Dogs and chickens and guinea hens and horses....

It was a quiet day at the Sister Sherry's farm on the Touchet River today. We did chores, watered the plants in the greenhouse and read. The older mastiff Deacon is not feeling good (he's developed a couple of weepy "hot spots" on his neck), so we've been keeping him close to home and quiet.

This is 2 year old Deacon chowing down:




This is Corin (Corinthians 13), the 8 month old female mastiff puppy on her bed chewing on a raw carrot:




Here's Peek A Boo, Sherry's 11 year old Pyrenees Sheep Dog with her summer haircut:





This is Maggie, a stray that came to stay after hunting season last year:




Part of Sherry's herd of miniature horses "mowing" the farmstead:



This is Espresso, one of the miniatures:


One of the banty roosters:





And one of the peacocks:






The outside of the greenhouse:




And the inside:

And this is only PART of all the critters at Sister Sherry's!

Off to Touchet!

This afternoon we drove down to Touchet, Washington to spend a couple of days with my Sister Sherry on our way to Nampa, Idaho for the Pacific NW Mennonite Conference Annual Meeting.

(Pronunciation: Two She by the locals; Touch It at the state basketball tournaments by the radio announcers; and of course, Two Shay by the Francophiles.)

Sherry has two mastiffs (one is just an 8 month old puppy) Deacon and Corinth; a Great Pyrenees sheep dog (Peekaboo) and a stray black dog (Maggie). Plus all of the assorted critters that share her ranch with her -- draft horses, miniature donkeys, miniature horses, geese, ducks, guinea hens, pea fowl, banty hens and lots of cats. Tomorrow I will try to get some pictures -- at least of the puppies.

Yesterday Forry spotted an interesting looking flower out in the flat when he was looking at birds. He wasn't sure what it was, so we walked out to take a look.

The blue is a bit washed out in the bright sun, but with the five petals and the color, I am pretty sure it is a variety of flax. There were several patches of it out in the flat.