misfitsandrescues

Yesterday I caught a good size catfish on the drop lines. I was pulling him around to the landing to get him out since I didn’t have a dip net. I had him almost to dry land when he jerked the line, hook and all out of my hand. It happened so quickly that a slowed the video down so you could tell that it was the whole line he jerked out of my hand . When he jerked it away from me you can see my hand and reflection of me when I dropped to my knees and then my belly trying to grab for the line as it slowly sank out of sight. Mark one up for the fish this time.🐠😂😂😂

You got up to pee Mom, now it’s my turn !! Ok, I would be getting up in a few minutes anyway. Belgian Malinois make the best alarms clocks ever!!🐕❤️

I’ve known for days that Zak wants his hot hair shaved off his face. Out of the blues I ask him if he was ready for a hair cut. He’s reaction tells it all. He turned and headed straight down the hall to the grooming room. He’s such a good guy.

Yesterday at the feed store we took a few minutes to train in a new location.

This morning I was feeding the horses and chickens. The rooster had never given me any problems but he had charged at my husband. The rooster ran to me this morning like usual. I walked past him because I feed a little further down the hill. Well I guess he wanted his food right that minute. I glanced back about the time he started running at me. I slung one of the three buckets that I was carrying at him but missed. I won’t have a rooster that you can’t trust not to flog you. One girl said poor rooster, I can’t believe you were so mean to him. I asked her how she would like a little person to come running at you with two very sharp 2 inch blades trying to stab you in the calf of your leg?!!! Nit to mention that beak. It can take chunks out of your arms and legs.!!! 🐓🤬🤬🤬

I was over the river last night and noticed something drifting in the sky. So naturally, I started videoing. As it got closer it looked like a package under a parachute or balloon. It was pretty good size because I was quite a distance from it and had my camera zoomed in all the way. I called our local water patrol and they were nowhere in the area. By then, I had zoomed in on the video and could tell it was not a human moving on the river. With my necked eye all by all I could see was movement. He said, since it did not look like a human being that they weren’t gonna worry about it. If I had had a boat, I would’ve gone out to check and see what it was, but I did not have one accessible at that moment. I stayed about 2 hrs. and no one ever came to retrieve their package. I’ll always wonder just what was in that package.

Last night while I was at the river I was walking along the sea wall ,this beaver was coming around the sea wall in the water. When we saw each other I just froze in place , with my phone in front of my face. Since he saw no movement he circled back to see what I was. He still wasn’t sure what I was so he had to circle one more time. Then he swam over to the other point. He never seemed afraid. He never did the famous tail slap on the water that they usually do when they’re frightened. He never even went all the way under water to hide. I love getting to see all the different kinds of Gods creatures in their natural habitat.

I love hearing the unmistakable sounds of the majestic bald eagles. Then the high pitched cheeps if the osprey trying to pester the eagle enough to steal his fish.🦅🦅. #baldeagle #soundsofnature #osprey

Meet Jandy. She is one of the pups out of Peaches last litter. Her owners brought her over to play with my pack at the river this weekend. I let her and Cowboy play before I let the other two dogs out. I believe it was live it first sight. It was true PUPPY LOVE. 🐕🐕❤️

Yesterday one of Peaches puppies came back to visit us. I took them all to play in the river. Every time Cowboy would catch or retrieve the ball he would give it to Jandy his new best fiend.🐕🐕❤️

Last night we went to watch the fireworks at Calera, Alabama.💥💥💥💥

Peaches is one of the happiest,hard working dogs I’ve ever seen. She makes it her job to clean any trash or drift wood thAt floats up towards the pier. She doesn’t want any help from her larger, younger brother. She would rather do it all by herself . She is so happy to be working that I can almost get her whistling “ whistle while you work”.

The peacock was showing off for the chickens. I decided to goose him . He was making so much noise that he couldn’t hear me right behind him. 🦚

While fixing some oatmeal raisin cookies I noticed some little eyes following my ever move. Yes a gave them a cookie after they cooled.

My neighbor came down to the river with me yesterday. We had a great time fishing and playing with the dogs. It was so hot but we had fun anyway, even if she did skunk me this time.🎣🎣.

I took Cowboy to Tractor Supply for a bath and to practice some loose heeling. It’s only the second time he has been to a big store, and only a few time has he been on a leash. He did pretty good. Instead of pulling him back when he would get ahead of me I would just turn and walk the opposite direction. This will help to keep him watching me. We had lots of distractions. There were baby chicks in the big pens behind me.

Usually it’s my two Belgian Malinois that are so energetic. Last night Zak dog decided it was his turn to play.

Cowboy has just turned 1 year old. He has learned how to win my heart. He knows he’s too big to jump on me (85lb) so he started sitting and just putting his big feet on me. He is such a sweetheart.

Cowboy loves Miss Peaches so much. I guess he was looking for leftovers or making sure Peaches had brushed her teeth good enough.🐕🐕❤️

Yesterday an eagle flew in to get a refreshing drink of water . Instead of landing in the trees , he landed on a floating log to get a drink if water. Even the bald eagle knows to stay hydrated in our hot summer heat here in Alabama.

I had to take care of the neighbors 4 horses and a jack. They were so well mannered. As long as you keep the same routine everyday.

This morning I was a few minutes late getting out to feed and this is what I get!!!! Never a dull moment on the Funny Farm. Thankfully she stood perfectly still until I could get to her and turn her loose.

Tonight I had the good luck of getting to see the the rarely seen river otters. Sorry about the poor camera work. I was spotted by them. I had to freeze. Then look away like I hadn’t seen them. I must’ve not spooked them much because they rolled and played all the way to the tall weeds along the shore.

I was throwing a bucket lid for the dogs at the river today. I couldn’t get Peaches to jump off the pier but she would jump into the shallow part and swim all the way around the pier instead. Then Zak got brave and jumped off the pier. It surprised him when it was so deep. He could stand up right next to the sea wall. He tried jumping up the sea wall but couldn’t make it without a little helping hand to pull him on up.

I was about to leave the pier when I noticed his pretty little brown, banded water snake in the water fishing. I squatted down on the pier and kept the phone between my face and the snake. It saw movement on the pier, between me and the dogs. But it couldn’t figure out what I was. It finally came out of the water and onto the boat ramp . When I stood up it realized what I was. It quickly retreated back into the water and disappeared. Although I’m not very fond of snakes I still enjoy getting to see and interacting with all of Gods creatures.🐬🤠