Friday Farm Funny: This little game we play

My precious Edie, the sweetest sheep God ever made.

Every day it's the same routine:

I start the morning feeding chores at the big barn where Daisy and Edie's stall is located...

not because they're that special (which they kinda are) but because it's also adjacent to where the chicken feed is kept.

I give Daisy and Edie a little grain and a nice, tasty block of hay, and then it's on to the chicken coop.

But then I turn around to see they are following me...

abandoning their grain and hay and walking along beside me on the other side of the fence.

Almost as if they want something more from me...

Could it possibly be the sweet corn I have in my bucket which was supposed to be for the chickens? Hmmm?

Try looking at this next picture and NOT imagine that they are saying,

"Oh please, just a little nibble? Puh-leeese?"

And then, like a National Geographic special on sharks- the feeding frenzy begins.

Daisy is always the first to get her head through the fence and her tongue to the scoop...

(Edie is a little slow...)

The corn flies out of the scoop as she licks all she can before

Edie manages to get her head through the fence...

Then Edie mops up what's left...

Ever heard of a "milk moustache"?

This is very similar and it's called "corn lips".

Once the corn is all gone,

they turn and calmly walk back toward the barn;

back to their grain and hay......

*Sigh*

I feel so used....

Happy Good Friday, everyone!!

Friday Farm Funny: I see London, I see France.....

Around here we try to recycle things as much as possible, and that includes worn-out clothing that has reached the unwearable stage. I have a little container in the laundry room that we call the "rag box" where all the ragged socks, t shirts- and yes, undies- are washed and placed in to be used for everything from dusting ceiling fans and waxing cars to cleaning up greasy hands and dirty shoes.
This garment was used for the messy task of cleaning up our paintbrushes (and our hands) while we were staining the house, but I forgot to throw it away and didn't realize it was still hanging around until I went looking for my scrub brush.
Now, I'm not going to tell you who these belonged to, but I will say this much- I would love to think I owned a pair of undies that could be used to clean a paintbrush and the elastic still hold up this good on them.
But I don't.
And that's all I'm gonna say.


Happy Friday, everyone!

Friday Funny: Farm Fotos that didn't make the cut

Last week I bought a new external hard drive to store all the important files on my computer... it was something I have been needing to do for a while. The last time I tried to back-up my computer, it said the drive I was using didn't have enough memory- in other words, the folders containing all my pictures, videos and documents are too big to fit on there now. This could be because while going through some of my files I had no idea how many pictures I've saved over the last 5 years....
The camera I am using now was a Christmas present back in 2006 and I have taken literally thousands of pictures with it. Not to mention the pictures I haven't kept- for every good picture I take, I've probably taken 15 not-so-good-ones. I usually delete the dark, blurry, or random ones off the card before they ever get to the computer. 

Some have fallen through the cracks along the way, though...




For example-

Silkie, exit stage left.

Mockingbird, exit stage right. 

                                                                                            

Apparently I saved this rare photo of a headless bird for a reason.

(I think it's head was turned. I hope.)

This next picture defies any logical explanation I have.

In the first place, why was I holding a dead snake on a pitchfork.

In the second place, Why did I take a picture of it?

Do I have issues?

 It always helps to move the screen door out of the way before taking a picture.

 Much better.

Here are some random pictures that need to be filed under something.

Wool. 

Wabbit.

Wainbow.

I'll just file them under... "W".

This picture of little Edie when she was just 6 months old has a funny story behind it- I grabbed my camera to take this because she was standing so still I thought she was posing for me. Turns out, her head is stuck in the fence. (Look closely and you'll see the little square around her neck.) The sad thing is, I snapped about 10 pictures before I finally started wondering why she wasn't moving.

 

 Speaking of Edie and Daisy, you sure can't say Daisy is camera shy. In fact, every time I have my camera outside trying to take a pretty picture, she always winds up in it somehow.

 *Sigh*

"Yoo-hoo! I'm ready for my close-up!"

There are times when you take a picture but you don't see everything through the tiny little lens....

While posting about how cold it was last winter,

I took this next picture of me breaking the ice out of the sheep's water.

Once I saw it on the big computer screen, I decided it would be best not to include this one.

Although I've taken lots and lots of bad or random pictures, each one has a little special memory attached to them- and I guess that's why I take them in the first place.....

Even if it's of somebody's rear!

Happy Friday, everyone!

Friday Funny: Waking up is hard to do, Part III

Lily doesn't do mornings.... can you tell?

In case you missed them, Parts I and II can be found here and here.

We've had some heavy rains for most of this week which made it impossible to do anything outside- so it seemed like a good time to get my fall decorations out and get them ready to put up when the weather improved. I decided that since I was in the closet moving things around I would go ahead and clean it out and donate some unused items.
Well, you know how that goes.... one closet leads to another.... then another....
I'll be back in a few days, providing I'm not buried under by a closet avalanche- until then, I'll be catching up with all my blog friends to see what I've missed this week.
Happy Friday, everyone!

Friday Funny: Waking up is hard to do, Part II

I'm taking a short blog break to get caught up on some spring cleaning and outdoor chores, but I'll be back in a few days.....

In the meantime, Happy Mother's Day, dear friends- and if you are blessed to still have your mother, give her a big hug and tell her how much you love and appreciate her....

Friday Farm Funny: Chickie Chatter

If I happen to be just a teeny bit late with the afternoon treats,
this is the reception I get....

Happy Friday, everybody!