Come What May

May has come and gone.  Who knew that we would  FINALLY cut, sell and replant corn all in this month?  Not me, that's for sure.  Boyd finally got the corn planted by working late Friday and early Saturday sandwiched between rainstorms.  We decorated graves and visited with family this weekend.  The end of May signals the end of school, just four more days.  This year seems to be a test of my patience and faith.  I am sick of rain, yet it falls constantly.  When the sun shines, my mood elevates.  The weather man is giving me hope.  Tomorrow is supposed to be in the 70's.  We shall see. 
 I took all of these photos this afternoon, notice the amount of snow on the mountain yet to melt.  We added to that total again today with more valley rain and mountain snow.
Take a good last look at May 2011.

Pelicans

Lots of them!

Fly By

I found this buried in the straw where we store the bales.  I can't believe it didn't get stepped on and broken for as many times as I have been in and out of the chicken coop lately. At first, I thought it was a goose egg.  Boyd suggested turkey and according to my google search, I think he is right.

Remember the picture of the birds' nest on the landscape rake?  Lately, anytime I walk near the chicken coop I get my head buzzed by a robin.  Freaky I tell you!!!!   Good thing I wear glasses, because I am afraid the bird will literally poke my eye out.  It lifts my hair with its wings as it zooms just above me.  Well, I needed the landscape rake and so I carefully took it down and peeled off the nest.  The three birds inside looked dead, but they were slightly breathing.  I put the nest back where it was minus the rake and hoped for the best.  I didn't know if the babies would be abandoned or not.   Seems like all is well because I am still being attacked by a  pair of robins.  Hope the birds make it.  They have many enemies including my dog.

An Afternoon at the Beach

The shore maybe??

Okay, at the edge of our muddy field.  (Sorry about the quality, iPhone again)

 This was our field and road.

Maggie and Jen came for a walk up high where the water isn't.  Maybe it's where the water isn't, but the skunk was.  Jen gagged a lot and almost puked, it didn't even bother me.  Jasmin got it big time and it missed Maggie altogether.  Such is life at the Dismal Land and Livestock Company.

Goats

 I spent an hour or more like this tonight.  The goats ate and ate and ate.  Buddy stared and stared and stared.  Jasmin and I sat while I petted her.

 Then we went to get flowers for Memorial Day.   The place we go to has goats and now chickens besides great flowers.

 Too bad I only had my iPhone and had to take the pictures through the fence.  So cute!!!!!

I love baby goats.  No one need worry, I only came home with flowers.

A Preview

My mom is coming home soon!  She's ready, but I thought I should show her a few random landmarks from our town just to refresh her memory.

Can you place them all, Mom? 

Birds, Birds, and a Cat

Boyd watched these guys walk down our lane and head towards the cattle guard and subdivision across the road.  What's up with that?

 And then he got a nice photo of Satan.  She takes advantage of any non-rainy moment.

 This pelican spent a good part of the day in the same spot. 

 Then when I got home, I found these random birds in what has become our new waterfowl farmland.