love is all around you

if you are bernie.........
this morning he had me, fawn, and calpurrnia all surrounding him
i was leaning on him and talking to him
the girls were laying on him and purring
LOUDLY

only the boy was missing.......he no doubt was stuffing his little belly at the kibble bowl

i know if the ducks and chickens could have gotten upstairs
they would have been doing their little duckie and cluckie way to show him they love him too

the ducks meanwhile are thinking of having pms
the girls are cheeping at me and starting to run away

HOWEVER

momma duck is starting to let me pick her up and not struggling when i do

she still is pretty spookie when i go to pick her up

i sort of have to corner her BUT
she doesn't get frantic anymore
progress is apparently........ being made
and i ain't too dumb......i pick her up and put her in the pond.....so it's a nice association (mom picks me up=nice happy splashy splashy)

now speaking of duckie kins

lillianna got the gate between the girls and falstaff open
and went running and squeaking down the hill
meanwhile falstaff....... EVER THE BRIGHTEST DUCK IN THE SKY

didn't realize the girls were out
i did
and when i started after them
he finally figured it out~
but by then it was too late as i rounded him up and stuck him temporarily in the girls pen
rounding the girls up to the house

i got it all sorted out
but lilli did get grabbed by falstaff (by the neck no less) briefly

now the clucks..........
dulcette is laying eggies again at her ripe old age of 4
she went broody for a bit but has recovered and started to lay again
so we are getting 4 chicken eggs and 3 duck eggies a day
i miss my marguerite so bad though
the other chickens are friendly but not like my marguerite was

yes i am making frozen custard often

ok i ment to take a short video or some stills of the girls splashing in the pond in the sun
that ain't going to happen today i think
bernie is taking the webbed ones out for me this morning
if it doesn't rain maybe i can catch them splashing later

and i would like a good video of lilli making a break for it squeaking down the hill

that cracks me up
she is making a break for it
but squeaks so loudly that i know she is going
hahahahaha
she wants to go down back but with the silver fox around i don't want them that far back
if we cut back some of the underbrush maybe

who ever said being a duck mom was easy
or a chicken mom
or a cat mom

or actually a human mom

let's face it
being a mom is the hardest job in the universe
no?

til next time

vi