Busy as a Bee

      We had a pig returned last night from our daughter because he keeps escaping and they are going back to work and they have a coyote running their property. All of our girls (pigs) are in heat right now and they are too young yet to breed. Lady Cersei is needing to be moved still with all the other girls. We will be working on that sometime this week.
     Today we worked on another chicken coop to separate our new Reds and Dominique from the bigger chickens. The big chickens are a bit too rough as far as I am concerned. We built a new nest box and moved the the two into the new pen. One of the big chickens will stay with the babies because she is taking them under her wing. She is one who hasn't laid an egg yet, but I think she is older and has stopped.
     I re-potted a bunch of chocolate mint this morning and planted my new banana tree. I have some rosemary in a start jar and spearmint too.  I am hoping to have a very nice sized herb garden soon. Little by little I add a few more. I planted a few starts of Pothos into the pot with the rest of it to fill up the pot.
     I am also getting back out in field service when I can to keep my service work to Jehovah up a bit more. That is my first and foremost task of all. I have also started five classes: two literature, one history and one education class. I won't get college credit, but it will give me more insight into each class. Knowledge is always great and I love learning.

Moving into Hot Weather on the Farm

Back in the chicken biz! We got our five Dominique hens and two Road Island Reds last night. They are babies, just a few weeks old. That means our one hen we have that has been laying eggs will have to keep producing for a while longer by herself. I want to stick with the heritage animals.

I have a new Mango tree up now that gives me four and I hope they will be producing fruits one day. Even after all the crazy weather we had at the beginning of the year I can say we are fortunate to have blue berries for the year!  Plums and pears not so much, and peaches well if they get big it will be very little, far and few. I did plant a bunch of organic tangerine seeds a few weeks back they should be up soon too.

Our pigs are all growing like weeds and the baby girls have already seen their first heat. The momma pigs are all fat and sassy once again. Our four registered pigs are doing well too. We are about to take the boys out and pen them up in the field away from the girls for now to give everyone a rest and recovery. Lady Cersei needs to be bred, but we need a registered boar for her.

We have one week left to school including post planning for teachers. Man has this year blown by. Seniors graduate on Wednesday and students last day is there too. I have no idea what next year will have in store or even if I will still be there as they have several cuts to our department. I have enjoyed working with my mildly disabled children this year. They have me wrapped around their fingers and my heart has been swelling with great joy from working with them. Their last day was yesterday and I tried not to cry before I left. I have been named Ms. Jusey by the class as one called me and I loved hearing them laugh as they all got going calling my name. I will truly miss working with them. I hope whoever gets to work with them love them as much as I do. They could take my head aches right away and made me laugh so far as we worked altogether. They loved to dance and sing and just be the innocent lovely children that they are. It will be a long summer without them.

Moving into the hot weather where is that spring? And house renovation will be fun.

What My Children Mean to Me

What My Children Mean to Me
Emma Dorsey
 5.13.17 

What My Children Mean to Me

As I grow older and my hair turns grey,

I often wondered what my kids have to say.

After years of training, discipline, boo boo’s and such,

I think, do they still love me a little or as much.

Through tears and laughter they have all come to be,

Unique individuals that fell from my tree.

Sometime unkind words did get spoken,

Even some days my heart felt like a little bit broken.

If they only knew how much I think of them every day,

And how often my heart carries them always as I pray.

I have been blessed with more than I know.

I hope that their love spreads and it grows.

I love they all so much,

But some seem to lose touch.

I am growing older, and much, much slower.

I sometimes wish they would just come on over.

Come give me a hug and a hand when I need it,

Just come home to visit.

Too big for my lap but never too big for my kisses.

Yes these are the things I am really missing.

Time keeps on ticking, I can tell you that,

My kids are my world no matter what.

I still dream of the days we will see paradise

I think of it often it would be so nice.

But we all have our families and others to tend,

Will we all make to the very end?

Just want them to know I love them so much.

And think of them often and miss them a bunch.