Home Home on the farm where the cows and the donkey roam

See what happens when I move to the country you get pictures of the farm and the critters.
After spending the weekend with David the girls needed a good grooming. No grass and lots of sandy dirt makes for some dirty pups. And to top it off while David was tossing grass seed out in areas that got washed away with wind and rain Brianna would jump up trying to catch each handful. She probably has grass growing in her tummy by now.
As left and was heading down the driveway I caught one of the cows stretched through the fence. I guess she decided the grass really is greener on the other side.  Crazy thing! I'm surprised she didn't get caught. But twisted and turned her head back thru the fence without incident.  

Sophie

So our groomer takes photos of the dogs after they're groomed and there's always a theme. This grooming session was Easter. The girls were tired but I'm not sure they gave a flip about the photo shoot. LOL

Lilley

 and last but not least. Brianna who looked I'm not sure,

I think she was too tired to care. I had to laugh at all there different expressions. But Brianna looked like she had just had enough.

After we pick up the girls  and go back to Pam's house we find the Easter Bunny has come a week early.  What the heck!? Pamela and a couple other neighbors had plastic Easter eggs thrown in their yard. They even had candy in them. When she went to open the front door she found a realtor's card mentioning the eggs and Happy Easter or something to that effect.  Too funny. 

You have to understand that playing all weekend outside and getting groomed is hard work and very tiring. Lilley could hardly stay awake in the car on the drive home and when I picked her up and put her in bed she took two steps to the end of the bed and was out.  She never moved. Well not until 6am the next morning. Pamela said her two were not better. They were pooped. LOL

Wednesday (4/17) we received more rain and it got pretty noisy by about 1:05 am and the lightning show was bright and continuous. Doesn't make for a happy puppy and we both get no sleep. I was also crossing my fingers that I would be able to get out so I could go to a doctors appointment. On either side of the house the road to left tends to have water come over it and stands for a while and on the right the water flows over the road from a little pond next to it.  

The rain stopped around 5ish and I was able to get out mid morning Thursday (4/18) but the water was flowing across the road swiftly. I should have taken a picture but I just wanted to get through it. 

Then at the neighbors gate the horses were standing so nicely just asking for their picture to be taken. And then the silly thing tried to eat the concrete post.  I guess it wanted to sharpen it's teeth.

I had to stop taking pictures and get to my appointment but I saw plenty of standing and high water.
So we've had our share of problems with barn swallows building on our porch in Tomball on David's outdoor speakers but we have a new little friend here at the Rock'n K. It's not a swallow or at least I don't think so. The structure is different. What do you think this little brat is? I'm thinking it might be an Eastern Phoebe but who knows? You?

I'm not happy with them. They are making a mess on my patio with the nest building and pooping! I removed the nesting and in 30 minutes it's rebuilt. One of us is gonna give up.....

On a happier bird note. Our Eastern Bluebird has babies. Every time momma flies into the house you can hear all the baby chirping. That means more bluebirds to watch. Can't wait.  This is Momma bird hanging out in the doorway.   She was pretty active this day flying in and out.  In the next picture you can see the blue in her feathers. Like the peacock the females don't have the vivid blues like the males.

Not fair. Momma should have more color too. LOL

Here's Daddy Bluebird hanging out. They seem to take turns when coming to the house. Only a couple of times have I seen them there at the same time. 

  Just stopping in to say 'Hi Babies, Momma will be back shortly with food'




Wow more rain. At least there was no hail this time. Wednesday (4/24) But there was tornado warnings all around and in my county. Thank goodness I saw none. They were too close to Pamela's house but didn't get close enough to her to cause damage. The storm that went through on Saturday 4/14 was as nice since we had hail 2 times that day. And the tornado path went through the town of Franklin and the governor declared it a natural disaster. This time they were on warning again but was spared another strike.
Our poor new calf was born in a hail storm on the 9th and about the time it gets dried off and warm here comes another storm.

With a break in the storm I slipped out on the front porch to see where the cows were. It's still raining in this picture but not as heavy.
Silly cows you're standing in the lowest spot in the front pasture and in water.
The calf is in the group somewhere.

And when I looked out back at the pond I could see the water on the left which is low spot that looked like a pond had water flowing to the pond.  Don't worry we were in no danger of flooding. That is at the bottom of the hill and like I've said if we flood then the whole world is in a world of hurt.  We sit on a hill up high. The road coming in might flood but our house won't.

Today Thursday (4/26) it's a beautiful day and I saw all kinds of wild flowers in the pasture. Really pretty and colorful.

And of course there were Indian Paint brushes. We never saw any bluebonnets on our property.

I would say I had visitors but I know the real reason they came is because of Jerry. He's the main attraction.  Oh I have to share this.

Ashley: We're going to Carla's farm. She has a donkey and cows.  

Aria: "STEAK"

Too funny. Kids.

Jerry was his usual charming self. When he saw my former co-worker and friend Ashley with her daughter Aria and I walking toward the fence he came a trottin.  He was checking out Aria. And he wanted his nose and jaw line rubbed and the carrots in the bag I had.  LOL
Aria wasn't real sure of him but she did feed him a carrot or two. Even Ashley kept her distance for a while, then she finally patted Jerry which he rolled his head to the side so she could reach his jaw line. 
Our next adventure was walking out in to the back pasture to hunt for Blackberries. I knew I had seen some vines a couple of weeks ago but hadn't seen them flower like I did last year so went to check them out. 

We found for sure over 24 ripe blackberries and Aria ate every single one of them. LOL  Ashley and I found a couple for ourselves before Aria ate them. LOL This child loves fruit. There was lots of red and green berries so by next week end I should find more ripe ones. Cross your fingers.

It was great day.  Thanks Ashley and Aria for visiting the Rock'n K. Told Aria the next time maybe she can go fishing.  

That's all folks.

Until next blog...We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.  ~Ray Bradbury