On the homestead blog: a rather unusual duckling update, having evacuated with them from a nearby wildfire. 🦆
Month: September 2020
We are safe at Mom’s place. We took our dog Rory, pet cats Pippin and Paladin, and the six ducklings, since they can’t stay on their own for more than a day. The older ducks and feral cats can fend for themselves; the chickens should be fine for a few days.
We got a level 2 “get ready to evacuate” alert just as we were heading to bed (during a power cut). After agonizing about it for a while, we decided to evacuate to Mom’s place (3 hours drive north), heading out around midnight, arriving at 03:00.
Jenn and I are taking a vacation this week, taking a break from social media and big screens, relaxing and playing board games and such. Or at least that’s how the week started… then the entire west coast caught on fire.
On the homestead blog: powerless and a duckling issue. 🦆
Flowers of the day: crocosmia amongst the lavender in the birdbath garden (so named for the blue glass birdbath in its center). 🌱🌼
Flowers of the day: hydrangea. 🌱🌼
On the homestead blog: 17 photos of ducklings today (I usually aim for 8-10), plus a GIF with those and 25 more taken today. 🦆
