moooooooove

with all the cows on the ranch sometimes it can be hard to get around. i'm not sure exactly how many carol has but i'd guess between 50-75.

plus the numbers are always growing because of this guy. he's the only bull in the whole herd, and he's been pretty busy over the last couple months. when i got here there were only 3 babies. now there is at least 14 and each day it seems a few more pop up.

all the female cows are all black but the poppa has a white face so all the babies have been born with white faces. they're easy to spot from the road and count because their white faces stick out so much. you can even see the one in the background here.

to me grown up cows look awkward and a little brain dead, but these babies are just adorable.

so adorable!

fun fact

a kangaroo's tail is super muscular and acts almost like a third limb. as roger is demonstrating, a kangaroo can gain more height when they use their tails, and, when fighting, a kangaroo can put all its weight on its tail in order to free up their hind legs for kicking. pretty cool!

not so sassy

sassy is one of the coolest dogs! she has free run of the entire ranch. she rides around in the golf cart with me and, to be honest, she was the one who found the turtle shell from that early post. she hitched a ride with me back to my trailer that day and led me on an adventure around the fields near our trailers. i felt like i had a hunting dog or something - she'd do her thing and i'd climb a tree or something but she'd always come back to check on me and if i whistled she'd come.

then last night she slept over. it's nice to have another puppy around

and on this farm...

these are most of the animals i feed each morning

momma donkey and baby cabella in the front and then a man donkey in
the back (who is not the dad of the baby). i need to put their feed in different
places cause the momma never shares with him - she kicks and hee-haws
and always claims the first pile i put down.

this is roger. he's a silly fellow. he always grabs my coat and tries to put his

head in my pockets

oh gosh, this is bert. as you can see, he's usually out of the pen when i pull up
and if i don't get the food on the cart in time he'll stick his head right in the
buckets. he's crazy

one of the four (or five) deer that i feed. this guy is the most calm
 though - he'll even eat out of my hand. all the others are super skittish. 

emus, some other goats, and a bunch of loud ducks and geese

spades and sledge - two of carol's adopted dogs. they're sweethearts

turtle, turtle

found this while out exploring today

oh! and debby gave me a hair cut!

and on the 7th day...

as of today i've spent one week in cat spring, texas. and, yes, am just now getting a blog together.

its been nice having, basically, my own apartment - the rv has a bathroom, bedroom, kitchen (stove and oven), couch, and kitchen table. as well as running water. the only issue, which i actually just got resolved two days ago, was that my heat was busted. i spent one of the coldest nights of my life in a sleeping bad, under a quilt, under a wool blanket, wearing wool socks, sweat pants, and a sweater. to no avail, though, t'was still cold.

so my routine the past week has been wake up at 6:30 (note: i didn't even wake up that early in highschool) to go and feed three donkeys, a kangaroo, two alpaca, three goats, four (or five) emu, a handful of ducks, four (or five) deer, a pig, three cats, two dogs, and a bunch of chickens.

it takes me about an hour or so to do all that. the rest of the day, if its a weekday, i've been helping armondo or debbie with whatever they need done (ie: clean the barn, organize the office/gift shop, shovel poop). if its a friday or saturday, at 5 i go to the restaurant to help out. 

life is certainly different down here