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October 10, 2008
Waking up before the dawn
Is starting to be a habit. Probably a good habit. I got up and fed dogs, cats and made coffee. I walked out to the barn to check on the goats and chickens and to turn on the radio and get Buffy the Coyote Slayer's puppy food.
Beautiful, beautiful sky. Lots of stars, no moon. And then I heard a bunch of absolutely bone-chilling sounds coming from the woods. I have no idea what it was. I'm hoping not a cougar or bobcat. That would be very bad. The sounds were not from owls or coyotes, I don't know. Maybe I'll go look for paw prints later today.
We have a lovely praying mantis watching for bugs in the barn. I told him he was welcome to over-winter here and get rid of insects! Not too sure he understood. If he is out there later, I'll get a picture of him.
Oh, speaking of pictures, I have to put together a video of Buffy. She is so cute that she looks like a huge stuffed dog.
She is a challenge to train, though. I think she finally understands that she has to protect the chickens, ducks, guineas and goats, not chase them!
I will continue working on my new hen house today. I am starting to put the floor on over the base. The instructions are a little unclear on Step 5. I'm building the 8x14 model, can't figure out why I'm supposed to cut the floor one inch shorter than the base - do I lay it out leaving 1/2 inch of the base all around or what? If anyone knows, please tell me!
Okay, I can hear Hal - he has to eat separately because he has very expensive food for his bladder condition - he wants out of his dining room (our bathroom).
Have a great Friday, all!
Posted by Beth at October 10, 2008 5:41 AM
Comments
If you haven't heard of or read Jon Katz you might want to check him out. Here's his blog - http://blog.bedlamfarm.com/index.cfm?&startRow=11. He's written several books about dogs, including one about training the one's he has on his farm in upstate New York. Seems like a neat guy.
Posted by: Beth at October 10, 2008 11:55 AM
Oh, you'd love the mantids we have around here. They seem to be in hog heaven because we have several, each with their own territory. It's rather fascinating. And you know, I never really thought of them as autumn bugs, but I guess they are, aren't they?
Wouldn't the floor on the base be shorter all the way around because you're leaving room for the walls?
Posted by: Da Goddess at October 10, 2008 1:06 PM