Spring is in the air!

Today was pretty fantastic (well aside from the hurricane force winds!) I was finally able to get out to visit my moms farm today and fraternize with my ducks and thousands of goldfish!

I do mean thousands by the way, I really need to make sure I get some sold this fall, as the pond is way over stocked. The ducks help a bit with keeping the population down, but each goldfish can lay 50 or more eggs, so 5 ducks don't make a dent really.

Speaking of ducks, there are 2 drakes now, so I am hoping that there will be far more baby ducks this year... I really love cute fuzzy baby ducklings, more then almost anything I can think of, except for maybe baby bunnies.

As I type I am eating a delicious salad of young dandelion greens, violet greens, baby spinach, baby red spotted romaine, one of the first tomatoes from the greenhouse, and green grapes that were on sale. It is beyond delicious.

Things will be back in full swing again around here soon, and hopefully a new job will be as well so I can procure a new camera for more gorgeous photos of snouts and sprouts!

My aquariums also are in full swing, including adorable baby bristle nose plecos and several new colors/ patterns of platies. Happily growing in front of my aquariums are also two new happy little plants I rescued that I believe are in the haworthia family (maybe Haworthia cuspidata and H. magnifica var. acuminata) They seem to be doing much better now that they have been liberated from their 2.5", very root bound pots and are now stretching out in their new shallow dish containers. I'm very excited this year about trying to get all my plants repotted in proper succulent friendly planters and letting them live out doors for as long as possible.

The "heart" of the problem

I leave my heart on the farm every time I have to leave. I truly feel the most at home in the country and any time some one asks me if I had a million dollars and I could do anything, I always respond, "I would have a farm with a massive garden and lots of birds and fish... OH and lots of pumpkins!"

 Mama Mathusala kitty (actually her name is Madusa) and the magical Cour di Bou tomato. She is ancient for one of my moms farm cats at 9 years old. She is super sweet and loves to just be cuddled.  I wish I could take all the kitties at my Mom's inside, I usually end up trying to find all the kittens homes with varying degrees of success. 

 Mortimor, one of the latest kittens.

 Schnerd, Mort's little brother.

 I am told roasemary posted at your door means it's the home of a good woman, I put some by the door of my roommates house, but mine isn't flourishing as well as my moms, maybe I am not as "good" as she is yet. Practice makes perfect I guess.

 Possum the worlds most needy and ill behaved cat. She is a darlin', I really need to try to find her and her sister Ming an inside home.

 The harvest. The garden grew pretty well this year, although I think next year we will be using mostly grow bags and raised beds. It's just too hard otherwise, not to mention, I don't mind weeding but its so much easier if you don't have to as much.

Cappy is truly the happiest dog on the planet I think!

I really, really do want to have my own farm. I don't think it could ever be my full time career, but I would love to be able to grow most if not all of my own food and jack o lanterns, honestly I don't think one can ever have too many pumpkins or  too many turkeys.  I will keep working toward my goal. I just need to find the perfect catalyst to get me there. Dog grooming? Cat toys? Canine psychology?