Love Is In The Air!

Happy Valentine's Day! The Garage Kitties are discovering love, slowly but surely. A few of them will let me pet them - and they just can't seem to get enough. The top photo is Mama and Big Orange getting some attention. The second photo is Beige, coming to greet me; she used to hide in the rafters when I entered the garage. The third picture is Mama, waiting for dinner! The last photo is the biggest surprise: our Blondie and Grizzly Bear hanging out together! Love can work miracles, and a lot of patience doesn't hurt either!

The First Asparagus, and The First Skunking...

Ah, Spring. Farmer Man found the first asparagus last night. We'd walked the rows about a week ago and found no sign of anything but weeds. Last night, he scored!! A handful of short, fat shoots - just yummy!! If you've never had fresh asparagus from the garden (truly fresh, minutes from the garden) it's glorious! Are we still eating local? You bet! Last night's dinner was our own, homegrown pork roast, our own Russian Blue potatoes, fresh asparagus and some store-bought yam (from far, far away, as they say in The Dark Days Challenge). Just delicious!

All this has been tempered this morning by Blaze and Grizzly Bear having their first meeting with a skunk this year. Wasn't as bad as it could have been....neither was fully sprayed. But even a little whiff of skunk is too much! The occasion called for an impromptu bath by hose with the special skunk shampoo. Much struggling, whining, and shaking later, the situation seems under control! Now we've just got a couple of wet dogs getting dirtier by the minute as they go around the farm!