Today started out as a great day. It was foggy again, but this time I was ready for it. I put my rain gear on B4 I left the house. Once I got to the farm, I put my muck boots on so I wouldn't get wet feet. I had no problem feeding, even did some weeding. And, I left the gate into the parking area w/the electric up across the opening so that Misty and Stormy could really eat the grass down in there. The fog was breaking up by the time I got to work.
Work today was good. We had another open program, and had a nice turnout. There weren't too many people, but not so few that we felt like we were wasting our time. I even had time to make the craft, and have now come up w/an idea of something I can maybe make and sell. (Not saying anything else about it now.)
I was able to take a nap at lunch time and this time I KNOW I fell asleep. Only problem? The phone rang 10 minutes B4 my lunch time was done!
There was nothing planned for this afternoon, and I had nothing inside to do. I'm working on a project to ID the trees in the park, where to find them, and what animals use them for a food source. So, I went for a walk.
The walk was nice and relaxing. I now know all the trails on that side of the park-didn't B4. I had a tree book w/me for just in case I wasn't sure about any of the trees. And I did use it a couple of times. There's a place where the woods are on the left side, and a field on the other. There are places in there w/wild blackberries. I found a few that were ripe, and sunwarmed. Of course, I had to pick them and eat them. I heard a noise to my left and looked. There were 2 fawns! I was able to get some pics, but they're not the greatest. I also found some wild grapes-but they're not ripe yet.
I continue down the trail to where I'm back in the woods. I hear a noise to the left and there's another deer! This one was an adult, but I couldn't see enough of it to determine the sex. I felt so relaxed heading back to the nature center. And I know that doing something w/nature is what I need to be doing. I don't find this to be work, and almost feel guilty that I'm getting paid for it. (But that doesn't mean I don't want my paycheck!)
I head out to the farm. I've been having problems w/my mower, so my field really needs to be cleaned. I planned on working on that as long as I could start the mower. And, I had a gas can w/me so I could stop on the way home to get more to take out in the morning. (I don't have time in the morning to get gas.) I get down the lane, and realize that something's wrong. There's a mini out! And, I realize that ALL of CL's horses are in the parking area. There's no sign of either Misty or Stormy. I finally found them-in CL's field. My first thought was that I didn't close the gate properly behind me when I left. So, I go and check it out. They broke the double ended clip! I need to get something different, just don't have the time right now.
I manage to get all the horses chased back into the field they belong in. I couldn't catch the mini, but when he realized that he was alone, he came running, so that meant all of CL's horses were out of my field. Then I walked over to Stormy, put a lead around his neck and led him back. Misty followed as I knew she would.
By this time I don't feel like doing anything. But, I still had to feed Stormy. LF was there and wanted to know if I could put a RB out for her horses, so I did. I had some other things to do, so it was after 6:00 B4 I left. I didn't stop for the gas. I got home to no dinner. Managed to get something to eat, and now I'm relaxing B4 I head to bed.
Our Carolina wrens are always building nests in the craziest of places and it's not unusual for them to perch on the wind chimes or camper windows (looking for bugs).
You can probably imagine my huge relief when I finally busted a big American wood toad hopping through the dead leaves on the ground, behind me! 
