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June 14, 2010

An odd couple at play

Posted by Morning Bray under Birds, Dogs, Farm, Friends and Family | Tags: puppy, rooster, Sam, Tina Louise |
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We had so much fun watching Tina Louise; our neighbor’s puppy, play with Sam the rooster yesterday. Tina Louise would chase Sam… then Sam would chase Tina Louise…

June 11, 2010

Red skies at night

Posted by Morning Bray under Albuquerque, Farm, New Mexico | Tags: sunset |
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June 4, 2010

A sign for Morning Bray Farm

Posted by Morning Bray under Farm | Tags: Morning Bray Farm, sign |
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A very special package was delivered here yesterday.

It was like Christmas on June 3rd.

Don did a wonderful job of working with a western metal artist in Chino Valley, Arizona to design our entrance sign.

It was right about now I decided to put the camera down to help Don. The sign weighs 56 pounds!

We got that sucker up there though. Of course I worried about Don being up so high on the ladder…

But all was well in the end. Naturally, we then started analyzing who we thought was who on the sign…

Nevertheless, life is good. ♥

May 14, 2010

Oldies but goodies

Posted by Morning Bray under Albuquerque, Farm, New Mexico | Tags: rainbow, sunset |
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Rainbows at Morning Bray Farm

Sunset at Morning Bray Farm

May 7, 2010

A walk around our garden

Posted by Morning Bray under Farm, Plants and Flowers | Tags: bleeding heart, catmint, flowers, iris, pansies, plants, skunk, snowball bush |
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I’m from Maryland. I need green. I love flowers.

May 2, 2010

Sunday Cinema – We’d know that bray anywhere

Posted by Morning Bray under Donkeys, Farm, Sunday Cinema | Tags: Bernard, bray, donkeys, Ellsworth, Morning Bray Farm |
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Don and I were talking yesterday about how we’d know Bernard’s or Ellsworth’s bray anywhere, and how the donkey boys have been braying much less since Fergus and Nigel arrived two weeks ago.

So, for posterity, we present Bernard and Ellsworth braying. It was at about the time these videos were taken we decided Morning Bray would be the name of our little farm.

In case you’re wondering, not a peep from Fergus or Nigel yet.

May 1, 2010

Saturday Stuff – Cecil

Posted by Morning Bray under Birds, Farm, Saturday Parts & Stuff | Tags: bird, silhouette, swallow |
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This is Cecil, just one of the many barn swallows we have here at Morning Bray Farm each spring and summer. He’s sitting on a wind chime hanging on our back patio. The string heading off to the right of the wind chime is a horse or donkey hair trailing from Cecil’s nest.

To simplify matters, we call all of our barn swallows Cecil. When the babies come, we’ll be calling them Sons of Cecil, just like we do every other year.

Some interesting facts about barn swallows from whatbird.com:

The killing of barn swallows for their feathers was one of the issues that led to the founding of the Audubon Society and the passage of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
Females prefer to mate with males that have the longest and most symmetrical tails and a dark red chest color.
When building the mud nest, both male and female make up to 1000 trips collecting mud.
A group of barn swallows are known collectively as a “kettle” of swallows.