Monday Funny!!!

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I’m not sure what the first weed is, but they don’t look fun! The 2nd weed is a Goathead from out west, and they can flatten a bicycle tire in a heart beat and go right through a flip flop into your foot!!! It’s generally only funny if you’ve experienced them and as a memory as you try to explain them to someone else!!!

WIP

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My Work In Progress is the Brick Work Baby Blanket by Gena Shaffer, a free pattern on Ravelry. It’s not one you can just knit without thinking a little bit, but it’s not hard, just gotta keep track of the rows. I figure I’m about 1/3 of the way done.

We are having a heat wave in June right now!! With the heat index today, we were about 92 and tomorrow they are saying with the heat index about 98. This is usually our late July/August weather. I’m not ready!!! But they are saying on Thursday we will be back in the 80’s and by the weekend in the mid 70’s, whew! I see many are having this problem, you all stay safe!!

Memorial Day 2026

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Giving special reverence today to those who have given the ultimate sacrifice, their lives, for what they loved, their families and a free and safe country. May we honor them and always remember that freedom has a price, and keep this country free and safe in their honor for the families of all those who died to protect us all. Prayers said for their families.

Cria First Shearing

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The first picture is Apollo at about 7 weeks old, so cute. The second picture is right after his shearing this last Monday, he’s 8 months old, amazing how fast they grow. I wish I had a picture just before his shearing, he was sooo much fluff!!! What a difference after the shearing! Once all their fluffy fiber is gone you can see how they look under all that fiber and how long their necks are, look at those fluffy ears!!! He’s a sweetie though, a defluffed sweetie but a sweetie nevertheless. He also is a medium fawn color now instead of the light fawn his beginning fiber was. So many bags of fiber to skirt from shearing day!

Peacock and Robin at the Farm

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Every year I try to get the first robins of the year as they return in the spring. However the last several years I haven’t been able to get the first ones, I see them when I am driving and can’t stop to get a picture, it’s like they know I want a picture! But my son-in-law grabbed this picture last Saturday at the farm because I was helping someone and my camera wasn’t being nice to me. My son-in-law is such a great guy! 🙂 I am seeing a lot of lone males looking for a mate that they aren’t finding in the last couple of years, where are all the females, or did these males just arrive much later than normal and the females were all taken?

Also, while I was at the at the farm, the peacock decided to show off a bit. Isn’t he pretty :). He’s fully mature this year and so next year the peahen should start laying eggs. This year she is still ignoring him, lol. It’s amazing how well they fly even with very long feathers. My son had to pen them up in the aviary he built for them because he has spurs and trys to defend the hen from anything, even us! I tell people he has an attitude! I didn’t realize they lived so long, 15 to 25 years in the wild and up to 50 years in captivity!