You may have missed us yesterday, and GDP stands for Gross Domestic Poopies!🐎
“Good morning, and welcome! We love when humans visit our farm. Is breakfast ready yet?” 🦝
Now wait a minute! WHAT JUST HAPPENED HERE? Anyway, I had trouble with my blog yesterday, so you may want to check and make sure you didn’t miss Monday’s post.
I hope I’ve got it fixed. It didn’t help that Technical Support and I speak different languages (luckily I have “Hee-Haw to text” on my computer).
“We’ve sure got a full manure cart, Francis. I hear it’s because our dear friend, Farmer Rich, hasn’t been feeling well.” 😿
The cat-cops will take care of it, Luna. For now, we only want Farmer Rich to feel better! 🐴
Will you ever come out, sun? 🌥⛅️🌤☀️(and a horse video)
“Good morning! Someone put what’s left of a rawhide doggie chew in the kitty water. It wasn’t me:”
No one said it was, Tiger; but thanks for greeting our friends!
We haven’t been out in the front pasture for a few days, so the grass should be pretty plentiful:
How we wish the sun would shine: on a cool morning like this it would feel so nice. 😺
Anyway, let’s watch RC and Stormy “chow down” on breakfast this morning:
This is where the expression “Eats like a horse” comes from. 🐎
Evidence of a night in the stable 🐎
Good morning! Let’s start off with a video. How’s the weather where you are? Ours could be better. . .
Last night, our Mary and Mara fought nasty storms to spend the weekend with us 😿. We’re relieved they got here safely 😺.
Nixie is here:
And so are Anya, Dukie and Calla:
(Sophie is still asleep upstairs.)
“Good morning, everyone! It’s another ‘hay day’ in the stable. If only the cat-cops didn’t take forever to put it out for us.”
Well, Rose, since we spent all last night in the stable, they had extra work to do:
You can’t put hay down on a poopied-up floor. 🐎
I get the boot (video) 🐴
Good morning! If I had hands, instead of hooves, I would pick a bouquet of our dazzling chrysanthemums JUST FOR YOU!
“Have you seen Francis, RC?”
“He’s in my stall, Stormy.”
PEEK-A-BOO!
I’m afraid I had to be gently pushed out. In my defense, part of the problem was that RC wouldn’t get out of the way, but I like to be stubborn as well (more after video):
Anyway, it’s raining and muddier than ever, so we’re having some hay inside:
We have a lot of hay leftover from last winter, so the more we can eat now, the better. . .
We need to make room for Farmer Rich’s delivery of fresh hay for the coming season. 🐴
Who’s in whose stall this morning? 🐎, and Ricky “climbs in the tub” (video) 🦝.
Good morning! Oh goodness, I need to get up:
Oh my, look at those clouds:
”Good morning Francis and everyone. We’re having our favorite kind of breakfast: Kit-n-Kaboodle from a just-opened bag, in just-cleaned bowls!”
Sounds yummy, Charlie. Anyway, for some reason, RC went in Rose’s stall. . .
So Rose went in his:
Speaking of being somewhere you’re not supposed to be. . .
Our resident raccoon eats Betty’s breakfast, has a drink, and (at about the 1 minute, 20 second mark) jumps in:
🦝
Summer is not done with us yet (2 videos) 🐴
Good morning! It poured last night, and it’s warm; so it’s a little steamy and a lot muddy 😾:
Who’s that on the lookout for “catering” to arrive?
Oh, I figured it was you, Eva. Do you have your new kittens under the coop? 
“I’ll let the cat-cops, as you call them, tell you in a few days. They won’t stop snooping around until they find them.” 😾
Finally, Ferdinand and Paschal lumber to their water and worms. Considering, next April, Ferdie will be 13 and Paschal will be 12, it’s no surprise those four little webbed feet are worn and tired. . .
But when a duck meets the water. . .
They're a duckling again! 🐤
Breakfast with Stormy 🐎, brunch with the girls 🐔 (2 videos), and what is EATING Tyrus 🙀🙀🙀!
“Good morning! I was looking for something to do last night, so I broke into Stormy’s stall. I figure it’s partially Management’s fault; they closed the door but didn’t put the lock in:”
One excuse is as good as another, RC. Come on out and help us finish off the hearts. I’ve told catering to go back to the peppermint flavor, because I prefer the taste and minty smell!
Anyway, here’s a video of Stormy getting his hearts and finishing up my breakfast, as usual (more after video):
And here are the hens, finishing up the cats’ breakfast (more after video):
OMG! What horrible beast has swallowed Tyrus!
Look at that circle of jagged teeth! Turn on your headlights, Tyrus, and see if you can find your way out!
That’ll do it! 😺
A walk along the soybeans (video) 🌱
“Good morning, everyone. It just stopped raining.”
I know, little Chin. I’m holding a cat-cop’s raincoat:
I must admit, this Rhode Island Red is quite pretty:
All the spring chickens are getting in their combs and wattles:
Before you know it, they’ll be laying eggs. 🥚
Finally, let’s take a hike with Dukie:
Our friend Farmer Rich has planted field after field of soybeans. They’re used in everything—from chicken food 🐔, to horse food 🐎, to cat food! 😺
How about two “Release the Ducks” videos for a change!? 🦆
We’re all out, waiting to wish you “Good morning!” (and hurry up breakfast before it rains):
In the “cat department,” Security Chief Onslow is making sure their breakfast is coming, too:
Oh! Let’s check in with our Sophie and Anya in Mason City: They’re watching a horse show our Mary took them to yesterday ❤️! 
They’re waiting, so bring on the horsies!
Now let’s check in with the ducks! First, we put Severus and Sirius, our rouens (rouens are half-pekin/half mallard); then, Patrick and Aoife, our Welsh Harlequins, in the fenced backyard (because they can’t keep off the street):
Now, we let Paschal and Ferdinand out to wander where they please, because they never go near the road!
Don’t drag your webbed feet, ducks. The cat-cops want to get in those pens and clean them out—you spent all night splashing your water! 🐴
It’s a poopie-free morning (and 2 chicken videos) 🐴
Good morning! It was just 58 this morning, and only 71 at 12 noon!
I wish it was too cool for flies, but you know it’ll take a frost for that:
Dad is joining us for breakfast. You’re a new dad, Dad. The cat-cops saw at least one baby last night:
Last night was so cool we spent all night outside. How can you tell?
No poopies anywhere!
Just some chickens. 🐔
Speaking of chickens, I know you’ve seen “release the hens” videos before. But these 2 videos are from the perspective of inside the coops.
First the little coop:
Then the big coop:
The chickens told me, “Francis, make sure our friends know that we poultry love them, too!” 🐔❤️🐓❤️
Can’t find what you’re looking for? All Francis’s blog posts are in the Archives! 😸