Daily Thoughts - 10 Apr 18 - Homesteading Today...

Good Morning, Steemians! :D

Our puppies and grand-puppies woke me up before sunrise this morning. Here’s our beautiful puppy mom Karma watching the sun come up. :D

After chores are done and we’ve washed up, my husband and I are heading to Fredericton, so I can see the specialist about my arm. :D Hopefully I’ll get some nice pictures, either on the trip down or back, that I can share with you in this post when we get home tonight. :D

There was something strange going on with the herd today. Usually Joker (1) and Buddy (3) are the last ones to the pasture (they seem to alternate in the mornings) and they go straight to the water buckets while Princess (2), Candy (4), and Belle (5) go straight to the hay, but Belle was the last one to arrive in the pasture this morning. Today the boys went over to the hay to start eating with Princess instead of going to the water and Candy and Belle went straight to the water for a drink instead of going to the hay. I really don’t know if it matters which order they get there I suppose, if they all get there safely and without anyone going through the fence, right? LOL. :D

My husband suggested I hold a little giveaway that everyone can participate in, so here goes. I’m looking for guesses on when Belle will give birth and what she’s having, male or female. :D For example, my husband wants to go on record as picking 16 May and female as his guess, at least I think that was the date, he might have said 15th, I’ll have to verify with him to be certain. Hey husband of mine, @timmoflinn, which date did you pick? The first submission with the right date and sex of the calf will win 3 SBD, payable once she has the calf. Please submit your guess for the date and sex in the comments section below. :D Good luck to you all! :D (Honestly we’ve got no sweet clue as to when she’s due, we’re watching her udder growth and behavior to try to figure out when she’s going into labor, wish us luck, we’ll need it, LOL. :D)

Junior (1), Pinky (2), and Lil’ Miss (3) enjoying their breakfast. :D

As we’re driving down our hill to head to Fredericton my husband spotted this group of deer in one of our farmer friend’s field. :D

The deer in the next pasture over were a bit closer to the road, so you can see them a bit better. :D

This will be so pretty, once the water thaws and is flowing again, just like a mini waterfall. :D There was one that was flowing on the way home but none of the pictures I took of it came out, which was a bit of a bummer, but I hope you enjoy the pictures that came out. :D

Some deer grazing beside the highway on the way home. :D

This logging truck was spitting a lot of debris at us and as we were passing it, both my husband and I thought it looked like this log was going to fall off, thankfully it didn’t. :D

Almost back to Woodstock, which means almost home, YAY! :D

Our little herd knows we’re home. :D Belle (1), Candy (2), Buddy (3), Princess (4), and Joker (5) greeting us as we got there. :D They know they’re about 45 minutes from supper now and were happy to let us know they’d be ready when the time comes. LOL. :D

Time to put the herd and piglets in the barn for the night. :D

The piglets Lil’ Miss (1), Junior (2), and Pinky (3) playing a rousing game of “ring around the farmer” with my husband while he pours their supper feed into their food dishes. :D LOL. :D

Junior (1), Pinky (2), and Lil’ Miss (3) getting some good chin scratches from my husband before they get their supper. :D

Here come Princess (1), Buddy (2), Belle (3), Joker (4), and Candy (5) to get their last drink of the day so they can head into the barn for their supper and bed. :D

Belle (1) overtook Princess (2) on the path up to the barn and got to the water buckets first, but Princess wasn’t far behind. My husband supervising the herd to make sure Candy (3), Joker (4), and Buddy (5) all get drinks before he lets everyone into the barn for the night. :D

Candy (1) and Princess (2) went to the wrong spots tonight so we had to secure them that way for a few minutes while we got Joker (3), Buddy (4), and Belle (5) settled into their spots and hooked up for the night before switching them to their proper spots, silly girls, LOL. :D

Sunset 1.

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Well that was our day here. How is/was yours? I hope you have/had an awesome day! :D

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