Farm Love

Happy Valentines Day! We have lots of love on this farm beginning with of course the good husband and I and our family.  But family on this farm includes all of our furry creatures too. 

Check out Ringo and Patty Pat (I guess Patty Pat is a girl though her antler stubs stumped me...She looks a bit pregnant too.  I had no clue they loved eachother until yesterday.  Bucks and does do not normally hang out until later in the spring and summer.  Patty Pat's name is taken from that silly 'Pat' on Saturday Night Live where we still don't know if the character is male or female.  Look how proud Ringo is of his Patty Pat!

Jessie and Blue can't even be out of sight with one another.  Today they finally got turned out but only rolled and kicked a couple of times.  They love being muddy and they love eating their grass!

Daddy Cat and Callie used to love eachother three years ago, for a day maybe...Cricket is living proof of their brief romance.  Callie is now tolerating Daddy Cat getting close to her.   She wanted him to take her for a ride today (on the Kubota of course!).

Look at Love Rock!  Isn't it cool?  The excavator was going to throw it over a hill but I noticed its unique shape and directed him to position it under the tree by the pond...a very romantic place to sit! 

Big Rocky is totally in love with Baby Bridget!  He constantly tackles her despite her squeals of protest.  After getting back on all fours and shaking herself, her tail stands straight up ending with that cute curve and she rubs on him for more.  What a little flirt!  And more he gives, wrapping his strong arms around her entire little body biting harder and harder until I have to separate them.  Then he hisses at me like a snake which I have to remind him that he is a cat not a reptile.  After that I recieve deep growls and long whiny songs all the way to the bedroom where I plonk him on the bed to give the baby a rest! My big Mountain Lion would have been a great dad...oh well. I wish I had a 'tackle' photo to show you how bad he is...

Just yesterday I discover that Beauty's Boy loves chasing my turkeys!  Bad boy! As hard as I work to get those birds to eat, then this little brat has to ruin it!  Usually the deer ignore the turkeys.  He is so cute and his mother is one of the prettiest does I have seen. I wish I had video yesterday but I couldn't tear myself away from the window to grab the camera.  He was jumping all over the place, backwards, straight up in the air and twisting his entire body loving every minute of his new found dominance.

Yesterday was the anniversary of my Dad's  passing.  Valentine's Day is now a bit rough as the day before takes a toll on my emotional well being.  As hard as I try to smile and keep up a good front and continue to do the daily chores, inside I am worn down and old, emotionally exhausted from the numb disbelief that my Father no longer exists in physical form.  He loved the outdoors.  He used to work on a farm when he and Mom first married and long ago considered moving up to Vermont.  He showed me the farm they picked out but could not afford it.  How different my life would have been had that happened!  But, each day I am reminded of him through myself.  I feel he is with me many times and strangely enough that stupid movie that we watched so many times together when I was a kid came on last night...all I had to do was hear that eerie tune and I knew immediately...see the good husband likes westerns and 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly' appeared.  I just laughed and thought to myself that Dad is with me as that movie hasn't come on for years or my husband just didn't tune in at the right time...Love you Dad. There is a lot of love on our farm and I sure haven't and won't forget about my love for you!