This is one of the biggest days at Bedlam Farm, when the donkeys and sheep can go out into our pastures and have some fresh green grass. Due to the warm weather and earlier rains, our grass is sweet and green.
We limit the time they go out and eat; they can get sick from overeating all at once after six or seven months of eating hay.
We brought them in after they fanned out and grazed for several hours. We’ll make the switch slowly and gradually. Then, we won’t have to get up so early in the summer.
It’s an important day for us; it reminds us of why we are here and love to be here. It brings us great joy to see them rush out onto the green grass, which is their nature and destiny.
We both love seeing the animals out grazing contentedly; it demonstrates why we love the farm and care for our animals.
Maria did her Monday morning video walking out to the grass with them. I was out, too, in my bathrobe and made a cameo appearance to take my photos.
The shots of me singing to Zip were embarrassing enough that I asked her not to take a video of me half-dressed as well. As I often say, I was raised in New England…we didn’t walk around half-dressed there. The prude still lives in me, fortunately, not in my wife.
I understand why so many people move South for the warmth; winters can wear you out here. And I don’t tell others what to do, a social media disease.
But the seasons give flavor and depth to life, as a day like today shows. I would dry up like a prune in Florida for the summer, but the farm engages and lifts me.
I started on my new medicine, Ozempic, today. I need to drink a lot of water and ensure my food portions are small.
I’m starting with a very low dose for a month to see what kinds of side effects there are, but I’ve been on similar medicine for nearly a year – Mounjaro, and I doubt there will be much of a difference.