Heading on an adventure
Heading on an adventure
2022-07-27 17:24:18 +0000 UTC View Post
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My birthday has never been my favourite. Even if I was surro..
My birthday has never been my favourite. Even if I was surrounded by well wishers, I still always seem to feel lonely, and sad. I don’t know if this is common for people but I’m assuming so. I am alone a lot of the time by choice, and I’m not sad or feeling lonely then. Alone but not lonely. Having a summer birthday, I didn’t really get any parties growing up. I remember at least one of them getting cancelled because not a single friend could make it. My feelings about it probably developed from having most birthdays feel that way during my formative years. In any case, I’m sure every one can relate to having a birthday that you made yourself seem fine so you didn’t look like an asshole to everyone saying happy birthday, but meanwhile feeling like all you want to do is shut everyone out and hide in bed all day until it’s over. I used to save these big rants for my barn time with my sheep. Now she’s gone, and the loss of that outlet has hit me kinda hard. Needed to get this vent out somewhere though, I am sorry it was here. I do appreciate every greeting I’ve received and I feel very lucky to have so many people saying kind things.
2022-07-24 06:34:13 +0000 UTC View PostPost sunset/post rain-drenching warm-up bubble bath
Post sunset/post rain-drenching warm-up bubble bath
2022-07-20 05:28:36 +0000 UTC View PostAnyone got a spare two minutes to watch the sun go down past..
Anyone got a spare two minutes to watch the sun go down past the trees with me?
2022-07-20 03:48:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning! I know I haven’t been posting much. The last 4..
Good morning! I know I haven’t been posting much. The last 4-5 days I have been taking care of a very sick sheep. A little backstory…
I grew up in a farming family. I’ve never been able to get that out of my system. About ten years ago I started a small hobby farm business. I would deliver weekly baskets of veggies and fresh eggs to customers, supplied local ingredients to a province-wide Localvore Iron Chef competition (which I attended as one of the judges). I’ve had ducks, pigs, goats, chickens, and sheep. My sheep came as twin sisters, and they were Southdown Babydolls. Or teddy bear sheep. The last year has been ridiculously hard to get done and seemed like no matter what everything always went wrong or ended up being 10x harder than expected. I haven’t gotten any new animals in a long time, and came to the decision that as they age and pass I was not going to be replacing with anyone new. Over the last few weeks I have had a terrible situation with a fox that got the last five of my hens and for the last ten days I was down to just one solitary sheep 😢
She came down with a case of bloat, which isn’t a very good thing. I will spare most details but for four days I have been sitting in the grass and mud and hay, and manure up to my knees, as I tried as many different methods as I knew about and used in the past to no avail. It’s been very hot here and she was supposed to get sheared today. I set up a sprinkler and she was in and out of it, keeping cool. She seemed to perk up and I really, really thought we were out of the woods and on a safe track. Two nights ago she went down and didn’t get back up, I sat with her and she died with her head in my lap. Every farmer has their method of aftercare when a large animal passes. Many just move the remains to the back and let natural weather and critters do their thing. But I dug a hole. All day yesterday. In 40°C I dug and dug, through rocks and big tree roots and clay. I worked until it was just about waist deep and buried her at sunset. My calves are on fire and my arms and shoulders feel like they will fall off, and even though I wore gloves I have blistered hands. Today I woke up to an empty barn and sad. But, nothing can last forever, and the sadness is an important feeling to let yourself feel.
Boobs in the light of the refrigerator at midnight searching..
Boobs in the light of the refrigerator at midnight searching for snacks
2022-07-13 12:13:44 +0000 UTC View Post
I’ve been really liking the black and white lately. Probably..
I’ve been really liking the black and white lately. Probably because now my summer tan is so deep it looks orange and ridiculous.
2022-07-06 15:34:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Today I took just about 250 pics of various things. It’ll ta..
Today I took just about 250 pics of various things. It’ll take me a week or two to pick my faves but then I will not delete the ones I don’t like or didn’t work out. This is why I have 30,000 photos on my phone 😬
2022-07-04 04:50:23 +0000 UTC View Post
I smell like coconuts and marijuana
I smell like coconuts and marijuana
2022-06-23 18:00:30 +0000 UTC View PostI was happily moving these hay bales from the yard (set up f..
I was happily moving these hay bales from the yard (set up for a nerf gun battle) and upon unloading I found a squashed canary in between two of them 😳
2022-06-23 01:01:56 +0000 UTC View PostMy Twitter pic landed on the Chive! If you’re on there pleas..
My Twitter pic landed on the Chive! If you’re on there please go check it out and give it a like :) https://b.thechive.com/gaRv6m9K4qb (#17)
2022-06-23 01:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostI keep expecting to feel pain from the start of a sunburn, e..
I keep expecting to feel pain from the start of a sunburn, every time I get into the hot water but so far so good. Nothing stings yay!
2022-06-22 03:15:51 +0000 UTC View Post
The beginning of a tanline and a mystery bruise
The beginning of a tanline and a mystery bruise
2022-06-20 03:29:22 +0000 UTC View PostJust a little 9:30pm dunk. It’s still 43° out and probably w..
Just a little 9:30pm dunk. It’s still 43° out and probably won’t let up much until overnight Tuesday.
2022-06-20 02:26:34 +0000 UTC View Post
