I regret to report that our cat Kah-Li ( commonly know as Callie) has died from pancreatitus. She wasn't much of a lap kitty. She seemed to prefer to sit next to us rather than on us. The exception was when she grabbed on to Stacey, climbed up to her shoulder and slobbered in her hair. She had a magnificient purr. She purred until she died. She had the personality of a dumpy maiden aunt most of the time. When she thought no one was watching, she played like a kitten. She was a good kitty and we miss her.
Before you start lining up spare kittens for us, let me remind you that we already have 2 others in the house and 2 others outside. We have plenty.
The lamb crop is good this year. We have somewhere around 15 that made it. They have formed their lamb flock and spend there days running and playing. I wish I had more time to watch them. I had to pull Anna, the dog out for a while. She had some type of allergic attack that had her pulling her flank hair out. She seems fine now but I'm checking her.
We brought in the hay this Friday. My cousin Matt and his girls helped put it in the barn. The girls hold up better than boys. The boys mostly fade out too fast but the girls keep going. I had a bad winter spending too much time indoors. I've been worried that I'd never make it back to health like I was. The fact that I'm writing this means that I survived and if I can do that, I'm ok. Mind you, there were 3 times I was doubting that I'd make it but I did. I remember that Stacey prepared a feast for us and it was good but I started to fall asleep after that and things get fuzzy.
What garden I managed to plant is doing well except for beans. The dang things just won't sprout this year. I've planted from 2 different seed sources and nothing. A friend gave me his excess tomato plants and I put them in early. They caught the last frost and died to mthe ground. They came back, they're 3 foot high and forming tomatos. Not bad.
I planted Bloody Butcher field corn in a small field in back. I'm told that it's up but I haven't made it back lately. I'm going to have to cultivate it soon. That will be a trick since I don't have a cultivator. One problem at a time.
I have some bantam chickens setting. It will be interesting to see how they do.
Somehow, I have to get a field of timothy hay started, mow a good part of the farm and shovel out the manure from the sheep pen. I'm tired. See ya later.
