Such A Lovely Day

 Today has been a really nice day. Absolutely lovely, and we achieved a lot. 

We decided to move our 2 remaining chickens over to the property into the new pen, with their automatic feeder and waterer. Hubby loaded them up in a pet carrier to transport them, and they were very happy with their new home. The cover protects them from any stray hawks, and hubby put blocks and other barrier items around the outside just in case the stray dogs decided to give them a look-see. 

The feeding mama (the new one, not the original who we've not caught on camera in a couple of weeks now) showed up today while we were there. She stayed wary of us and retreated every time I attempted to talk to her, even from a distance, but I guess hunger was her reason as she polished off food from both the front and back pans that we put out for her. We refilled them before we left, and the camera shows she came back again for more. UNfortunately, the screenshot is unclear so I can't show how sad she looks.

My mate, Kwacha, came over for the peace and ended up mowing some of the grass. She said she wanted to catch some sun.

I transplanted Cilantro, and watered all my plants, and gave one of the Cilantro plants to Kwacha as she likes using it in cooking. The 2 Plumeria plants that have struggled over here are flourishing inside over there.

A previous grab of pallets is becoming a second fence around the field that is eventually going to be the goats' home over there. We still need a lot more but we're happy with the folks that let us glean them when they throw them out. They're saving us beaucuop bucks!

On his way home, Mark hit up one of the building sites that we have permission to glean from the trash at, and got some awesome scrap wood pieces that will be useful for quite a few of our ongoing projects.

When he got home, Mark moved and re-erected the chicken's old enclosure for the goats to hang out in during the day. Jel helped him a bit as I was useless.  I changed the waters in their crates, and fed them. Sunshine is very loud when she wants attention, but Solomon nickers so gently.  Methinks he is going to be a sweetheart once he gets used to being leashed to walk in and out. With 2 acres, we can't risk him running off, Mark would never manage to catch him and I wouldn't even be in the game. I need Solomon to learn to love me so much that he just wants to be near me, that way I won't need to leash him to move him.

So, we all had a great day and I'm thankful for all of them.