Never a Dull Moment
Lisa C (Mama's adopted little sister), and her family came out to visit and check out the BRB. We had a great BBQ thanks to the Boy Child and his cooking skills. They spent the night and we all had a fun evening. The next morning following many coffee ... Akita ran downstairs with exciting news. It seems that our now newest resident of Akita's space had figured it was about time to pop out those kittens. Violet was crying and fidgeting and trying to find a safe space in the room. Apparently she thought that a safe space was in behind a pile of moving boxes. Mama grabbed her and placed her in the box of towels that DY and Akita had prepared for her. She settled into the box and Akita and Sierra (Akita's adopted twin) settled down to wait like expectant fathers. It wasn't too long til No. 1 was born, a little grey tabby who looked alot like Mom. Lisa C. was in love with this kitten instantly. Violet didn't seem to have much trouble with the birth and knew exactly what to do. We will spare you the details cause they really were kinda gorry. No. 2 was more painful ... she cried out as a larger black kitten pushed into the world. We (now Lisa C, Sierra, Akita, and Mama were in the room) made a few jokes about it being a Jamaican Kitten named "Hey Mon". No. 3 entered the world when no one was paying attention ... A tiny little runt with orange and brown colouring that Mama thought might be a Tortoiseshell. Violet took a break right after No. 4 was born and Mama was a little worried that Violet wasn't going to break open the sack. At the count of 22 seconds ... Violet bit the sac open and a larger gray kitten mewled into the world loudly. Violet looked so very tired ... we spent time encouraging her and didn't even notice as No. 5, a small orange bundle entered the world. Although it didn't seem that long for it all to take place ... the whole miracle or the 5 little miracles took about 5 and a half hours. DY and Azad (one of DY's buddies) had peeked in once or twice. Geoff (Lisa's guy) had brought Avery (Mama's Godchild) in and out a few times, but every time he cried ... Violet became very Agitated. Lisa had kept everyone fed and comfortable ... so that Mama and Akita could nurse and watch their "little mama" give birth 5 separate times. Aren't all you Mother's out there glad you only had one or two at a time. Whew ... we were exhausted just watching.
Washing in an Extreme Way
DY put it together, figured it all out and so of course we had to try it. We dragged it out to the barn, hooked it up to the power and the hose and OMG Power washing is addictive and soo much fun. We all (DY, Akita & Mama) took turns power washing the "Chicken Coop" area and the two smaller stalls of the Barn. WOW were there ever a lot of cobwebs and mashed in animal leftovers. Akita and Mama worked on lists of "too do" things of what to fix etc. and swept off the floors. DY dragged the junk out of the barn by the side door. We continued to take turns with the Power Washer until none of us could lift our arms without pain. We finished up ... thinking to ourselves that we were finally getting some of the outside stuff done. Mama closed the barn door and Akita said "I saw something fall as you closed the door" DY came to check it out and it was a bat ... a tiny little black bat. Mama knew there were bats ... she had seen them fly past the front room windows ... in the early dusk but seeing it soo little and cute was yet another new experience to chalk up to "Farm Living". Pictures were taken and Akita jumped as the bat flew towards her, bounced off of her and flew away. Those animal whisperer powers at work again. Being exhausted ... We never so happy to have a Hot Tub to get into afterwards.
Thanks for reading and welcome to our barns,
The Lims
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