard on the shelves he's building for my art supplies while I painted the kitchen cook table. As lovely as the weather was on Friday, we were already bracing ourselves for the storms arriving on Saturday.

Sure enough! We woke up to rain this morning and waited and watched the radar for a break before going down to take care of the animals. We did fine until we were leaving the goat pen. They stayed in the pen today since it was storming and they have shelters. That's when the wind and rain blew in like a freight train. We made as mad a dash as we could in our boots heavy with mud for their house. No way we could make it to the camper in that storm.

As it was - we were soaked to the skin! We waited it out watching the weather channel on their TV and we were grateful to only have the wind and rain to deal with. Other counties to the east had tornadoes and truly dangerous weather.

We made it back to the camper during a lull in the rain and changed into dry clothes and had another cup of hot coffee! Then Louis Dean went back to bed.....for three hours!

I visited with a friend on the phone and then watched a movie.

I love this movie and have seen it so many times.

Robert Redford was still young and handsome back then!

The wind has been blowing harder and harder as the day went on.

We put on the driest of our wet jackets and headed down for the last round of chores.

You must have mud boots out here!

I have three pair!

We made good time and headed back through the grassy fields as opposed to the muddy roads.

Little streams appear with heavy rains. 

Sherry has been doing some tractor work and water collects on the ditches.

Louis Dean made a bridge for us to cross over!

The goat pens are at the back in the center.

The rain had stopped and the sun was shining and the wind was blowing!

We stomped our boots in the grassy water to get rid of some of the caked mud.

That wind has blown cold all evening!

We did what we needed to do in the front room and then shut ourselves up in the camper where we each wrapped up in a warm blanket!

We need to restock our movie basket because we have resorted to watching Boston Legal - again.

I will close tonight's journal entry with this thought.....

Somehow this made me feel better today as I dressed in layers of mismatched clothing, a headband and two aprons!