It's Been a Beautiful Day! {Photo Journal}

WRITTEN YESTERDAY:
This afternoon, I took some time to walk around the farm and take some pictures. Enjoy!

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I watched Chessy as she stood there, a dwarf among the pines. Beautiful!

Chrissie lay by the fence, a hunched shape against the green of the grass. Her mouth moved rhythmically up and down, chewing her cud. She's the first calf we as children had raised, and hopefully soon she'll have her own calf!

Joe ran ahead of me, skipping in the green grass. Suddenly his legs slipped out from under him, and he landed in a laughing heap. Happy Joe! 

Walking past the old sagging gate, I finally came to the place I go to the most these days—the goat paddock. There they lay, digesting their food. Enjoying the sunshine. My goats. All of 'em—from Clove down to Niña. All of them. I love them! (yes, even if they do scream at me day in and day out!)

Petal

“I hear something…” --Siko

Cocoa

Niña

Hopping over the goat paddock gate, and crossing the goat paddock to the back line, I got a good view of the cattle our landlord has grazing on the property. {Okay, this probably requires explanation. He raised a crop of barley, and at the moment it's about 30 cm (1 ft) tall. At the moment, dairy farms are have almost dried off all their cows. They'll calve in 1-2 months. During that time, they often send their cows to farms around in the surrounding area, giving their grazing land a rest. The farmer makes good money from it, and the dairy farmer doesn't have to worry about them for a while!} 

About this time, my brothers joined me, and we continued on down the paddock. 

The chooks were very busy in whatever-chooks-do-to-keep-themselves-busy, and so I didn't stay long. 

Momma duck was at the tank overflow, but when we came she hurried on her way. Humans don't go very well with this Ducky Lucky! :) 

Seth took off through the grass to show Nate the cows. I took the opportunity to snap a few pictures! Brothers enjoying each other's company are so much more interesting than a duck! The sunlight really made it pretty, too. :) 

On second thought, that's one handsome pair! :) LOVE MY BROTHERS!

Joe took off, a blur of movement. He ran to the gate and back, and I had a hard time getting a picture of him!

Aww...I'm sure that child has to be photogenic! LOVE HIM!

Elijah isn't near as photogenic, but I can get a good shot of him once in a while. 

After taking several pictures, I went on through the pig sty (where the goats sleep at the moment, because we don't have pigs!). Siko was there, eating hay (Clove was there, too, but she came over to see if I had any food for her, so she wasn't in the picture!). 

Elijah and Joe decided to climb onto the roof, so I was able to snap a few more pictures of them. 

Later on this evening, as the sun was setting, I went out to take some pictures. It was beautiful! Billy admired the view, too. 

Oh...isn't God good? It's been a beautiful day!