Please Sir, I Want Some More

For most of the year, chore times follow the sun.

We rise and head out for morning chores as the sun rises,

and finish with evening chores as the sun sets.

Now that spring has arrived and the sun sets later,

evening tuck-in chores are done later, as well.

If I am out and about doing other chores,

such as mowing, or gardening, I like to stop by the barn in the

late afternoon to get a jump start on the evening chores.

I fill waters and clean up manure.

Feeding is put off until later, though.

If the ducks happen to be close to their yard,

I close them inside... saving a little time in having to track them down

later in the evening.

The thing is... if I am there working,

the animals just assume that I am going to feed them.

They try every conceivable trick to try to convince me.

Yesterday when I arrived at the barn,

the pigs and sheep were out in the front pasture grazing.

I slipped out the front gate so that I could visit with them.

Seeing me, MaryAnn came over to say hello,

Ginger took off running for their yard

(assuming that I was going to feed them.)

After a quick hello,

MaryAnn must have decided that a meal was forthcoming,

because she also took off running across the pasture for

their yard,

followed by the sheep.

No meal, girls.... it's too early.

Ok, how about a couple Ritz crackers,

and we'll call it Happy Hour!

Meanwhile, the horses were doing their very best

Oliver Twist impressions.

"Please, may I have some more?"

"Hey, that's my bowl.  Please?"

"My bowl.  Some... please?"

Ok, you guys...

you already had an afternoon snack.

I think you can wait just a couple more hours!

After the sun goes down, and everyone is tucked in for the night,
I settle in and work on a knitting project.
This is my Covid Shawl.
I am using nothing but scraps and leftover yarn to make this piece...

Here is what I accomplished on the shed in the last two days.

I dug a shallow trench up to the shed, filled it with sand,

and built a walkway from

 two stone pavers that I had in another garden,

and some bricks we had saved from my Mom's terrace re-do.

(We've had the bricks for years... you never know when something

just might come in handy!!)

With last few pickets that I had cut,

(workshop supervisor)

I fashioned a gate.

Hubbs placed the posts, and set them in concrete...

and then when the concrete set,

helped me hang the gate in place so that I could paint it.

Finished! (for now)

We keep a large pile of mulch on the farm,

so I planted a couple flowers, and spread the mulch.

I will plant more later... I have perennial seedlings in the greenhouse to 

eventually place in this area.

The rest of this week will be spent in painting the rafters and ceiling.

It will be a work-in-progress for quite some time!

To Patty MacDonald:  The bunny pattern that I used for the tops of the pickets
is a silhouette that I found when I "googled"
rabbit silhouette images.
I simply copied it to my photos and then opened a Word document
and imported the image.  Here I could make it the right width to
fit on my picket.
I printed it, traced it on a clear plastic sheet and cut it out to use
as a template to draw around on each picket.
I used a jig saw to cut out each bunny.
(I have done this in the past with rabbits, mushrooms,
a flower in a pot, and a gnome holding a lantern...
the possibilities are endless!)