wildlife – Page 3 – Sheeps and Peeps Farm

Kitchen Window Entertainment

February 27, 2012July 6, 2017 Sheeps & Peeps5 Comments

Facing a sink full of last night’s dishes is a whole lot easier and much more entertaining, when in the company of these little friends. The flurry of activity, their song, their acrobatics at the sink window’s platform feeder never fail to provide amusement. Although they might make the whole process take just a little bit longer than really necessary, dishes are done with a smile on your face.

{this moment}

February 3, 2012July 6, 2017 Sheeps & Peeps13 Comments

A Friday ritual.
A single photo – no words – capturing a single moment from the week.
A simple, special extraordinary moment.
A moment to pause, savor and remember.
Participating with the SouleMama blog

The Weekend

January 17, 2012July 6, 2017 Sheeps & Peeps4 Comments

After Friday’s bitter winter storm, Saturday was very much like living inside of a snowglobe. The high winds had ceased and the snow continued, falling gently… leaving everything looking like the winter wonderland it should be in January.

Although bitterly cold on Sunday, everyone seemed to be enjoying the winter weather. The deer came up out of the hollow and were grazing on the knoll most of the afternoon. And Bella despite having two shelters and a dog house at her disposal, chose to sleep out on the side of the hill under the goat tree.

The Turkey Family

August 18, 2010July 6, 2017 Sheeps & Peeps1 Comment

Turkey families, turkey families… they seem to be everywhere
popping out here… popping up there… crossing the road
Then… the almost perfect picture

Bearing Fruit

July 13, 2010July 6, 2017 Sheeps & PeepsLeave a comment

Raven and I took a walk down by the gas well to check on some of the fruit trees, and while the apples and peaches are coming along nicely, there aren’t any plums hanging on… a bit of a disappointment. As we were walking down the hill, we noticed that someone else was also checking the on the fruit.

Raven gave her ‘a bit of knowing what’s what’ and she meandered across the road and down over the hill to check out what might be available at our neighbor, Learlean’s. If we expect to beat this girl, we are going to have to watch the fruit progress very closely.

Caution – Turkey Crossing

June 30, 2010July 6, 2017 Sheeps & Peeps2 Comments

Often when making a trip down the old barn lane to get hay we encounter wildlife – a bunny, a deer – we pause in the springtime to observe the first Robins in the hayfield, the blooms on the Mountain Laurel. But a few days ago we had a real treat.

We had to suddenly stop the Ranger because of these baby turkeys (poults) in the lane.

We could hear clucking and shortly found Mama Turkey peeking out of the hayfield on the left side of the lane.

After much more clucking and peeping, Mama Hen ventured out and proceeded to encourage her poults to cross the lane.

She and three poults crossed to the right side, but she continued to cluck. Then we heard more peeping, and out popped some more poults!

… and more…

Finally after several minutes of clucking encouragement, everyone made it safely across the lane, into the tall grass on the right side and then further into the woods.

And we were given a lesson in slowing down… pausing… enjoying Mother Nature’s gifts.