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Here’s a quick recap of what’s been going on around the farm lately…

• Spot, the giant horse puppy, is learning to play frisbee, which is better than his other pursuit of duck- and chicken-chaser.
• A farm cat had a litter of kittens about three weeks ago. We’ve searched everywhere but can’t find them. They’re somewhere up in the hills.
• My bearded irises are soooo ready to bloom…if only the sun would come out. (Why do I have a song from Annie running through my head? Bet it’s in your head now too!)
• The potato patch looks wonderful, but the potatoes need to be hilled again (hilled means more dirt added on top). However, the ground is so wet that it’s almost impossible to do.
• My in-laws’ best friends moved to the farm last week. They left the rat race of Las Vegas to live in the backwoods of West Virginia. I wonder if they’ll have culture shock?
• They arrived in time for the Great Flood of 2009. The creeks are back in their banks now, but the ground is so saturated with water that every rain drop makes us nervous. We’ve had a lot of rain drops too. According to the farm’s rain gauge,  6 inches worth in 10 days. Here’s to hoping we don’t have a drought this summer.
• We spent the last 24 hours without phone or internet access. The culprit? A huge tree that fell and snapped a telephone poll. The phone wire stayed in the road with people driving over it for about 22 hours. Sad, huh? But all is well now.
• We ate some lettuce from the garden last week. It was delicious! Personally, I prefer spring lettuce to fall lettuce. Fall lettuce tastes bitter to me. I know there’s a reason why it’s bitter but I can’t remember – something with the sunlight and temperatures?
• I’m reading a really good murder mystery book called Blood Bayou. Watch for a review later this week.
• I’m hosting a giveaway this week starting tomorrow (Tuesday). It features an amazing book that every person who works from home needs to read. Make sure you come back to check that out.
• Mandy, the farm beagle, has decided that her new perch is the hood of my car. Whoever knew a beagle could jump up on the hood of a car, let alone sit there watching the world go by? Oh, and this is the beagle that has the supposed injured knee.
• Buttons, the previously missing cat, has gained her weight back and is romping and playing with the other cats. In her 2 weeks at home, she’s only ventured outside once and managed to get drenched in a sudden downpour. I think that put a damper on her wanting to go out more. I’m still curious to know where she was for 3 weeks, but I’m grateful she’s back home.
• I got my first deep fryer last week so we’ve been eating our share of fried chicken. Next up is homemade doughnuts. I adore doughnuts and really miss not living near a real doughnut shop. (Krispy Kremes don’t count as real doughnuts to me. My tastebuds crave the old-time bakery doughnuts with lots of icing and filling.) I’ve been known to make my husband get off the interstate at a random exit because I saw a sign for a bakery/doughnut shop in the distance. I’m hoping I can make yummy doughnuts right in my own kitchen.
• And finally, if you’re new around here, I live on a farm where it’s never boring especially since lots of critters roam our farm.

Are you curious about anything that happens on our farm? If so, leave me a comment (I love comments!) and I’ll tell you all about it later this week.