Well, we are waiting for the building permits to be issued so that activity can actually BEGIN! I spent this last Wednesday afternoon running errands to get the ball finally rolling. I was assured 5 working days if no issues with the design plans arise.
While the building process is slow, this is really a busy time of the year for us, calving season. We currently have 24 cows, two have already dropped (the term used by cattlemen for giving birth) so we have 22 more to go. It certainly seems these cows are on their own schedule, not mine. We check them several times a day, with disappointment in no activity here either.
Destiny has two bottle fed calves this year, Daisy and Cocoa. They reside right out side of the mobile home so that we can keep a close eye on them. Already they have brought us much joy, those hungry little calves. She is preparing them for County Fair in August 2009, Daisy will be her bottle calf project and Cocoa will show as a market calf.
Mark and Tyler still have their market calves from last season and will show them both as market steer this year at the Lancaster County Fair. These calves also live close to the house so that chores are easily accomplished.
Since I don't have any new photos of the progress not being made on the new house, I will post a photo of our little Daisy. Afterall, she is a blessing of another kind. :)
Check back later this week to see if we actually begin digging and pouring the new house basement.
