Posting with a bright outlook today. We have had some nice spring weather (though it is currently raining) and I got a lot of things done and have been feeling really well for me. I know that I usually DO have a good June and July, they are typically good months for me until something blooms in August. But I can also hear at a decent level currently (for me) and that always cheers me up.
My friend Kitty came yesterday bearing more friends and welcome gifts. They seemed to have tons of food they "couldn't use" including quite a few very nice type of things we have not been able to afford (like fresh bagels and cream cheese which made my yummy breakfast). It was so nice to see friends and they are the type who love animals so my crew of baby animals especially were a big hit.
My other friend who came with "Kitty" is a fellow Meniere's disease patient so we share a bond. She is not as sick however, more at the initial stages. She is extremely interesting and has an interest in vintage clothing and running and has an autistic young adult high-functioning daughter. The daughter also came with her, she is very quiet but had never seen goats being milked and such. We went on a goat hike and she trained Emilee how to walk on a lead for me. Both did great!
Kitty has a 3-year-old daughter who is just a little beauty and what a smile! She has a question-a-minute and couldn't WAIT to show everyone the animals (this was her SECOND visit, so she knew where the rabbit cages live and such). I'd say the only damper on the visit is that the brush is geting high and the nettles are harder to avoid.
I had a totally homemade pizza ready (with goat cheese of course) and the weather cooperated and we had a sunny but not hot day. I worked on the yards quite a bit over the last week since I've been feeling better and the weather has been nice, so a lot of the spring cleanup projects are much further along. We had a huge pile of junk Hubby has brought home to recycle and I .....rearranged it into the fence for the garden and now I've erected a potting bench as well using two old ladders like I saw in Sunset magazine and re-arranged a bunch of junk around that, it actually covers up an ugly staircase. If I'd known it would come out so well, I'd have taken before and after pictures. But I have a potting area now and the junk pile is considerably smaller. Whoda thunk it.
I've decided with these friends who enjoy visiting (they both want to come back) I had better get my campfire area fixed up. When we initially bought this house, it has a beautiful little garden tucked away right at the front gate, with a fire pit. I fell in love with it and wanted to have a party there the minute I saw this house. We never actually have had a party or a fire there however. Over the three years we have been here, I have been so ill or working so hard, I haven't done a THING in that area and the weeds now totally have taken over, they are all two feet high and fill this spot. Rather sad.
But, I know the bones are there and I think I'll reclaim it while the weather isn't too hot and the soil too hard. I think most of the weeds are poison to goats and they did not eat anything in there when I tried taking them over there. Later when I was looking up poison plants I was glad my goats are so smart (although they eat azaleas!). So I think that will be my next project after getting the veggie garden done, weeding that by hand.
The heat spike RUINED my muscovy egg incubation....the room is too hot during the day and cold at night and I couldn't keep it regulated. About the 10th time it was 3 degrees off I decided it was a waste of electricity. And now of course the ducks are not laying again. I must say that breeding muscovy has proven more challenging than I thought and I wish I knew how to get them to lay better and set better.
The heat has really helped the garden however and clearing up the mud. Yay! And we have a prediction of dry and highs in the 70s for the next week, I will fall over on the floor if that actually happens but it is a nice thought.!
