Well, it finally happened this week...we ran completely out. of. water. As in, I'm standing in the shower mid-rinse and drip, drab, it's gone! There have been two other times this has happened and we normally just switch over to the other well. This time that did not work. Eight people living in one house use quite a bit of water, not to mention our animals needs as well. We will be sure to have a deep well when we build our next homestead. There was a lightning strike a day ago that took out our router, computer monitor, and our Vonage device. We are beginning to suspect it may have affected the well pump also. In the meantime we are continuing to pray for rain since we are officially in a drought situation here with the average rainfall between 4 and 7 inches below average for this time of year.
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| Our sweet Muscovy Nellie Olson sitting on our Ancona eggs. These Muscovy are great mothers! |
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| Two day old fuzzy Ancona duckling with Little Lyss. They already love the water! |
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| Getting some sweet snuggles with the other duckling before he's eagerly back in the pond! |
Last week we were celebrating the arrival of our 4 sweet Ancona ducklings that hatched. Sadly, only two of the little yellow fuzzies made it to this week. We fear something came up from the woods behind the duckhouse and got them as there has been no sign of them. The remaining two are getting huge in just one week's time. They grow much more rapidly than baby chicks and the sight of them out in their little pond swimming around is the absolute cutest!
We'll see you 'round the homestead,
Melissa
