The Adventures of Fuzzy and Boomer on Friday — News

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Dayphoto

Since we had the fire and Dad sold the cows, Dad decided that he wanted to square up one of the fields. So we all helped him. First the fence had to come down, then the fence posts had to come out. That was the part we helped him with.

Then Dad took the scraper and other big equipment and went up and worked by himself. We stayed with Mom.

Then we all went up and worked on everything together.

Well, I think Fuzzy might have helped more than I did.

I wanted to, really I did.

But….

There is just so much to learn about out there in the brush…

I mean…

like the rabbits are making their burrows deeper and warmer
The badger is still just a mean as ever, I make a wide circle around him and his territory
Freddy Fox has built a hollow back in the old tree
The porcupines are building a nest in the trees at the back end
Nope, so far no coyotes—they do pass through regularly, but no dens
The ducks are doing good
Six crows have taken up residence at the equipment yard
A gaggle of Canada Geese are swimming around with the ducks
I scared up FOUR pheasant hens (which was REALLY, REALLY, COOL!)

Mom said she sure misses the cows, she has never seen the weeds so big and nasty as they are this year.

I rather thought they looked pretty neat all colorful and all.

Fuzzy and I checked out the deer path in the corn. We like the deer path, no weeds, nothing. And if we get back in there far enough we find the deer wallow. Dad really doesn’t like having the deer in there as they knock down the corn to make the wallow and they EAT the corn.

Oh, well. They are in there! (Until Dad combines the corn, that is.)

Fuzzy and I chased mice. There are LOTS of mice. We had a blast!!

The day was just perfect. Not to hot and not to cold.

It is colder here, by the way.

Low 40’s at night and only getting up into the 70’s in the daytime.

Fuzzy says he can feel winter coming in his bones.

Mom said she can feel winter in her bones also.

Dad says there is a still lot to do before winter.

You know something, I really don’t care. I love all seasons.

I really do love living here!

Boomer (and Fuzzy)

My How Time Flies

Posted on September 3, 2009 by Dayphoto

Remember those cute little baby ducks from last July?

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Here they are today!

And those scrawny little goats rescued from the Sale Barn

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I can’t ever get a good photo of them, because they are so afraid one or the other might get a cookie and the other one won’t.

I carry Vanilla Wafers with me at all times, it’s always nice to have a cookie with a friend.

The Heat Has Finally Arrived

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Dayphoto

Arizona’s heat is here. Hot and growing hotter and hotter. Here is where we worry that the red spider mite takes the corn. (worry, worry, fret, fret).

Ladybugs are not the enemy of red spider mites. Red spider mites live in the grasses along the ditch banks and pasture just waiting (sort of like a tick) for the corn to get hot and dry and stressed. The MOMENT they figure out the corn is in the right stages they attack, hoping on and sucking the life blood out of the candy called corn.

We are cutting hay, two fields down and one more to go. We try not to get all of them in the same stage of processing, first one field, and wait a few days, then another field, and the last field about a week later from the first field. This allows for better crop management with the possibility of no crop lost.

Cutting-Hay

The heat is fun for the grandchildren; many hours are spent outside playing with the ducks, and in the duck pond. (The drainage ditch from our fields)

Ducks

This works for the kids and the ducks. And for Mom-mom who has to keep her eye on all the activity.

Wild Life

Posted on December 12, 2008 by Dayphoto

ducks-in-canal

Where we are going to pick up the combine, the canal still has enough water for the ducks to swim and play. But it won’t be long now that the canals in all of Grand Junction, Clifton, Fruita, and Loma will stand dry, waiting for the dams to open next spring.

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