It's always beautiful here on the farm, but spring is really special. One of my favorite pass times is sniffing (new-to-me) heirloom irises, that have been here a lot longer than I've been alive. There are the fairly conventional light purple irises (they smell like artificial grape flavor) which are everywhere down here, dark purple irises that smell like vanilla, dark purple and yellow irises that smell like lemon-bar desserts, yellow irises that smell like lemons, big white irises that smell like white Necco wafers, little dark purple Japanese irises that don't smell like anything at all, and pink irises that smell like strawberries! And I'm NOT crazy, Seth and our friend down the road, Joel, confirm!
Joel has got the most beautiful gardens! Flowers of all kinds surrounded by rock sculptures, fruit trees, and a couple acres of fruits and veggies! I'm so envious!
I love this time of year. The only thing I don't love about it is the bugs. And they're going to be bad this year because we've had such a mild winter! Luckily we've got plenty of cats. Stealie, the only not-white kitten from Ophelia's litter, and the only one we decided not to spay, had four beautiful kittens on 4/20. Two boys and two girls. Seth and I are keeping the two boys, one of which is bright orange and we named him Jerry (the other three kittens are dark tabbies). One of the girl kittens is a bobtail. The long tailed girl kitten, who we've dubbed Althea is going to my best friends Isaac and Danny. the other two kittens, the bobtail girl and the tabby boy are to-be-named, and the bobtail girl is looking for a home!
So this brings our current cat total to ten! Cosmic Charlie, Oedi-pussy Galore, Two-Eyes, Blue-Eyes, Bobby McGee, Stealie, Althea, Jerry, Kitten #3 and Kitten #4! Not to mention our two dogs, Virginia (Ginny) and Lucy! Thank God we live of a farm right?!
- All roads lead to Rock Camp
Location:Rock Camp, WV
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