Samssimonsays: Blazing Acres journal

[samssimonsays]

Oh Sam! I need to go back and catch up on your journal!
Miss you!

Stella really is beautiful. Does her breeder still breed?

She does! Both of Stella's parents lived out their lives in her care until the end. Her dad was 13 years old when he laid down his life for his family and her mom, according to the age the breeder she got her from, was 9.5 when she passed this summer but she thinks that she was older than they told her sadly. (She was her first Collie). Her male that she has now is absolutely beautiful and she still wants a puppy out of Stella.

 

[samssimonsays]

Well, I have been writing again. A lot. I finished my series of three novels and am working on editing them and fine tuning them still. I sent one to a publisher I sent queries to several agents and I have done several short stories that are in the review process for magazines to attempt to grow my publishing portfolio as recommended by an author I have loved and followed for what feels like ever and highly respect her. Working on my writing constantly and always improving on it.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Love, love, love it!

 

[samssimonsays]

Love, love, love it!

Thanks girl!

 

[Bruce]

And you can illustrate your own books!

 

[samssimonsays]

And you can illustrate your own books!

I'd like that lol. I wrote a kids book and did all the illustrations in it. I have the covers drawn for "perfect" and "stronger for it all" "love song" I have an idea just have to find the time to do.

Perfect idea it's not a final lol.

Stronger for it all not the final

 

[samssimonsays]

Well... Surprise to us.... I came home after a long, crazy and hard week late after walking around in a snow storm in the cold at two different sites for work to see how the buildings were being put together, really neat but exhausting at the same time! I wasn't feeling great and wanted to feed the animals and just relax. Ha. Funny notion I had there!

Yeah.... No.... I get home and change into my barn jacket still in work clothes from the day because I'm just throwing hay and grain right? Nope. Stella stops me and I look down and there, lying in the hay under a feed bag ellie so graciously knocked down is a baby goat. Yep. A baby freaking goat! Well that's not right! I go over to the pen Cece is in and look over to find another baby goat. And another. And ANOTHER. Two are dry and okay but scattered. Two are lifeless. Needless to say I scooped them all up and they are resting comfortably in the house. They can't stand yet. They are teeny tiny. They are figuring out their suckling reflexes. Got then warm. Got some colostrum milked out of her thanks to my amazing husband and we even managed to pull the two near death to the point I thought they were dead through so far.

So without further waiting here are some photos of the quads. Three bucks and a doe.

 

[Goat Whisperer]

Still catching up here but CONGRATS on the kids! I hope they can pull through! Are they early? I didn't know you had babies coming! I guess your does were cycling later than what's normal here in NC.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Holy freakin' cow! Quads???!!!!! Freakin' amazing!

 

[samssimonsays]

We wouldn't breed for winter kids ever. Cece had other ideas and took us completely off guard. Was not prepared. I did not expose her to my bucks. They are resting comfortable in a tote for now until I set up. Kennel and hear lamp for them. It was crazy. So far they are doing well.