After dental impressions, we are pretty sure the goats are the culprit in eating the pumpkin leaves and taking a bite out of our pumpkin. Next year, the pumpkins will be planted where the vines do not enter the goat yard.
Below: Picture #1 is the pumpkin patch behind the barn. There are little pumpkins here, but nothing that is picture worthy yet. Picture 2 is the “goat-eaten pumpkin, and pictures #3-8 are the sunflowers and zinnias by the zip line. Picture #9: This garden (by the zip line) was cleared of sunflowers and zinnias to make room for the cantaloupe and honeydew melons.
Below: Bruce planted some green beans in the area by the corn. The soil additive is bacteria that helps the bean fix nitrogen. This additive is sprinkled on the dirt and in the hole with the bean. The beans were placed in the holes and covered with 1.5 inches of soil, and then watered. Looks like we will be picking beans in less than two months.
Our bluebird babies (below) have feathers, but we cannot find a time when they are awake. These three little birds are 13 days old today.
Last night while driving the back road from Colorado Springs to Pine, CO, we spotted 9 deer. Some were in the road and others were on the side of the road. This morning, on the road from the cabin, we saw these two fawns (slides below) enjoying a morning walk. These two were absolutely in no hurry to get out of the road.
Some controlled forest burns are necessary. These slides are pictures of mountains before and after forest fires. We do not know if these were wild fires or controlled burns, but it is interesting to see the contrasts in the landscape. The burned area stretched for miles.
Picture 1 (below) is Quinn and Bruce waiting to enter the cave. Slides 2 and 3: Cave of the Winds (below) is a cave that was discovered in part by two young boys in the 1800’s. The boys noticed a hole in the rocks above them. Slides 4 and 5: After climbing 150 feet to enter the hole, they found the initial two sinkholes. They dropped into the sinkholes and found that the wind was blowing. Slides 6: The two boys told a local adult who happened to be a stone cutter. The stone cutter followed the directions of the two boys to find that wind actually did blow from the entrance. The stonecutter cut a larger entrance and entered the main cavern of the cave. Slides Slides 7-17: The cave has been excavated and toured since the 1800’s. Slides 18-21 were taken outside of the cave. Look at the slideshow below. Bruce IV and Quinn enjoyed the tour with me.
Below: The rain has followed us and we have had a shower at least twice everyday since last Saturday. Even the violent showers end quickly and the sky still seems to have a silver lining. The ground dries very quickly and you would never know that it rained.
Family pictures: #1. Ann Raleigh in Boston #2. Elle (AMPD) reading to Cowboy. #3 AR with other doctor at Boston Children’s Hospital #4. Quinn after Soccer Camp. #5 Little Annie and Eloise watering the plants that their great aunts planted at the graveyard. Thank you girls for your work.
