Spring is about renewed life. Tree are growing new leaves and the baby lambs born. My husband A. and I got to see newborn lambs at a greenhouse in Cabool, MO called Country Petals. The owner raised lambs for meat and wool, weaves fibers and runs a greenhouse during the growing seasons. We got to touch and smell fresh lambs wool, smelled like wax crayons and grass. And we were happy to learn these lambs get to keep their long tails.
Spring is here in the Ozarks and April is almost heaven. Except heaven does not have ticks. The trees are clothed in green hues and the flowers all the colors want. My drive home is all a ceiling of green leafed trees down a tan gravel road. Birds are making nests in the multitude of bird houses made for them by caring citizens. April is the best time to see the Ozarks!
I have been teaching quilting at our local Community Center here in Summersville. Here is an example of one of our beginner projects in the works. We don't have a design wall so we use a pool table instead to lay out the quilt blocks.
Here on our property we have turtles. This past morning they were on the move and very active. One red box turtle and one brown tortoise were running away from our ponds. We took photos of their under sides to ID them later if we come across them again.
Our neighbor is raising some foals born from his mares this spring. The other morning we came by to see the latest. I have never seen a foal in real life before. It was so magical seeing a real live baby filly and its protective mother in the field.
Rose is our female Rex bunny. Since we do not have a fenced in yard we take her on leash walks in our yard. She loves eating the tall green Fescue grasses that grow on our rolling hills.
This past weekend A. and I drove around the town looking for horses for sale. We want to buy locally, if we can. Here in the Ozarks it is trail riding season and many of the good horses have sold. Most horse owners have foals and yearlings left. We have seen Paints, Fox Trotters, Quarter horses and Arabians in our area. It is fun to go horse shopping though. People are so friendly and full of information. And they are happy to show off their horses.
Here is our mixed rooster and his herd of two hens. He is crowing to a neighbors rooster a mile away; while the hens scratch up some bugs.
The bachelors are two red roosters we bought to protect our incoming pullets this April. All pullets means all hens. We need roosters to make baby chicks. So until the chicks come of age these two roosters keep together on the farm, eating bugs.
