This is Venus, my trusty and ultra-devoted Dalmatian. She is now 12 1/2 years old, rather arthritic and going blind. But she gets around amazing well and accompanies me on all animal chores...unless it is too cold.
In that case, she waits patiently for me in the mud room.











This is a peek in the hen house. This batch of hens is about 2 years old. they have been great egg layers up until about a week ago. Hopefully, they are just having a wee bit of a winter rest and they begin laying more eggs again before too long.










This a look at the other half of the hen house. Here is a new flock of 25 Rhode Island Red hens (plus one old Buff Orpington rooster - Golden Boy, by name). When I say new, I mean new to this farm. They are really about a year old and spent their first year in Chesterville. I saw that they were for sale in Uncle Henry's and thought that I was reeaaally lucky to find them. Ever since they have arrived, though, they have hardly laid any eggs at all. Not sure why, but I am surely hoping they will kick into gear by springtime. If not, their future doesn't look too bright...

This is our Barn Kitty who has been with us about a year. She was a stray and has a very spunky personality.
You can not really pet her as she does not understand at all about the "velvet paw" concept, but she is fun to have around. She is also very conscientious about keeping the rodent population balanced.








Just relaxing in the sun....
Life is good....

















Chloe, our big alpha sheep, is on the left and below is Baby. (These are names they arrived with...)
They are hoping for a handout of apples which they have been getting lately, and they have become quite shameless at begging for them.