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This morning Alex dove between my ankles and bolted out the door. He's better at predicting snow than that groundhog. I'm now lugging bundles of summer clothes to the shed and winter clothes to the house.
Also this morning, I saw the coyote sniffing around my chicken coop. At 11:00 AM! Very odd. The raccoon was out in the day, too. They were both acting perfectly ordinary so I don't think it's rabies or any other disease. Maybe just the darker days?
It's the beginning of my second year in the house and will be my second winter. For all of Crestline's flaws (there are exactly two decent restaurants), I love it here. There's something beautiful and new on my land every day, there's wildlife, and there's always some pleasant physical job that needs doing.
Today I planted two blueberry bushes and the last of the native plants from the native plant sale, put down a few more rocks on the paths I'm making, bundled all the chickens but Uncatchable Sally into the chicken tractor so they can munch on weeds, dumped cardboard over some ivy to get rained on tomorrow, and am taking a brief break before I lug the outside furniture cushions into the basement for the winter.
Also this morning, I saw the coyote sniffing around my chicken coop. At 11:00 AM! Very odd. The raccoon was out in the day, too. They were both acting perfectly ordinary so I don't think it's rabies or any other disease. Maybe just the darker days?
It's the beginning of my second year in the house and will be my second winter. For all of Crestline's flaws (there are exactly two decent restaurants), I love it here. There's something beautiful and new on my land every day, there's wildlife, and there's always some pleasant physical job that needs doing.
Today I planted two blueberry bushes and the last of the native plants from the native plant sale, put down a few more rocks on the paths I'm making, bundled all the chickens but Uncatchable Sally into the chicken tractor so they can munch on weeds, dumped cardboard over some ivy to get rained on tomorrow, and am taking a brief break before I lug the outside furniture cushions into the basement for the winter.