Georgia Vacation: Country Time

You can't go to Georgia without enjoying some time with livestock, if you ask me. Mom and Dad got two new cows. Actually one of them is Ryan's. He bought it and will sell it when it's time for processing to save up for his mission. They are cute little gals. Polly and Pumpernickel (Pump, for short) are their names. Leah has a love affair with cows and was completely thrilled every time we came close to them or talked about them. She is very good at mooing, although at this point it sounds more like "boo"ing. It melts my heart. We got to feed them watermelon rinds and it was fun to watch them slobber and chomp and otherwise appreciate them.

Leah in bovine heaven.

Mom and Dad's neighbors to the back have goats and chickens. We went through the woods one morning and fed them weeds. They were very eager to eat them. Funny story: Mom and Dad have chickens, and it turned out that as this batch grew, one of them was a rooster. So instead of having to dispense with it, they just tossed it over the fence for the neighbors, who were thrilled about it.

We took a trip into Athens and went to see Granma J., or Gigi. as the kids call her. She lives with my Uncle Scott and Aunt Debbie, who have a little farm with a couple cows, horses, guinea fowl, and chickens and roosters. We had the best time there. Granma took us out to see all animals. Their hens and the roosters gave us a great show, cock-a-doodling every few minutes. One of the hens was sitting on a nest full of eggs. I think we missed the babies by about a week.

 The horses were very pretty and also very friendly. They came right up to us and when they realized that we didn't have any grain for them, they hid their disappointment quite well and were still pretty sociable.

Bryn LOVED the horses, and they seemed to fancy her, too. Aunt Bri helped her to pet their noses.