Rain Day

We are still trying to get used to our "new normal" here on the farm. We are learning that "normal" means anything can happen and we never know what the day will bring. Today, we planned on going to a parade for our town and then attending the festival in the evening. We didn't plan on storing a parade float in our shop but we did. It is nice that we can use what we have to help others sometimes.

We woke up to rain. We still went to the parade, which we walked to in the rain. The rain cleared up just as the parade started so we had fun anyway. Afterwards, we discovered that there was food being served in honor of the fire department's 50th anniversary so we had lunch in a fire station. On our walk home, we had to wait for a tractor before we could cross the road. Then we almost got run over by a Fed Ex truck in our driveway.

Due to rain, the festival was cancelled, so instead we took the kids out for supper and went out for ice cream for dessert. The sun came out and we fed the critters dinner as a family and while we were outside, some friends stopped by for a visit. And the goats happened to be loose at the time (on purpose). We gave our visitors a rhubarb plant too because ours are going crazy!

We also had an incident during the day in which we discovered several spots of blood on the kitchen floor. Since we had just let the dogs in, I tried to check each dog for a wound. Nothing. Then my husband realized he had stepped on a fat, juicy tick and HE was the one tracking blood all over. Yuck! So glad I gave the dogs flea and tick medicine. Hmm...

Oh, and did I mention that we had to "ruffle a few feathers" today since we have three hens that have gone broody which really cuts into our egg production! This means we need to move them off their nest and hopefully we will eventually be more stubborn than the birds and they will stop sitting on their nests and start being active again and laying eggs. So my mantra for the (hopefully only) next few days will be, "Must out-stubborn the chickens!"

This day was actually pretty tame compared to many but for some reason, it just struck us how different life is here on the farm. And it is a good thing (well, except for the ticks!)