A Journey Through a Different Way - Funny Story Pg. 69

[speckledhen]

Hey, Monique! Just stopping by your thread to say hello, my friend. Love the names! I had a rooster named Scout.

 

[deerman]

Ruth those peafowl, are looking good.

the spaulding peacock is showing the green in his neck. They are funny showing off for any hen, dont even need to be peahens. Like to see more pics of them.

 

[tazcat70]

Wonderful thread.

Congratulations on the farm!

 

[NotTheMomma]

Monique,
I have thoroughly enjoyed reading your journey!! I literally stayed up all night reading a great book, written of course by YOU! Please continue sharing your experience. And I LOVE your home!!

Janice in VA

 

[ruth]

Wow, thanks all for the nice comments. A special thank you, hello and welcome to Sakai and Janice. Welcome to BYC and I'm so glad you found and enjoyed my Journey Thread.

I haven't posted much in this last month - been busy hatching chicks and getting through winter and then right into spring and putting in the garden.

Here's the past month's recap:

Scarlett, Rex and Lucy continue to provide great guard dog protection for our free ranging flock. The Great Pyrenees puppies, Atticus & Scout, are doing great and learning from the "big dogs". Scarlett really seems to mother them and often be seen lying down with them laying on her and her paws over them.

Here's Rex, watching/chasing hawks.

Scarlett and "her" puppies:

The puppies do not bother any of the free ranging chicks, chickens, ducks or ducklings. I've started letting the ducks out to free range as well. I've spent enough time with the previous "Duck Killers" Scarlett and Lucy to know that they won't bother them anymore and have learned they are "family". The ducks had eaten all grass in their yard and it was bare and they had started flying out to eat the tall green grass that grows everywhere else and the dogs never bothered the ones that flew out so now they are all free and loving every minute of it. It also goes to disprove the saying "once a chicken/duck killer, always a killer" - neither dog ever bothered a duck again once they were properly introduced.

One little Mallard pair has found their way to our pond and are now living in their own little honeymoon paradise.

And I was totally surprised to see a mama duck and 6 little babies running around the yard the other morning. I had no idea I had a mama duck hiding on a nest somewhere. She and her eggs survived freezing temps and three nights in a row of tornado winds and rain. I finally found where she had her hidden nest, it was under the step to the kiddie pool they use.

The Sebastopol geese really settled in with the goats and can get pretty aggressive towards the goats, biting their ears and tails and stealing their food. At night they all cuddle up together in the stables.

Speaking of goats - remember that poor, pitiful, little baby boy goat that we didn't think would make it?????

At 12 weeks old, he's HUGE. Here's his mama and sister.

The peacocks all sleep in the highest branches of the old oak trees and are very protective as well as beautiful.

I did mention the "small" garden I put in, didn't I. It's raised beds and I can't stop planting things.

And, in my spare time, I love to tear down walls in this old home. I tore of the sheetrock, which got added in the late 70s, and had subsequently gotten wallpapered and then painted over. Got down to the original curly pine, beaded board walls underneath. I started with the stairwell since it was a smaller area.

After tearing off sheetrock:

After cleaning off the woodwork - still needs the molding replaced.

And a close up of the original walls now restored.

Well that abouts wraps up what's been going on around here. As Roseann Rosanadana would say "It's always something".

 

[lil'chickies]

That's really something beautiful to find under those walls. Is that in the whole house? Love all the birds and animals. Your GPs are really growing fast too. Love it all!!

 

[ruth]

lil'chickies :

That's really something beautiful to find under those walls. Is that in the whole house? Love all the birds and animals. Your GPs are really growing fast too. Love it all!!

Yes, the whole house is beaded board. The people who did the renovations in the 70s sheetrocked and turned the whole house into French Louis XIVth style with antique plaster molding all over the walls.

Here's the only room they left as was.

Granted, a whole house in the dark wood would have felt a bit confining.

Here's a room after a subsequent owner painted over the Custom Hand Painted Wall paper that was custom made for the house by Scalamandre and removed the antique plaster wall decorations which came from an old French hotel and took down all the custom made antique French silk drapes with their hundreds of hand-tied tassels - if you get the drift I'm upset the previous owners destroyed all that, you would be correct. We originally found the home two years ago, before Katrina, and should have bought it then when all of those items were still in the home. The owners also painted all walls and trim almost the same color and while it's beautiful, it's too bland for my taste but I've been too busy with animals and getting the farm started to do anything to decorate the interior of the home - I've yet to hang a picture.

Lots of information and pictures of the 100 year old home are on my "Bethel" thread.​

 

[lnm03]

Your home is absolutely beautiful! I just love the beautiful wood work you found!

 

[tazcat70]

Ruth,

I read your Bethel thread and I thought most of this one. they have made me laugh and brought tears to my eyes.

You mentioned that there was a prophecy, and that is how you came to be at the farm. I cannot find where you told how it all came to be. Can you point me where to look for it?

Thanks again for sharing your life.

 

[Zookeeper9000]

Hey Girl glad to hear your just busy. As always the fur and feather friends are looking great and the house is out of this world.

Hang in there don't forget to let us know you are up and about every now and then.