Kitten Yin-Yang

Meet Olive and Squeaky. Apparently, Gatlin isn’t the only new addition to the farm this week.  These kittens belonged to my neighbors and through a series of unfortunate/fortunate events (depending on which side of the fence you’re on), they are now residing in the barn!  Destined to be barn cats, for now these little guys [...]

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what happens when you leave your windows down

on a warm, sunny day: Curious cats climb inside and settle down for a warm afternoon nap! Seriously, look at the udder contentment on that face! I left him alone and let him sleep in the car for a few hours before he finally decided to help me work on the raised beds.

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taking a moment

Today, work was just one of those days.  One of those days where you say to yourself, “I’m going home and drinking a beer.”  And here I find myself, not one, but two, beers later. Jenna wrote on Monday about a similar situation.  Maybe without the beer.  She didn’t mention it. I came home this [...]

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Lazy Day on the Farm

The mercury’s rising to somewhere in the 40′s today … maybe even the 50′s.  It’s been weeks, I feel, since we’ve seen such warm temperatures.  All the animals are enjoying the warm sun -

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Time Off, New Look

Obviously, the blog has a new look.  Welcome, my friends, to the newly-revamped, but always the same, Cornbread and Chickens. My work schedule was arranged this week so that I have the pleasure of having Thursday and Friday off.  In return, I have to work Saturday, which will mean an early, quick trip to the [...]

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We have a peeping tom

Only our “Tom” is really named “Junior” and he stalks our front door and kitchen windows. Junior came to us earlier this year, attracted to the barn by our other cat, Buddy.  I tend to refer to Junior as “Buddy’s cat” but also as “Me too” because he follows Buddy everywhere and does whatever Buddy [...]

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