Four Picture Friday: Lil' Farm

Chimpy and I have our routines and our little adventures and we always have some fun. There are days, though, when we are on exactly the same wavelength and everything goes perfectly—the laundry we started the night before is ready to go on the clothesline, lunch puts itself together really easily, the weather cooperates and wouldn't you know it, they're playing a good funk song on the radio. Those are really terrific days and we had one two weeks ago when we went to a farm.

Chimpy on the farm.

This ram (besides being the first animal we saw at the farm) became notorious for being the first subject on which Chimpy corrected me.

"No dirty, Daddy. Sheep dusty."

The farm invites you to bring lettuce and celery (dietarily inert) for the animals. Chimpy carried the greens in her turtle backpack.

Feeding the goose

Goose nibbled

Poultry fun... Chimpy was looking at the scrawnier hen when the heavier one lighted suddenly on the fence. I've never seen anyone look so surprised and excited at the arrival of a chicken.

Chicken!!!

"It's the eye of the tiger, it's the cream of the fight
Risin' up to the challenge of our rival"


Ah ha! Goat tending, where Chimpy's talents really shine.

Peek-a-baa

A small snack

Then a satisfying back scratch. I like the look on the goat's face.


It was getting to noon, so we decided to take our lunch. We picnicked under a tree and watched a tractor move some dirt around.




Our last visit was to the cow paddock where we found three enormous heifers. One of them tried to straighten Chimpy's hat for her.

This is how they're wearing it in France

Not bad, Bossy


With all the animals fed, we decided to go so we made a stop in the gift store and came away with a sticker book.

See you next time, animals.