It takes everyone

Its a very pretty Sunday.

And while we will find ourselves doing outside chores later today...

Right now, everyone is doing their part inside.

On the farm

Several days ago I was out in the back pasture and spotted these.I have no idea what kind they are or to whom they belong...they just sort of appeared.

And unfortunately, they disappeared just as quickly. In a few hours to be exact. S spotted a crow flying off with one of the eggs and then later, I found this over by the fence. Poor eggs. Poor mama and daddy of the eggs.

My first hummingbird on the farm!!! I was so excited to see that little bird at my feeder. I love watching them. (I promise. He really is there.)

The hard working farm dog.

We have what we think are apricots. YUM!

On the way to the apricot tree I stopped by the grapes...which are partially planted in the garden and partially in the fruit tree area. And look what I found under the grape vines. One lonely, little asparagus. This made me smile. I wonder tho...will there be more in the coming years perhaps?

My ma is in town. Let it be known that I have not hesitated to put her to work.

And of course, G. He has to play a major role in whatever takes place around here.

At any time it can become a full body experience.

I have decided that the soil here is the best I have ever worked in.

You always know you have great soil when you find all kinds of these fat, juicy guys.

The previous owners left this huge chunk of half baked alfalfa hay for me. Wasnt that nice of them?

Im not quite certain on what to do with it. Leave it to G to come up with a really great idea.

Getting dirty

Not this kind of dirty, tho.

And not dirty by doing this.

No. This kinda dirty. Llama bean dirty.

The previous owners had 3 llamas. I know, right? How cool is that? I get my farm AND it had llamas on it before....

Well, let me just say, they left behind lots and lots of piles of beans.

So, I decided to get my trusty green wagon.

Fill it up with those beans.

And take all those beans and put them in the garden.

After one load tho, I decided that my little shovel I had just wasnt cutting it. That said, we decided to run some errands.

I totally need to just buy a great big box of PVC parts. They kept G busy for quite some time.

So did these mini shower doors. They were quickly made into a drive thru restaurant and G was asking the people walking by what kind of ice cream they would like. He was a very friendly ice cream guy.

This shovel came home with me.

And, OH BOY, was it ever easier to load up llama beans with that great big shovel.

Once that wagon was full I then had to go get the tractor. Which meant I had to back it out of the shed. (I hate driving in reverse.)

But I did it. And didnt even hit anything. So, off I go to load up the wagon.

The garden should be fantastic this season!

good news and fun news

The pipe. You remember the one, right?

Well, G and I went out and bought these things to repair the pipe. S and J made all the repairs.

Im happy to say that the good news is that it worked! The sprinklers (in zone 4, anyway) are now officially working and at full pressure, too. Yay!

And then today, one of my new neighbors came over to welcome us to the neighborhood. Nice, right?

Look what she brought us....

Straight from her 6 Rhode Island Red chickens that just started laying this Spring.

Isnt that fun? And now I know where that rooster is that I enjoy listening to every day!

Not to be overlooked

The day we had all been waiting and waiting and waiting for.

The move in!

And guess who showed up to help me get all moved in??? Thats right. My best pal, danni. She left Critter Farm and drove all the way to my house. Im not one to keep track of points, like say, someone else I know....but, I have to say....this was worth some pretty big points.

And youd think with all that waiting and waiting and waiting that Id have more pictures to share...but not so much. I could use the excuse that I was extremely busy...but thats not a *good* excuse. I mean, I WAS busy. But, Im quite certain that my partner in crime was equally as busy, and Im 100% sure that she walked away with a ton of pictures.

There was lots of exploring to be done.

Especially since before we moved in every single room was stuffed to the gills. Like this.

And this.

Securing the perimeter is a full time job for this little pup.

And, of course, trying out all the potential napping spots.

The kitchen was quickly covered in all sorts of cleaning supplies and odds and ends.

An empty house is a wonderful place to play with a great big, red, bouncy ball.

As the morning took off, the job of box and furniture inventory was given to danni. This required a very quick hand and a good set of ears and eyes....looking for color coded numbered tags and listening for them to be called off as man after man walked by with dolly after dolly of boxes.

And for a good part of the morning G played right there in that big window.


But at times, he did contribute. His toys did need to be inventoried after all. This "toy box in a wagon" was a huge hit. Only cool miss danni would think of something like that. G is still talking about how he got to sit in the big, green wagon AND have all his rescue heroes in there.

And since he worked so hard, naturally, he needed a break for lunch.


And then after lunch it makes perfect sense to spend a little time in the tree.

In amidst the chaos of box after box being brought off the truck...we were pleasantly surprised to see what appeared to be a huge groundhog tunnel in our front yard.

It went right up to the house.

And curved around.

And YAY for that because thats our cable line that allows us to access the internet!!! We were initially told that it would possibly take a week to even *try* to get us connected.

The truck arrived at 830am and by 1pm it was pulling out of the driveway.

And even tho I dont have a full picture diary for the day...I can tell you it was a very long day. Filled with lots of work and snacks and laughing and more work and more snacks and paper plates and paper cups and pizza and fried chicken and gummi bears and sparkling cider and wait. I want to make a toast. Heres to the end of one chapter and the beginning of another. Getting the amazing opportunity to fulfill my dreams of living on a farm and having some critters.

Mostly tho, it was a fabulous day. Never to be forgotten. And I cant thank my amazingly, wonderful best friend enough for making the trip here to help me through this very hectic time in my life. I honestly dont know what I would have done without her. Thank you, danni. (Your mere presence was delightful. And made me so very happy. The fact that youre very strong and helped me move some great big boxes was a bonus. And even more? The kitchen was a HUGE task....but since you were here it was all done even before the end of day 1.....I could go on and on and on...Thank you so much for all your help.)

Im also really glad that the people who lived here before me decided to take this with them.