Just a few pictures of the farm this fall! I meant to get out and get some a couple weeks ago when the leaves were all shades of orange, red, yellow... Now they're mostly muted variances of brown. Ah well. It's still lovely seeing the trees dressing for winter. Or is that undressing? Oh my!
I hope you enjoy the view of a different season here at Moose Spitt Farm!
Here are our big boys, Sky and Sarge, just relaxing in the field! I'm glad I took these pictures when I did, as a mere five minutes later found Sarge fallen over on his side and nearly invisible! Silly boys!
A view of our neighbor's silo and our windmill. We're planning on cleaning up the windmill and seeing if any of the equipment attached to it can be made to work again! If not, just having a windmill turning will be lovely to see!
Poor little Liberty is so cold! It's too chilly for her short fur coat! So out come the doggy sweaters and sweatshirts!
And now the Twins! Here is lil Pip! She has become my little sidekick whenever I'm outside doing chores or, like today, taking pictures or just relaxing! Such a sweetie!
And her sister, Cookie. This is how she usually looks! Lol She is a very vocal little kitten! Just like her mama!
The view across the street. Rather large cornfield cut down for winter. And my swing. A wonderful place to sit with a glass of ice tea in the summer or a mug of warm cocoa in the cooler months!
Two of our eight chickens. Started out with twelve eggs, only ten of which hatched. Somehow something managed to get hold of two and they disappeared. Without a trace! No feathers, no bodies. Nothing. Maybe they eloped and ran away together? Who knows. It's butcherin' time though! Yum!
One of our roosters. They are huuuuuge!!! I kid you not when I say that this guy's legs (the orange part, mind you!) are almost 1 1/2 inches in diameter!!! But they're all very friendly. Not cuddly. Just... polite.
If you look very closely, you can see four of our chickens waaaaaay out in our neighbor's field. They have quite the grazing range here! Thankfully, our neighbor enjoys their wanderings and does not run any livestock in his fields and so is fine with them making their way out that far!
And that, friends, is our farm right now! We have recently begun the process of clearing a space next to the barn for a chicken house lean-to. We also have plans in the works for a run-in shelter for the horses. We hope to have that up before the first snowfall. And we finally have a definite "yes" on the hay we're going to need this winter! That is a huge relief!
Are you ready for the upcoming holidays? We are very anxious to spend our first Christmas in our new home! Next blog post will be about our holiday plans. What are you planning?
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