Samssimonsays: Blazing Acres journal

[TAH]

Long time no see!

Hope everything is well!

 

[samssimonsays]

I have been gone for a long while... quick update....

This week marks one year since the beginning of our canine epilepsy journey which was sadly lost. Several weeks ago we had our buck Rebel go down with pneumonia suddenly and we lost him within 24 hours. The night we lost him baby Ellie was "off". Not sick, just off. It was said that I over reacted when I treated with antibiotics and vit b that night but the next day she had a severe cough and lowered temp as well as completely off feed and water. By Friday morning, she appeared off on Wednesday night, the vet said she most likely wouldn't pull through. By Friday afternoon, she had turned a corner and started to improve. She has since made a full recovery and we couldn't be happier.

 

[animalmom]

This has been a hard year on you and I'm very glad to see you posting again. I hope Missy Ellie will fill you void to overflowing.

 

[samssimonsays]

This has been a hard year on you and I'm very glad to see you posting again. I hope Missy Ellie will fill you void to overflowing.

She has been a shining light in a major time of darkness and came at just the right time. She has healed a lot of wounds I didn't know I had on top of the ones that were still so painfully fresh. I had been on a wait list for her for 3 springs and each time my pick wasn't born I was discouraged but I do believe that God's timing is best and he knew when I would need this little spit fire.

 

[Mike CHS]

I'm also glad to see you posting again but even better is seeing you smiling.

 

[samssimonsays]

Our chicken journey.... Stella is in love with them. Even when they rush her and peck her. she just rolls over to them.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Glad to hear she is doing better!! Nice to see you posting

 

[samssimonsays]

Thank y'all so much @Mike CHS @Hens and Roos

 

[samssimonsays]

My dad made this awesome new hay feeder for the goats

Stella LOVES her job as watcher and protector of all the small birds that have zero respect for her. Which, neither do the goats or cats so it's nothing new.

And lastly, I did a new record cover to add to my collection, each time one drops from my longtime/all time favorite artist, I draw it. Here is it....and if y'all haven't given it a listen, it is for sure worth it! Words, Night light, All the love you left me, Like the way you love me, Marquee sign and many others are great ones to start with. Rain and Fire is FUN, Letting you go is a heart wrenching tale of a mother preparing for her first born to leave home and start a life of his own, Marquee sign because why wouldn't you want to know the writing on the wall before jumping into any sort of relationships? Words shows just how powerful they can be in building AND tearing down people, I need a river is an amazing uptempo fun song that expresses a need to get back to god, night light is an amazing song that I personally think of little Ellie when I hear it, All the love you left me is heart wrenching tale of a loved ones loss. Just all around, it is powerful and seemed to tell the tale of what I had been going through over the last year. To end the record, she did an extremely emotional acoustic version of the song "A Little Bit Stronger" that I had leaned heavily on in the loss of Rumely and Sadie.

Previous cover I had done back in college... I've come a long way.

 

[babsbag]

You do such nice work. As far as Stella, I really want a collie when my girls depart (they are 10) and I want on that is nice to chickens...glad to see that they exist.

Sorry that you lost Rebel but glad that you were able to save the doeling. I never hesitate to give antibiotics, especially to a kid. They just go from off to dead so darn quick. I know I keep preaching this, but I am really a believer in the pneumonia vaccine. Granted it doesn't cover all strains, but it hits the one that we struggle with the most.