July 14, 2025

It came a down pour while I was at work. It only rained for about 10 minutes, but the amount of water was crazy. It looked like more rain on my way home. It did not rain any more though. 

May was up and trying to run from me. She may be okay yet. 

The animals all seemed fine. 

I had another chick on my shoulder. I am trying to teach them that I am not a threat. 

The cats were all home.

The chicks are getting spoiled. I know I have done that to them. In the words of my Gramma, they are not spoiled, they are well loved. 

May was in the shop with the other hens. 

Pete was laying down again. This time he was chewing at his feet, so I figure his feet are bothering him. He did not stay down long though. 

Mattie, Willow, Noma were all over by the pigs aggravating them. I still laugh about that. 

July 13, 2025

Poor May, she has been doing so good. I do not know what happened today, but she ended up caught in between a toolbox and sheet metal. I am frustrated with myself about that since she is not the first one who has been in that spot. It is not usually a good outcome. I got her out of there, but she could not walk. She could barely balance. It was so sad, especially since she was already injured. I loved on her for a long time. I did give her water with a syringe. I left food for her and water. I cracked an egg, and she ate a little bit of that. I will just have to watch her and make sure she does not get worse.

The chicks are growing more and more daily. 

All the cats were home.

July 12, 2025

I did see Yeller and Onyx as soon as I walked out the door. That is a good day already. 

I fed the chicks. They are growing up so fast. It will not be long before they will be out of that coop and running around with the other chickens. 

May is staying close to the opening in the wall to get some cooler air. I am just glad she is doing fine. 

I did see Athena later in the day. 

May was moving around more today than she has been.

Hercules was literally playing with Pete's tail. That to me is either brave or stupid, I am not sure which one. It cracks me up either way. Pete allowed me to pet him for a long time. He does not normally do that, but he did today. I took advantage of that. I want him to trust us. Trust does not come easy to anyone. Pete and Mattie were face to face over the fence. They seemed to be talking without saying a word. Willow was giving me faces while Mattie and Pete were nose to nose. She makes me laugh. I did pet on all the other donkeys as well. Ronnie was even able to get close to Pete today. 

July 11, 2025

As I was out and about, I saw a hummingbird flying around. That got me to remember I had not put out the hummingbird feeder. I went inside and got that ready. Then I could not find the hook that the feeder went on, so I had to go buy another one later in the day.

I saw Athena and Onyx. I did not see Yeller today, but Ronnie assured me he saw him earlier in the day. 

May was doing okay. 

The chicks are getting big. 

The donkeys were out in the pasture. The goats were in the barn out of the sun. 

Jeb and Spots got sprayed with water. The other horses did not want anything to do with it.

The pigs are doing fine. 

I did see a ground squirrel running across the pasture. They sure are cute. 

Pete is laying down more. We probably need to work on his feet. He and that farrier don't have a great relationship, but we will see what happens. He does not lay down long, so he may just be resting. We will see. When you think something might be wrong with those you love, check on them. 

It did look like the donkeys on both sides of the fence were interacting well. 

July 10, 2025

Things are still green and beautiful. The donkeys were up by the house when I came outside. There was also dew on the ground. That does not happen around here much at all, but there it was. 

The goats were way out in the pasture, and I did not see donkeys around them. They do not do that too often, but every once in a while, they do get adventurous. It is good to have some adventure in your life from time to time. 

I loved on a chick again. This one did not seem to mind. I knew I would find one that would not mind. Now to remember which one it was. That is the tough part. 

Olga ran Cinderella out of the feed, so I had to run Olga out of there so Cinderella would eat. Tinkerbelle did not care at all. 

It was a rather warm day. The pigs were enjoying being in the water. I am not sure how cool the water is, but I was filling it up, so it had to give them some relief. The other pigs were taking advantage of their sunshade. Believe it or not, it really is cooler under the sunshade.

Jasper allowed me to pet him. He is fickle about that these days. 

May was with her friends and looking good. I hope that leg is healing. 

Lester was watching over his ladies while they gave themselves dirt baths. 

Mattie let me pet on him. He is such a sweet boy. 

Seems everyone was enjoying their day. It is good to just enjoy the day when you can. 

I saw Yeller and Onyx. I did not see Athena, but I know she was around there. I think I saw her in the morning, but I asked Ronnie, and he was sure he did. 

Oreo let me love on him. He does not let me do that often, but he is sure sweet when he does allow it.