10 May

Fanny. Barnyard Rythyms

by Jon Katz
Fanny. Barnyard Rythyms

I was in the garden and looked up and saw Fanny watching me in the intently curious and intense ways donkey’s have of watching the things that interest them. Maria and I love the rythyms of the barnyard. In the morning, the donkeys come down, the chickens hang around hoping for food, the dogs sit in the yard and watch us. Maria brushes the donkeys, cuddles with the barn cats, we check each of the animals for cuts, sores, limps, ticks, eyes. We check food and water, gates and doors.

Then, the hens vanish, perhaps laying their eggs in secret since we can’t find them. The donkeys go up the hill. Maria goes to the Studio Barn. I go to my computer. A barnyard has magical rythyms, the people and animals intensely connected, especially around food. This is healing, soothing, stimulating, an elemental part of our day. In the afternoon, we do it again. These are the rythyms of life. They connect us to nature, to animals, to ourselves.

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