http://suncrow.com/blog Amok in the Antipodes Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:14:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is our original gander, with one of the geese and her three (so far) goslings. Barry and Larry (the ganders we inherited from some neighbors) have stolen two of the five geese, and one of those geese has another two goslings. The two geese and the two ... http://suncrow.com/blog/2008/10/14/goslings-we-has-them-too/ Meet Hob and Opa: Hob is four. His previous owner was hoping he'd be stud material, but he grew up too short. Opa is sixteen, and was a working stud until four years ago. He came along because he's best friends with Hob. Yay ! We have ... http://suncrow.com/blog/2008/10/14/llamas-we-have-them/ Some photos from the trip! The Birthday Girl! Isn't this a great photo of Stephen? Canon at Ft. Delaware: Some scenery from the trip south: Kudzu (plus Stephen and my mother. The kudzu ate Joel already.): One of the skillion photos I took at the Museum of Appalachia: http://suncrow.com/blog/2008/10/14/holiday-snaps/ Slow is our little drug-kitty. He has had a heart condition much of his life, and finally went on medications about 8 or 9 years ago (at age 7 or so). More recently his kidneys started to go, so we raised to dosage of his Fortekor, which also helps kidney function. ... http://suncrow.com/blog/2008/10/07/pharmacopi-cat/ So, we were back at the house. It was cold, raining, windy. I had somewhat recovered from my "24 hour" bug (I was now 16 hours into it). Open the tap- nothing comes out. Walk up to the 22,000 L tank behind the house- completely empty! Walk further up the hill ... http://suncrow.com/blog/2008/10/04/the-big-dry/ Okay, yes, I have been very bad about updating. Let's see if I can remember some of the fun tidbits from the drive and our last few days in the US. Two days was not enough time to really explore the back roads of West Virginia. We saw some lovely covered ... http://suncrow.com/blog/2008/10/01/the-trip-part-iii/ Saturday the 23rd was the big party. It was held at the DuPont Country club, which is quite a nice venue (no surprise there when old money is involved!) My Grandmother was not nearly as stressed this year- for my parents anniversary last year she worked herself up so much ... http://suncrow.com/blog/2008/09/18/the-trip-pt-ii/ So, we are back, safe and sound, from our US trip. Over the next few days we hope to put up a series of posts detailing the many adventures we had (including a few unexpected adventures after we returned home). The start- Wednesday August 20th. It was a long, long Wednesday. We ... http://suncrow.com/blog/2008/09/07/the-trip/ Jake doesn't let his missing leg slow him down much: Although down is a bit trickier: In a similar vein, this is Blaze: It's not as obvious in that photo, but Blaze, who is 16 (getting on for an alpaca), has collapsed hocks -- her ankles are nearly on the ground, leading ... http://suncrow.com/blog/2008/08/17/handicaps-and-infirmities/ ...and their parents too. Why? Just look at the weather. By my reconing this makes the 7th consequtive weekend with a major winter storm. We were awaken by the hail this morning. If your kid plays  an outdoor sport (soccer, rugby) just forget about it,  most of the sports fields ... http://suncrow.com/blog/2008/08/09/god-hates-children/