Christmas Notebook

My niece and her husband raise chickens and goats. Yesterday, we drove up to their house and picked up our order of 20 chickens for the freezer. While there, DH took this picture of the 2 day old goats. So cute! Mama goat had four little girls! One did not survive, but these three seem to be doing fine.

Meanwhile, back at home, we are watching two baby foxes as they take their first forays into the yard. Cutest ever! The quality of this picture isn’t very good, but I took it from the second story window, through a screen. I am hoping to get better pictures of the fox family this week, providing the weather cooperates. We have rain in the forecast for the next seven days.

My sister saw baby skunks in her barn and my niece said her parents have a buzzard’s nest in their barn. In this part of the country, I am guessing the buzzards are turkey vultures. We had a skunk family in the garden one year. The little ones were very cute and became so used to the mower that I could drive within 15 feet of them without disturbing them. They’d just keep foraging. I am thankful for our large yard with its many trees and plants that make it such a good wildlife habitat. There is always something interesting to see if you take time to look.

~~Rhonda