the arrival
of babies! I’m glad everyone was here to help deliver!
There was a little stress at the begining. I was afraid that the head was not going to come out. But a few contractions and a good pull, out they came. Cleaning them off and getting them to nurse right away.
we had two buck again this year from Belle.
“Dr. D’ came down the next morning bringing a dose of vitamins for everyone. The second little one had a hard time getting up and walking. She said not to worry, it is common for babies to have weak knees when they are born. Later, she gave me a baby bottle to collect some of Belle’s milk to put in the fridge. It will come in handy if she isn’t making quite enough for both. We don’t want to go through that again!
I had been working hard to clear this area this last spring. I tried planting daylillies as an outline, pulling weeds with good intention of keeping this area up. There is an old shallow well there (we keep it covered with an old metal table top for safety reasons right now). I would like to build it up even though it is unusable. It almost never has water in it, and it looked like someone tried filling it in with junk a long time ago. It is only 4′ deep, but it is still neat. 
This became my new best friend. It is good for poison ivy. Luckily we have it everywhere here. 
Poison ivy usually doesn’t bother me that bad, but this time I have it even under my…NOSE! waaaaaa Do you know how hard it is not to touch your nose????
After seeing my breath hanging clothes out the end of last week, this week is starting out hot and humid. 
He has been gone four days now. He has never missed dinner. Ever. Well, all I saw were the turkeys out milling around.
berries and eggplant 
Waking up to a full moon peeking through the treetops before the sun makes it’s appearance. A good day. No where to go. That is what I said on Sunday night. Then there it was, Monday morning. I have run every day since. Unplanned. One day is was for feed, the next to drop of one of the girls at Grandma and Grandpas house. Then back to trade girls. Everyone needs a turn before school starts. I found that Jess missed an online “Meet the Teacher” day all ready. I had no notification of it. Great. Now we have to go back into town today so we know how to use her programs for the computer. 
She found 10 of them! We lost only one last night, and Tom decided it was a good time to set them on the bank of the pond. He set them near a dead tree stump that was partially in the water. That way they had some shelter, or could venture into the water. One jumped right in! I hope the do o.k. You shouldn’t mess with nature!
I bet we would have had more if Bob hadn’t decided to crawl up in the raised bed when I first dropped the seeds! Good job, Bob! We had them for dinner last night with oven baked beef, potatoes, and zucchini from the garden. Yum!
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