I tried to get out to take some photographs this morning before risking my camera melting in the heat. We have been blessed with a few mild days, but today Mother Nature promises to turn on the blast furnace and let it go for a few days. I did a ...
Farm Focus Friday
This week's purchase of a new camera, a Canon 5D Mark III, has reignited my love of photography. My plan was to use it for food shots exclusively, but a trip out into the pasture changed all that. I am still getting used to it and probably don't have ...
Monster N-Tune Headphones & Chance to Win!
This post is brought to you by Monster Headphones and BlogHer. Imagine my excitement when I opened a box from Monster to find a set of N-TUNE candy tangerine orange headphones. I was excited to be a part of the Monster headphone campaign as I ...
Being There
Forces in the universe conspired to rob me of a full night's sleep. The roosters decided to crow all night. Michael fell asleep to country music blaring in the next room until I went in at 4:30, screaming like a banshee for him to turn it down. ...
Trojan Carrots, with a surprise ending.
This is neither a recipe nor a condom post. It is actually a post about drug smuggling. Yes, we are drug smugglers now. Jack, our mammoth donkey has a foot abscess and has been prescribed an anti-inflammatory medication. It is an apple and ...
Donkeys on the Run
Jack and Diane were full of piss and vinegar yesterday. They have been lazy all summer but the weather was cool, there was a nice breeze and they were feeling their oats. ...
Pasture Morning
The farm animals are at their best in the morning. The chickens are noisy, the donkeys are goofy, the emus silly, and the goats clumsy. I love my mornings in the pastures feeding the animals. I offered to trade shifts with Michael the other day, but ...
Blackberries, Donkeys and Deer
There is a large blackberry patch on the front of our property. I have been patiently waiting for the berries to ripen so I could pick them all. I had visions of jams, jellies, cobblers, pies, and scones. Today was the day. The hot weather has ...
The night shift.
The routine animal chores take place twice daily at the Buck 'n Run Ranch. Scratch is tossed out for the chickens, the emus and goats are fed, and the donkeys get a carrot and their fly masks put on or taken off. I am a morning person so I take the ...
Jack and Diane
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iPad in the pasture
I took my iPad out with me this morning when I went to feed the animals. They were all very cooperative with my picture taking, with the exception of mini donkey Diana. Imagine that. :-) I am pretty sure I heard her say "Get that thing outta' my ...
Nature walk, with donkeys.
This morning I took advantage of a little break in the heat wave to take a nature walk around the property with my camera. I had to make one stop before my walk, to put fly masks on the donkeys. I had hoped to put the masks on, give them a carrot and ...
Getting Ready
The project and olive egger chicks are growing fast. I am ready to get them out of the brooders and into a coop. Last week I re-homed several young cockerels and emptied one of the small coops. It was a mess of course. Chickens are messy. Period. ...
Little green apples and other stuff
We had a glorious morning here at the Buck 'n Run. Michael mowed the grass yesterday, the sun was shining, it was 65 degrees. It was a perfect morning. I took my camera with me hoping to get some pictures of the baby chicks that hatched under my ...
Yep, turkeys are dumb.
Yesterday morning when I was feeding the animals, I noticed three wild tom turkeys fighting in our donkey pasture. One of them had the good sense to leave, but the other two kept on fighting. I thought about running in for my camera but I figured ...
The Feed Shack
Bigger isn't always better. I say that because we had a big barn at the last house and we fretted over losing it when we moved here. Even though the barn was big, it seemed to always be a disorganized mess. I was concerned about where we would store ...
It’s like adopting a toddler.
It's been ten days since I succumbed to the voices in my head and adopted Tucker, a two year old terrier mix. Michael said at the time that life as we know it, would never be the same. Truer words were never spoken. I watch a lot of ...
Security Breach AT&T!
There was a security breach today in the donkey pasture which put all the animals on alert. A lineman from AT&T knocked on the door to tell me he needed to climb the pole in our pasture. He wanted to know if the donkeys are aggressive. I had to ...
They gotta’ eat…
Feeding all the animals at the Buck 'n Run is mostly my job. It was all spread out at the last house and took more time. I decided at the house to position the animals in closer proximity to the house for the convenience of caring for them. I lived ...
Tornadoes?………What?
Our weather has been wild and wacky today with pummeling rain, cold wind, hail, lightning, thunder and tornadoes. Yes, tornadoes. This was the scene from our dining room. This activity became a tornado that touched down at our fire station, 2.6 miles ...