What's in a name?

I have it on good authority, from the one person whose been out to the new house at night so far, that there are Fireflies at Firefly Ranch.

I had hoped, but this is even better! There are many, many layers of reasoning to the name I had picked out, and that we have a literal interpretation now makes it even better!

Animals and humans will take up residence tomorrow, stay tuned!

Can you feel it? Our origin story begins!!

I received free straw for the donkeys so I got that stacked. On my to-do list is cleaning out the old hay from under these pallets. 

Inspecting for adding a fence charger to electrify it

Garden! The strawberries are abundant, but we will need to tame it some...

I've decided, this will henceforth be known as Firefly Mountain

From here I can survey my domain!

Wet area of the pasture due to a drainage stream. I have plans for this spot... muahahah

The drainage pipe that feeds into the pasture and through the backyard.

Moving Day draws ever closer!

We've searched for a new home, made an offer, signed all the paperwork, all that's left now is the keys in our hand! We're anxiously awaiting the go ahead to move in (which doesn't even depend on the sellers, it depends on the seller's seller!!)

Either way, I'm very excited. We should have keys before July and I have a potential new addition to announce for Firefly Ranch! During a hoof trim I mentioned to the farrier that I was searching for companion animals for my mare. The farrier mentioned that one of his clients was looking to rehome a Jennet and her year old jenny foal.

I called the client today and drove out to look at the donkeys.

They are super cute and very friendly if mud covered and shaggy but that's nothing a little one on one grooming time wouldn't solve.

So now I'm on the hunt for names. I can temporarily board them at the same place as Gwyn or I can wait until we can move things in before picking them up, the family doesn't mind. Gwyn is in for a surprise!

The family also had a fainting goat!

Baby is the one without a halter, Mom is in the back. 

They are very friendly and gentle.

And muddy!