Farm Life in the Monterey Countryside in June

It’s life on the farm as usual.  A bluebelly lizard is performing push-ups on the woodpile.  He looks at me as if to assess my reaction.  My goats, Anushka and Aliyah, are grazing nearby, chewing dead leaves and nibbling the moss on the fence posts.  Harold, the rooster, stands nearby, and at times dances over to me, shaking his tail feathers.  We have a love/hate relationship, Harold and I.  He is either attacking me or flirting with me.  He lives with Anushka and Aliyah in the little goat house and I believe he thinks he is a goat.   Anushka and Aliyah love to eat, and unfortunately, are starting to eat their goat house just as Hansel & Gretel ate their gingerbread house in the fairy tale. Wildflowers are starting to bloom:  pink shooting stars, deep purple lupines, and wild yellow jonquils are scattered over the hillside.  Baby quails totter after their parents, who seem to cry out “Be careful! Be careful!”  Hopefully, your weekend is filled with much peacefulness and happiness!