12-13-2005, 06:30 PM
Must admit I am getting excited. My son is joining me here for the first time (from Manhattan, NYC) on Thursday and then Hubby will be flying in on Sunday. First time we have been all together in Hawaii.
Momma chicken has lost one chick and another appears to be weak/hurt. Realities of country/farm life I suppose. She is taking them out wandering in the forest all day and comes back to the doghouse at dusk. I make sure they have fresh water and some food, although it is clear she is teaching them to eat everything wild . The squeels of delight when she caught a worm were hilarious. The rest of the chickens are only seen at dusk for a very short time, ushered in and out by a couple roosters. I wonder how many more nests are out there.... I wonder if I will be the proud grandma to 40 or 50 chickens soon! Ah, well... plenty of room for everyone.
The piggies managed to stay out of the pen for two days and overnight too. I didn't see as much of them today playing as yesterday but they were still wandering around and playing some kind of chase game with the two dogs. Today it was hard to tell who was chasing whom!!
By three or four in the afternoon I wandered down to their pen with the last of this weeks Papaya ration, wondering what to do... and low and behold, here they came. I entered the pen, cut up the papaya and celery and other stuff and spread it out, and they came in happy as could be to munch. I calmly exited the pen closing the gate behind me. They seemed very happy to get their ration of pig food and two tubs of fresh water. They munches away while I put fresh straw in the pen. Ah, live f a pig..l. must be rough!!
So all is well io the Lamont Ranch. Dogs are behaving, pigs are tuciked in and chickens are fat and sassy doing their thing.
I am making the mental shopping list for the bit Blessing and Luau on the 22nd and hope as many of you will be joining us as possible. I have had an RSVP from a fair number and think we will be facing a great bash.
Some of my carpenters, my gardner and one carpenter's sons have announced they will camp out at the IMU on the 21st, do the fire and get the pig in the ground arund 3 am. That should be a party onto istelf. Anyone who wishes to participate in that portion of the ritual is welcome; just please let me know in advance.
This is forming up to be a wonderful week. I can just feel the warmth and aloha of you all around me and can't wait to share that with my little family.
I look forward to seeing you soon.
Mahalo and Aloha,
Pam Lamont
Just another day in P A R A D I S E !!
Momma chicken has lost one chick and another appears to be weak/hurt. Realities of country/farm life I suppose. She is taking them out wandering in the forest all day and comes back to the doghouse at dusk. I make sure they have fresh water and some food, although it is clear she is teaching them to eat everything wild . The squeels of delight when she caught a worm were hilarious. The rest of the chickens are only seen at dusk for a very short time, ushered in and out by a couple roosters. I wonder how many more nests are out there.... I wonder if I will be the proud grandma to 40 or 50 chickens soon! Ah, well... plenty of room for everyone.
The piggies managed to stay out of the pen for two days and overnight too. I didn't see as much of them today playing as yesterday but they were still wandering around and playing some kind of chase game with the two dogs. Today it was hard to tell who was chasing whom!!
By three or four in the afternoon I wandered down to their pen with the last of this weeks Papaya ration, wondering what to do... and low and behold, here they came. I entered the pen, cut up the papaya and celery and other stuff and spread it out, and they came in happy as could be to munch. I calmly exited the pen closing the gate behind me. They seemed very happy to get their ration of pig food and two tubs of fresh water. They munches away while I put fresh straw in the pen. Ah, live f a pig..l. must be rough!!
So all is well io the Lamont Ranch. Dogs are behaving, pigs are tuciked in and chickens are fat and sassy doing their thing.
I am making the mental shopping list for the bit Blessing and Luau on the 22nd and hope as many of you will be joining us as possible. I have had an RSVP from a fair number and think we will be facing a great bash.
Some of my carpenters, my gardner and one carpenter's sons have announced they will camp out at the IMU on the 21st, do the fire and get the pig in the ground arund 3 am. That should be a party onto istelf. Anyone who wishes to participate in that portion of the ritual is welcome; just please let me know in advance.
This is forming up to be a wonderful week. I can just feel the warmth and aloha of you all around me and can't wait to share that with my little family.
I look forward to seeing you soon.
Mahalo and Aloha,
Pam Lamont
Just another day in P A R A D I S E !!
I want to be the kind of woman that, when my feet
hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"
hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"