A New Normality February 16, 2009

Feb. 16, 2009– A New Normality
     With dear Tallulah no longer the centre of my barn existence, I have had to establish a new sense of normality.  No more boiling the kettle each evening, checking to be sure she isn’t standing under the hay drop, or even cubing up the apples for her before the [...]

Quack December 12, 2008

Dec. 11, 2008– Quack
     Quack, is and always has been, the odd duck out.  She arrived here just over a year ago, from a farm where she was kept in a  crowded pen with many other ducks.  I’ve no idea how she coped.  Quack, sadly, is truly the bottom of the pecking order amongst the ducks [...]

Kitten Adoptions November 24, 2008

Nov. 23, 2008– Kitten Adoptions.
     It has been an awfully long, yet productive week.  Winter has come storming in– two feet of snow fell this weekend.  What a tiring time in the barn, shovelling a path to the manure pile, toiling away in the cold and snow.  We had hay delivered today, which is always [...]

Another Cat-astrophe November 19, 2008

Nov. 19, 2008–Another Cat-astrophe
     After a brief respite from cat rescue, I will be back at it.  Someone contacted me about a relative who was over-run with cats.  As is so often the case, personal issues are the main reason things had gotten out of hand.  It is very easy to judge someone with a [...]

Fall October 27, 2008

Oct. 26, 2008–Fall
     Autumn weather has arrived.  I am dreading piling the bales of straw around doorways, and covering the windows with sheets of plastic, thereby dimming the light.  We have some serious renovations to do in the next couple of weeks.  Antique windows that have shattered at the top of the barn, and a pannel [...]

Rusty’s First Car Ride October 16, 2008

Oct. 15, 2008– Rusty’s First Car Ride
     Last week Rusty took his first car ride, over to a friend’s farm, so he could be examined by the vet who was working there.  My mother came to give us a ride–probably the only person I know who would let me put a pig in her car!  I [...]

The New Hens October 3, 2008

Oct. 2, 2008– The New Hens
     Yesterday the hens finally walked free.  Their quarantine period up, we were able to move them from the horse stall in which they have been kept.  Their week in the stall was a learning experience for the hens.  They learned what lettuce and tomatoes were, how to scratch the earth, how to eat from [...]

Updates September 28, 2008

Sept. 27, 2008–Updates
          In sad news, our old Tallulah, the most loved Pygmy goat in the world, has her age catching up with her.  When we first brought Tallulah here, we assumed it was to live out her final days.  We had no idea love and care would help her rebound so that she would [...]

Battered But Not Broken September 26, 2008

Sept. 25, 2008– Battered But Not Broken
    
    
   Eight hens from a battery farm arrived today.  I’ve long heard about where grocery store eggs come from; I’ve even seen it for myself, yet nothing prepares a human for witnessing the state in which these hens arrived.  They had been in a barn of 23,000.  It was a typical [...]

Rusty August 31, 2008

August, 30, 2008– Rusty
     It was going to be a hectic day–apart from other more domestic duties, there was alot going on in the barn.  Adam, the kind photographer who donates his time to take pictures of the animals, was coming out to photograph Duckie.  Adam is a brilliant photographer, and although mainly a fashion photog, he takes [...]