They Hatched!!!

I love living on a ranch and enjoying all the little critters. Last year we gave the kids five little Mallard ducklings.  They all turned out to be drakes except for one little hen.  This year the hen made a nest by the trunk of a giant Live Oak tree. The mama rarely ever left her nest, so Rachel started feeding her and watering her nearby. Today, was the big day when all the babies hatched.

The kids had quite a day at home.  They started the day off with picking up the little kitten they've been waiting for.  They played with her all day with her.  Then Miriam's favorite cow, Bonita Leigh, had a baby calf.  They ended the day with seven little ducklings hatching!   Beautiful!

I can't wait to get home and back to life in the country!  Sometimes I think we take for granted what blessings we really have.

"But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds of the air, and they will tell you; Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea inform you.  Which of all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this?  In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind."  
                          -- Job 12:7-10