On the homestead blog: today we took a day-trip down to our homestead (three hours each way) to check on and feed the animals, and collect a few things we regretted not bringing north. 🐓🦆
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September 2020
On the homestead blog: just a few pictures of ducklings today. Evacuation update coming up soon. 🦆
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On the homestead blog: another smoky day, not quite as bad as yesterday. The ducklings are feathering out nicely, and starting to make proto-quacks. They grow so fast! 🦆
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Cute boy. Paladin enjoying a comfy spot at Mom’s house… much to her cat Turbo’s chagrin. After keeping our cats in our bedroom for a few days, we’ve let them out. Our cats have settled in, and Turbo is keeping an eye on them from his cat tower. 🐈
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On the homestead blog: another day of ducklings. It’s smoky out, but hopefully the ducklings aren’t too bothered by it. 🦆
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On the homestead blog: an update on the evacuation status, and the cats. #Caturday 🐈
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On the homestead blog: for the six rapidly-growing ducklings we have with us, they’ve settled into their new reality, and are enjoying their more spacious digs in the trailer pen. When we can go home again, it’ll be a downgrade for them! 🦆
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On the homestead blog: an update on our evacuation from the wildfire, and some flock pics from before we left. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
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On the homestead blog: the ducklings all survived their night in the trailer pen (see yesterday’s post for info on evacuating with the ducklings). 🦆
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On the homestead blog: a rather unusual duckling update, having evacuated with them from a nearby wildfire. 🦆
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We are safe at Mom’s place. We took our dog Rory, pet cats Pippin and Paladin, and the six ducklings, since they can’t stay on their own for more than a day. The older ducks and feral cats can fend for themselves; the chickens should be fine for a few days.
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We got a level 2 “get ready to evacuate” alert just as we were heading to bed (during a power cut). After agonizing about it for a while, we decided to evacuate to Mom’s place (3 hours drive north), heading out around midnight, arriving at 03:00.
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Jenn and I are taking a vacation this week, taking a break from social media and big screens, relaxing and playing board games and such. Or at least that’s how the week started… then the entire west coast caught on fire.
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On the homestead blog: powerless and a duckling issue. 🦆
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Flowers of the day: crocosmia amongst the lavender in the birdbath garden (so named for the blue glass birdbath in its center). 🌱🌼
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On the homestead blog: some leafy treats in the morning, misting to cool off in the early afternoon, and escape from the run in the late afternoon! 🦆
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Video: a couple of clips of the ducklings today: eating kale treats, and being cooled off in misting from the hose. 🦆
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Flowers of the day: hydrangea. 🌱🌼
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On the homestead blog: 17 photos of ducklings today (I usually aim for 8-10), plus a GIF with those and 25 more taken today. 🦆
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On the homestead blog: today we added mite treatments and top feeders to all of our beehives, preparing them for fall and winter. 🐝
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