Nilsson News

Where is everyone?  Shouldn't we be posting on this blog like crazy since all we are doing is sitting at home quarantined?  Totally kidding.  I can hardly believe that May is halfway over!  We are enjoying an actual springtime with temps mostly staying in the 60's with an occasional 70.  We haven't planted much in our garden but we may be brave and plant our watermelons this week.  I discovered a new way of propagating plants and that is through tip cuttings.  Something totally new to me and I am super excited to try it!
About a week and a half ago, we flood irrigated for the first time this season.  The kids always have a blast playing in the water and it brings back all the good times we flood irrigated growing up.  Do you remember the scuba flippers, Lauren?  It was epic.  The kids played out there all day and were soaking wet by the end of it.  Fast forward one week and Millie started acting not normal.  She had no energy and wanted me to carry her everywhere.  Then, she started having the most severe case of diarrhea I have every seen and that last for four days.  She had no fever but started throwing up.  After putting all the puzzle pieces together, we realized that she had giardia from playing in the canal water.  This conclusion was confirmed when Emerson and Henry both got some symptoms as well, though not as severe as Millie's.  It was NO FUN!  Sometimes it's rough to let kids be kids.  Anyway, that has been our week and Millie is now on the mend and doing so much better.
Addy had her piano guild yesterday where she played seven memorized pieces for a judge, played any kind of major and/or minor scale that was requested and had a two page sight reading piece she had to play.  It was an intense 45 minutes but she did great and felt really good about it.  She was very concerned about it, not having had live piano lessons for over a month.
We are gearing up for summer with a long list of projects.  We have been working really hard to get our farm put together and more manageable.  We have had a lot of people contacting us about purchasing some donkeys and had a few stop by for a visit.  I wish we had more foals available because right now we have about six people on a waiting list.  Some want to make a deposit on foals that haven't been born yet!  It is a good dilemma.  Addy is going to help make some videos about the farm and miniature donkeys in particular.  We will try to post some when we get them done.
Well, we hope you are all staying healthy and well.  Enjoy the sunshine and summer that is well on its way!

 Our neighbor's cats are reproducing like crazy and they have made their nests in our hay stack.  They are kind of cute and the kids have enjoyed playing with them.  There are three new litters and when all is said and done, there will be around twenty cats next door and they don't know boundaries very well.  We may need to get a dog...

 Our cute little foals that will be going to new homes in June.

Here is our new farm logo!

Love you all!