So happy to hear about your planned road trip my friend. I am a Grandmother and it would absolutely devastate me not to see my Grandchildren for three years. They live five minutes away and I am soooooo Blessed. I took care of my Mom and she lived 35 days of being 97. I was soooooo Blessed to be able to do that too. I know plenty of people that live the distance from family but I was such a Mom and Pops daughter that the 20 minutes away from me was too far for me let alone another state. Good luck with your road trip planning and I hope that you enjoy your visit.I'm still laughing about the poor doggy getting chased by Forrest!
It looks like you guys are getting kissed by the gods at that lookout! Just beautiful
We have cloudy skies again today...so far most of the storms have been passing over us without sharing their rain...but I still love it. Fingers crossed for rain today...I emptied one of our rain harvesting tanks this morning to water the garden...some of my plants said they couldn't wait on the chance of rain. All but two of our tanks are empty again, so a refill sure would be nice!
I've been making plans with my kids to go visit all the grandparents this year and that's coming up in September or October. We've been talking about a three week road trip with just me and the girls. The girls get to plan the route and where we stop to sightsee on the drive. Me and hubbies parents are all in their 80's. All still very very healthy and strong...but Jim's mom's memory is starting to slip enough to worry people, and I haven't gotten to see my mom in person in three years now. Hubby says he's done with road trips so this one's a girls only one.
So I stopped adding eggs to my incubator on the 31st. Was going to stop at the end of June but had a lady call wanting babies in August. I need to work hard if I'm going to get everything done and ready for my absence though.
After this ladies picked up her babies and chickens, I'll have to see if I can sell the rest of the roosters I'm not keeping and a few of the call ducks. If not, then I'll call around and see if anyone wants them...if not they have to go in the freezer. I try not to get attached until I'm sure we're keeping them...but I find that hard. It's like the two drake's I know I don't want to keep... they've never been handled or cuddled and they follow me around and nibble on my feet. They're actually trying to be punks and attack me...but they're so damn cute about it that I rather adore them! Their version of attacking feels like kisses
If I'm lucky, the fellow from the White mountains will be able to swing down and pick up any unsold birds. He has a couple amazing bird aviaries. Can't call them pens because my whole house would fit in them...lol. He's in love with my chickens and ducks and so far always wants more. He sends me videos of the birds playing that I really enjoy.