Second chances...

FFF Photo a Day- Day 252

This affectionate little guy is called Kickers! He's new to the farm and seems to be fitting in real well.

A few months ago we heard about the Winnipeg Humane Society's Barn Buddies program. This program matches kitties that are otherwise unadoptable and may be destroyed with farms that have some heated spaces where they may do well (i.e. barns and farm shops). 

It just so happened that our other (15 year old) barn cat was having trouble keeping up on the mice hunting and we thought we may form a mutually beneficial relationship! 

Earlier this week we got a call from the Humane Society that Kickers needed a home. The rest is as they say, is history! 

Welcome home Kickers!

Cows are like cats...

Day 16 - FFF Photo a Day

You cat people out there, know that whenever you try to do some paperwork, the cat will undoubtedly be around within minutes to lie directly upon it. 

Cows.... or at least Grace (our cow), is like that when you take a camera out. She immediately has to come and stick her nose right in front, fogging up the lens with her breath, often trying to lick it. 

The other day I was scrolling through pictures from the farm and noticed just how many pictures I have that look like this.... 

Move forward... and don't look back!

As we get to the end of February...despite the current temperature of -32C and the forecast of -50 C with the windchill this weekend.. there is a ray of hope! Tomorrow it is March 1st and I have faith that with it will bring an (eventual) warming and turn towards what we all seek, yearn, indeed are begging for! The sun is getting warmer (ask any cat who lounges in the sunny window) and the days are getting longer... all signs that we are making progress. This winter has been brutal. But soon we will look back and affectionately and proudly swap stories of the highest snowbank or the coldest day. This hope of spring is what keeps us all moving forward. 

Here at the farm, we are eagerly anticipating the new growing season. We have been busy planning how to make this year even better than last! The winter has been hard on the animals and they too are dreaming of green grass and warm breezes. In January, our nanny goats blessed us with eight new kids. Despite being born during one of the coldest weeks, all survived and are thriving. Two of them... Martie and Arya required some quick intervention from us and as a result they have been hanging out in our basement being bottlefed for the last month! Their mamas unfortunately have no interest in these cutie-pies so we milk them twice a day and feed their babes 4-5 times a day! I'm pretty sure they laugh at us when we leave the barn each day! It is hard though to have a bad day when you get to end it snuggling with these two!

Today I went to get all our passports renewed... not because we have some great warm destination planned but they were expired and it needed to be done. However, should the universe see fit to hand us a tropical vacation.... by golly, we are ready! (Can you win those with Roll up the Rim?)

So I encourage you to not let the terrible weather get you down, to look forward towards the sunshine! (real or imagined!)

If thinking about boxes of yummy produce all summer long would cheer you up... we are now open to applications for our CSA Share. Check out our Products page for this and other offerings. 

Cheers! 

-L

Hungry cats.... cheeky mice!

Hungry barn cats this morning.... Am I the only one that sees the mouse tracks! While we only have three cats of our own... we appear to be feeding several more. They don't however, seem to have a taste for mice.

Patches and Shadow came from the Corn Maze so they are unlike most traditional barn cats... they are friendly... a little too friendly.  You will be bending down to pick up something up and they will leap onto your back and snuggle into your neck. Then there is Caleb - the cat.... he is actually a she (long story) and is skittish and shy. You know you have been blessed if she comes over and lets you touch her.....

But back to these mice... they are getting a bit cocky! They used to have the decency to scatter when you came into the barn but the other day, one sat up on the stall wall and I swear... looked at me, winked and then sauntered into the wall!

Anyone have any advice?