Neighbors Moved a Couple of Miles

Peter and Mauri had their trailer house closer to their new place, which is a couple of miles away.

It was a pretty neat experience watching a house move down the road.

It was almost "home" at this point.

Quail

We are trying an experiment this summer.  It involves quail that decided to not thrive.  We lost half of the hundred we ordered within a week.  They got chilled during shipment.  The rest have been fighters.

They were SO small!  The crazy thing was that they were "flying" within a couple of weeks.  It made it hard to water and feed them without one or two getting out.

They grew quickly, but were still tiny compared to chickens.

They have a beautiful song and are very pretty game birds.

Kittens

About Mid June we got to meet the kittens who were under the shelter.  Momma Dora brought them to us with a look that said, "Human, they are yours now.  Feed them."

This is Adorable and the only girl of the bunch.

This little one is Swiper.  Like, Swiper no swiping, Swiper.

This bad boy is Boots.  He's a handful!

June 6th Gardening and Storm

Blase grew some vine plants for me in the greenhouse.  They didn't survive the hardening process outside, but it was still worth a shot. 

Cormac was working in the lower garden while the rest of us were working in the upper garden.

The upper garden is mostly for the chickens and our vine plants.  They are not doing so well.  I think it is because we haven't worked the ground much.  It was a last minute decision.  I'm sure next year's go around will be better.

We were busy planting as this storm came upon us.  Within a couple of minutes the wind picked up.  We lost a roof off a shed and part of the sheeting on the shelter in the yard.  Things were blowing away left and right...including the seeds that Rex was carrying back to the house.

No worries!  I braved the harsh weather to save the precious seeds.  What a crazy start to the garden.

June 6th Storm

I have found that one of my very favorite things to do is stand outside before a storm comes and take pictures.  One of these days I'll take pictures of the beautiful blue South Dakota sky.  These are pictures from the June 6th storm.  We've had a lot of storms lately, so watch for more amazing pictures.  Amazing in my opinion...

May Fire at the Neighbors

One night, back in May, we were giving my brother and nephew a tour of the kitchen construction.  One of the boys casually commented that the neighborhood was on fire.  He reminded me of the time my brother, Dirk, calmly told Dad that the toaster was on fire.  Out the door we went to see that, indeed, the neighborhood was on fire.  It must have been a planned fire based on the number of people watching.  We got quite a show that night.

See fire truck dangerously close to fire??  Ha