ELeVan ~ Honaker Farm Journal

[elevan]

Today is one of those days that I don't even want to move. The unfortunate thing about CFS is that if you have a high energy day (like yesterday) and you over do it then the next few days you're gonna pay with over the top exhaustion. I just wanna go back to bed and sleep this week away...that's how tired I am right now.

I still haven't made it out to the chicken coop. They're fine but they'll be pretty mad at me when I get out there shortly.

Boingo doesn't care when I have a lazy day as he gets to laze with me. He hated that we were in the field all day yesterday and was getting into all kinds of trouble trying to follow our voices while he was in the back yard that we finally brought him in with us and put him in the empty pen that surrounds the old coop that we were working on. But of course he had to roll all around...and that meant a bath when we went in the house. If you've never bathed a Basenji...imagine trying to bathe a wild barn cat. Basenjis are a breed of dog that hates water with a passion...there are some exceptions but Boingo is not one of them. He won't go outside in the rain. If the grass is wet we have to force him off the deck or he'll just go potty on the deck. And bathing this 27# dog is a workout and a half. But he's clean now and happily cuddling with me as I chat with y'all.

 

[redtailgal]

oohh, my vixen is the same way about rain! She's learned, however, that she must hang her hind end off the edge of the porch to do her business. It's really funny to watch.......I always think "BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP" as she backs up and takes aim, lol.

Sorry your feeling bad. Have yourself a "chill day", everyone deserves a chill day every now and again. LOL, I just took a chill weekend.

 

[elevan]

I'd never make Boingo try to balance like that now that he's blind...but if he could see I might just have been tempted to try it. It is funny when he goes off the deck and is making his way back trying to find the steps...he kind of high steps (like a horse) as he's reaching his front legs out in front of him to find the steps. It amazes me how much he does purely from memory, sound and smell. I wish that he hadn't gone blind but it gives me peace knowing that he's no missing out on anything because of it since he doesn't let it get in his way one bit.

Can't take a "chill day" when you're teaching a Kindergartner in the afternoon I just took a handful of Vitamin B so I should be good for a few hours

Chickens gave me heck this morning for being a couple hours late letting them out...but I expected that didn't I?

Gonna take B out shortly today to do his photography assignment. A fact that I should have kept secret from him since he is trying to rush his work...which just results in me making him redo it since it's so sloppy. Yeah, I'm a mean mama that way

I've given up on making the school push B forward to First grade. Either way I would have homeschooled him but I'm just gonna homeschool him for Kindergarten next year. We're also discussing just pulling him this year entirely. Compulsory attendance doesn't start until age 6 in Ohio, so there would be no truancy concerns since this school year ends a couple of days before his 6th birthday.

He's being bullied by a couple of kids at school because of his situation and the school is failing to do anything about it. One of the kids calls B an --- (another name for donkey) on a daily basis. His teacher turns a blind eye and the principal basically defends the teacher. So now a child who used to love to go to school doesn't want to go in the morning and is happy to come home and do his work in the afternoon. I think his attitude at home says it all.

K was bullied by another student on the bus because of his love of pink. His teacher took care of that right away. What a world of difference we see in these two Kindergarten teachers.

 

[redtailgal]

Please let B know that I simply cannot accept photography assignments until his regular schoolwork is complete and done neatly. A good photographer MUST learn reading and writing and math and they absolutely MUST be able to do their work neatly. There is nothing worse that a photographer who turns in messy work!

That said, I really hope that B gets his work done today, I cant wait to see his next picture!

Boingo sounds like a smart lil guy, lol. It's amazing how something that could be catastrophic to a human is accepted and overcame so quickly in animals. We could take a lesson, I think.

Shame on that teacher for allowing the bullying! It's wrong to your boys, but equally wrong to the children who are bullying. She has a dual responsibility......to protect those being bullied, and to teach the bullys how to act appropriately. She is failing on both parts. Shame on her.

 

[elevan]

We just finished the photo assignment and will get it into the thread soon.


You know those little phrases that have been with us for all our lives that were started generations ago and we say them...they really make no sense but since we understand the context that they are said in we keep saying them? I learned the true meaning of one this afternoon...it definitely applies in practical language and I was not a bit happy to learn the lesson.

Read my story and laugh...I know you're gonna

How many times have you referred to something / someone who is scared as a chicken "poop" (of course we generally use another term for poop)? Well here is where that came from...

B and I headed for the field to take our pictures. He got the shots he wanted and then I took over. After getting my shots, I decided to fulfill a promise that I made last week to another site to get a picture of my Lakenvelder and Hamburg hens. Got the Lakenvelder with little difficulty.

But the Hamburg...she wouldn't hold still for nothing! So I decided to grab her and rest her in my hand for the pic...something that I've done with many of my hens before. I've picked up Susie (Hamburg hen) many times without incident. But this time she freaked out...and...she blew poop ALL over me. I gagged, dropped her and she headed for the "hills". And so that folks is what happens when a chicken is a chicken poop.

 

[redtailgal]

Country girl's perfume.

 

[elevan]

Pic Overload!

(B took the pics below)

 

[SmallFarmGirl]

I love the animals. Look at that handsome rooster and that fuzzy lama!
*I'm super super super jealous!*
And look at that cute little boy with that awesome little precious smile!
He looks so full of joy! I'm so glad your home schooling!
It's so awesome that your doing this for him! I am sure he'll be benefit from this!

Your a great mom!

 

[elevan]

It was kind of funny earlier Frizz (first pic) and Hershey (second pic) got off their nests at the same time to get some food. Hershey got done first and mistakenly got onto Frizz's nest. Frizz caught sight of Hershey on HER NEST and went ballistic. She started squawking and stomping her feet, then she grabbed Hershey by the neck feathers and dragged her off that nest and into the middle of the coop and then stomped around her. Finally she went and got onto her nest. Poor Hershey didn't know what hit her. I had to pick her up and put her back on her nest. I wish I'd had a video camera to capture that as it was hilarious!

 

[SmallFarmGirl]

:bun what a broody hen will do.