Keeping Cool

Summer has arrived! Tomatoes are ripening in the growing tunnel at Booty Family Farm, we’re swimming in squash and beans, the baby chicks are teenagers, Elsa’s flowers are in the farm stand, the sheep are knee deep in grass, and the first peaches have been picked. Heaven!

The farm pigs, Salsa and Siracha, have taken to cooling off in their water trough, sometimes squeezing in together. Which of the photos above is the glamour shot? 🤣

The dogs also take to water. That’s the farm dog Pepper and our Rosie wrastling in the little pond that Todd made for feeding his sprinklers. And Rosie enjoys getting out on our pontoon boat, checking up on loons and, recently, a bald eagle giving its tweenaged chick a flying lesson using a fish as bait. Let’s just say that the youngster made a fuss when the parent didn’t deliver the fish. Sound familiar? (If you’d like to read about our boat, here’s the link: https://littlehousebigwoods.com/pontoon/ )

As for me and my friends, nothing beats cooling off in Squam Lake.

That’s me (in blue) with my friend Vicky on our morning swim. We enjoy being underwater and working on our castles. What?! Read all about it in the post “Squamazons”: https://littlehousebigwoods.com/?s=Squam

Hope you’re all keeping cool!