CLARIFYING

Erin asked if the owl and rabbit pictures were "professional" and yes there are.
I try really hard to get actual pictures of our wildlife here but it is so hard to do and then the picture that is taken just does not do the animal justice. It is so awesome to see them and then I take a picture with my old, old ancient camera and then I look at it and go, "where is the animal?" So some times I look up Missouri animals and then I find the exact animal and put that picture up to share with everyone. Next year in the spring I am going to catalog and identify all the different flowers I have that bloom all over the place. I have added a few new ones myself this year. It seems there is always a new "clump of grass" that overnight turns into a beautiful flower that will stay for a day or a week.

One of our hens has gone broody and is now sitting on the nest all the time. We have marked those eggs and leave them there for her all the time. Not really sure that we want for her to have babies this late in the year. We will have to pay to feed all of them all winter and feed isn't cheap any longer. In the summer we hardly buy any feed at all. Nature feeds them fine with all the bugs, clover and worms they can eat. The temp. has dropped and was actually able to turn off the air and open our windows for a day and a night. Thinking about taking the pool down, the water temp. went from 89degrees to 72degrees in just a few days. Leaves have started coming off the trees. The humidity is back up today though.