Well I have two visits to tell about, one on 5/18/08 and the other on 5/22/09, the first one was a visit Lois and I made to get things finish for the Memorial weekend visit. I did some more mowing, got the front bucket straightened out that I had bend trying to tear a stump out, dug some more on the fire pit. We also cleaned the barn out sprayed for bugs and sprayed the rafters for the boring bumble bees. Yes they bore into the wood and I have found some spray that I can spray on the wood and it keeps them away. We also did some spraying around the new trees and marking some of the pine trees so they don’t mow them when they cut for hay.
While we were down at the south pond and Lois showed me two birds nests, one had two eggs and one baby bird in it, the other had 2 eggs in it. The one with the baby bird in it was a neat looking nest as it hung from the tree limb.
While we were down at the south pond and Lois showed me two birds nests, one had two eggs and one baby bird in it, the other had 2 eggs in it. The one with the baby bird in it was a neat looking nest as it hung from the tree limb.
The other was a typical nest that sat in a fork of the tree only thing was it was only 3’ off the ground. I took several pictures of them.
When we first got to the farm and I opened up the door there was a blue tailed skink making a home under the door and I got several pictures of him.
I also took a picture of the peach tree, it is doing so good nothing has eaten it yet and the violets are growing.
The trip on Friday, May 22, we took a new piece of equipment to the farm, her name is Jessie and she is a Toyota pickup truck that our niece Carmen wanted to retire to the farm. As you can see Jessie already likes her new home.
I also showed Carmen how to drive the tractor, whose name is chief. She took right to it and took to mowing just like I did. She really enjoyed it. She was good at it too, I may have to hire her to help mow.
Also here is an update on the bird nests, The one with the one baby now has 3 baby’s in it and the one with the two eggs has four eggs in it.
We went down to the south pond to fish and shoot the guns, Lois and I have been to the farm once a week the last 8 weeks and I have only seen 1 snake in all that time. As you know that would change today, we saw at least 6-7 snakes swimming in the water. Then when we came back from lunch the kids saw what looked like a rat snake that was about 4’ long down by the barn. If you remember in an earlier post we had found a shed snake’s skin in the barn that measured 4’ long.
All in all we did have a great time. Caught a lot of fish, turned them all lose. Found a new restaurant in Dresden Tn that serves fried bologna sandwiches.
We went down to the south pond to fish and shoot the guns, Lois and I have been to the farm once a week the last 8 weeks and I have only seen 1 snake in all that time. As you know that would change today, we saw at least 6-7 snakes swimming in the water. Then when we came back from lunch the kids saw what looked like a rat snake that was about 4’ long down by the barn. If you remember in an earlier post we had found a shed snake’s skin in the barn that measured 4’ long.
All in all we did have a great time. Caught a lot of fish, turned them all lose. Found a new restaurant in Dresden Tn that serves fried bologna sandwiches.
