The Donkeys!

 Somehow I failed to introduce you to Chuck Norris and Penelope.

Chuck Norris has attitude and wants to be alone.

Penelope wants alllll the love.

Between the gazillion animals of my childhood and the sizable amount as an adult, I've never had a donkey on the homestead I live.  I dare say Penelope is already a favorite and we have a whole new love for donkeys!  Below are three of my favorite donkeys. 

Fashion Revue 2024

Fashion Revue 2024.  Feels like a mountain to climb as their sewing teacher, but we got to work.

 Audra with a 1975 pattern dress. 

Anna-Kate with a bag.

Audra's finished result. 

And both girls with both of their finished projects dropping off for judging. 

The results:  Great job girls! 

First swim

 Last week the girls fully submerged in the Maine Atlantic Waters for maybe a half hour.  Audra didn't want her wet suit either. Just to be clear, their first dip wasn't mine. Brr. 

More animals

 I know. More animals. A couple of calves added.  Clyde and Bonnie below, left to right.  Clyde is ours. I love having large animals on the homestead again. 

Also, I made Anna-Kate's top. It used to be a dress, now it's a shirt. She loves talking with Clyde. 

Ice Cream Socials

The 2024 Ice Cream Social season has commenced.  Our family usually funds the first one and we tend to get enough donations to keep going for several socials. This year Another Chance Animal Rescue wanted to do some community outreach and they chose to support the ice cream socials. They funded the start up one!  This was a huge blessing that I wasn't even looking for!  

If you're not familiar with the ice cream socials we've been doing for years, here's a brief rundown.  Anyone can come.  You can bring all your friends and relations.  The stand is open once a week on a random day for an hour. My kids run the stand, the kids who arrive order their own ice cream and count out the money for the transaction.  No one needs to pay, we keep a bank right there that anyone can use. Once the shop closes, kids play and adults enjoy the sunset. 

It's a summer highlight for my kids. It's so fun to see the fields filled with running children.

My fave part? It brings community together.   If you're local and want to know when they are, I can guide you to the facebook page where I post.

 

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New Additions

 Meet Maverick and Goose.  They'll reside with us this summer. Girls are over the moon.

Anna-Kate and her nest

 
Anna-Kate has been monitoring the nest that is being built in the birdhouse she built. For some reason, the eggs haven't been laid.  She checks with Zippy multiple times a day.  We shall see!