Youth

This week I have my 12 year old nephew out at the Farm with me. This kid is my everything, I love him so much, I have one other nephew and two nieces, but we have a special bond. Watching him grow, form his own opinions, and become the coolest kid has been one of my most favorite things, just thinking of him makes my heart swell with love and protection. He has never known his father, he abandoned him at birth, thank goodness for the strength of his mother and our family. He has been a huge part of my life since he was born, and I put my life on hold for a while to help my sister while she worked full-time to support him without any child support from his biological father.

We talk politics, video games, animal rescue / rights, and about a million other things, he has always spent more time with adults, especially before he started school, and he has a higher understanding of the world than most teenagers and adults. He is one of my favorite people to have a conversation with. We watch CNN together, and discuss current events locally and worldwide. We also watch The Military Channel (his favorite), The National Geographic Channel, and Animal Planet (Whale Wars is our favorite!).

I see hope in him, hope for our planets future, innocence but not ignorance, and I love watching my little man grow up.

Kita

Today is Kita's day. She was abandoned here by my husbands brother, who got her from the SPCA in Edmonton and she is one amazing dog. We have 13 dogs inside our trailer ( all the small guys, and a few low energy giants) and 7 outside dogs. Kita is one of the outside dogs. I have 1 giant kennel (like a large back yard) for my two outside Newfs, Gunther and Mary Jane, that we built 2 years ago, and a kennel that came with the property, with three connected kennels, beside my vegetable garden. The outside guys get at least an hour a day out of their kennels in spring summer and fall, winter they only come out under supervision, even for them it gets really cold, and they prefer their heated doghouses...

Kita is a beautiful calico like marked Shepard Cross, she can climb fences, jump at least 5 feet from a stand, and has made life exciting to say the least. Her Kennel is 6 feet high, and she can climb it EASY! we actually had to put a plywood ridge all around the inside, so she can be contained when needed! She is so loving and smart, you just shake your head...

When she was living in a home, she was extremely well behaved, she still is, perfectly housetrained, her color is so cool, but it really is the inside that counts

Rescue, yes, but sanctuary as well, mine as well as theirs. I had to get out of the world that I could not continue to live in. A fake world of greed, corruption and crap. Now, all I truly worry about is my 160 acres. What happens on here, to some extent, is under my jurisdiction. You will not poach that amazing buck with that set of antlers to die for on my land. All you want is those antlers. You may eat the meat, but it is not your means of sustinence. Nobody gets trophy's from my land. I get that say.

Why I started this blog....

I feel a need to document this time, this place, this world. My thoughts, opinions and to talk about my loves. Being a rainy today and tomorrow, what better way to utilize this time...