Toasting Marshmallows

After we toasted a few we went on a fox hunt on foot around the edge of the farm and found two foxes trying to sneak up on "chicken". George and Nathan went back to the house to retrieve the gun while i laid on my back and looked up at the star filled sky. I spotted one satellite before they returned. We got one of the foxes and the other one took off when he heard the gun blast. Lucky for "chicken"!

Fun Day at Ivor's 100th

Me, Nathan, AnnaBelle and Jessie went to Ivor's 100th Celebration today. The weather was cool and windy and the clouds looked like rain, but it held off and it was a fun time. They had several blow up slides for the kids and Nathan had his fun going down the different ones. There were craft booths set up but they weren't doing much selling so they closed up shop early when we got there. Donkey baseball was played on the Joyner field and it was a hoot. I have never seen a game before and i almost peed my pants watching various local leaders fall off their donkeys when the ball was hit. One guy took a nose dive off of one heading to home plate and busted his face up. I think it was our local banker at the Franklin branch. I wish i had taken pics of that but i took that time to stuff my face with some pizza!

Our New Addition

This our new rooster who Nathan calls "chicken". He has already chased him around the yard a few times and he crows nonstop in the early evening and early morning. It's nice to have a rooster back on the farm. A few years ago we had chickens, roosters and bitties and a terrible fox problem. We still have the fox, but we'll handle him when the time comes. I think "chicken" is savvy enough to stay away for a while but it won't last forever, hence the need to take care of the fox when we see him next. Over the next few weeks we are going to get "chicken" some companions and start collecting eggs again out of the coop.

There was an absolutely beautiful sunset last night I had to get a picture. There were over 50 geese in this corn field next to our house. They were coming in landing gracefully and honking loudly. It was a gorgeous site.