Critter Duty Day#1 aka Our Friday!

Louis Dean takes his Critter Chores seriously!

As soon as I had my first cup of coffee, he said he had to get down there to let the goats out.

He's so cute! He takes the three goats out one at a time.

Once upon a time, he said he could have taken all three at once and I'm sure he could!

Actually, he HAS taken all three of these at once. He said that's how he knew it wasn't a good idea!

Feeding the ducks is the very first chore for me.

They are noisy critters!

Can you see the young white goose trying to bite the smaller duck?

I had to pass the 'Crime Scene' on the way to tend the chicken coops in the back.

There's a reason the ducks and chickens get put up at night......

Four new baby chicks kind of make up for losing the duck.

It is the way of life......

Morning chores done!

We headed back up to read and have that second cup of coffee.

Then Louis Dean went about his chores and I went about mine.

We met back in the camper for lunch and to finish our movie!

Chili dogs - his favorite!

Louis Dean says it's one of the few things that still has flavor after 'the dentist murdered my taste buds.' He says that all.the.time.

We started this movie last night and finished it today.

I'd seen it before but I couldn't remember what happened.

It was really a well done movie.

Today was the day to clean up the other side of the front room!

We cleared off the table we use for cooking and also as a flat surface for Louis Dean to load up with all sorts of 'stuff' and I covered it with a special quilt.

Back in the 1970's and into the 80's I sewed all of my mother's work dresses.

She favored A-line styles with empire waistlines and short capped sleeves.

I would make up several dresses for her every year.

This quilt is full of memories of those dresses because it's made from either the very dresses I sewed for her or scraps that were left over.

The entire quilt - every last stitch - was sewn by hand.

I can hardly believe it. All hand made.

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*photo from my quilter friend, Carla***

I have no idea who made this quilt.

Mother gave it to me in 2005 shortly after I married Louis Dean but before she had the stroke in September of that year. She pulled it out of a stack of quilts in one of her closets. I wish I had thought to ask her who stitched it.

The bees are much calmer now. Most of them have gone into the hive box and the Bee Keeper will come back tomorrow afternoon to take the box....and the bees away.

Louis Dean is back at work on his utility room and as happy as he can be 'BEE' about it!!

I did one last art session before cleaning and packing it all up.

I didn't really finish anything but I made some progress.

I'm beginning to see Buddy and his personality start to come through......

The front room is becoming more comfortable every time we come down here.

It's beginning to look like Home. 

Our Country Home.

And just like home......the walls are filling up!

I have really enjoyed our time here this month - as I do every month.

While I have not done much writing, I did do a lot of painting - and this time it wasn't wall boards!

Yup!

Looks like Home!

Louis Dean's guitar is living right there in front of the baker's rack.

He's picked it up and played it a few times.

We did the evening Critter Chores and it took over an hour to get those stubborn geese back in their pen. Visions of duck feathers from the 'crime scene' kept us at it until they were finally all in there.

We just finished our second movie!

Louis Dean said, "That was a really good one!"

And it didn't even have John Wayne in it!!!