cows, owl boxes and spotlight excitement

Our first day at the farm was very long. It started out with me (Alice) and some others going to rub down the geriatric cows. They slobbered all over our legs while removing flies from their backs, but seemed to enjoy the attention. Cows have very beautiful eyes. The cow pasture is full of prickly plants of some kind, which were not wonderful to walk through in shorts. After pampering the cows we got to rake out the bunny enclosure. The bunnies were very cute. So were the four ducks and the cat that live with them. There was a very cute black and white bunny with one ear up and one ear down sitting in the yard. Then we got to feed the goats!!!!! They are very funny animals. They will come up to you and look at you, and nuzzle your hand. There is a beautiful huge herd. There was one goat that would only eat the apples. She didn't seem interested in the carrots in the mix.

Next we got to go build things. Sita, Susan, Julie and I got to build owl boxes for the barn owls that live in the hay barn. We had a big yellow crayon to mark up our plywood. I learned how to use a table saw when we cut out the pieces. We had a wonderful teem effort keeping the wood going in a straight line. I managed to eyeball some straight and some crooked cuts, but at the end of the day (after many trimmings of wood and trying to figure out how the wood should fit together since our plans were faulty (only discovered after cutting out all the pieces)) we had one assembled box and all the pieces to the second one. I am not terribly talented at using a power drill.

We got to have three-minute showers in the cow colored bathroom at the farm. Sita and I decided to wash our hair in the hose back at the church, so we put our bathing suits on and soaked the yard in the process. For future reference to anyone who may be wondering: it does not work to dangle a hose from monkey bars to make a shower. It will fall down when you turn it on.

This evening we had a very exciting game of Spotlight, in which I only got caught once. Unfortunately it ended with a broken table, which Adam skillfully fixed. The table did not fall on anyone.