Over the last couple of months we’ve lost or had to put down several animals due to old age or poor health. I guess we are in the middle of the renewal cycle. We started the homestead almost 15 years ago and so many of our pets and breed-stock are hitting their age limit.

Most recently I had to put down my TV buddy Bruce the cat. He had been sick for a while and neither of our vets could figure out what was wrong with him. Finally decided it was some kind of cancer. He is no longer in pain and is resting in our Pet Cemetery.

Sadly all this heartache is just the beginning. We have 3 house dogs and 2 goats remaining from our original six that are all showing signs of advanced age.

On a much happier note we have 2 new additions to the Homestead. Maxwell or Max for short was completely unplanned but a welcome addition. Someone dropped him off in my mother-in-law’s yard. She had him for a couple days but just couldn’t take care of him as much as she wanted to. She is on a fixed income and already has a dog. So now Max sleeps on Lisa’s pillow.

The other addition is Waylon as in Jennings. He is an 8 week old full but unregistered KuneKune boar. He is a charmer already. He is learning to sit like Hank did and loves his belly rubbed as much as he loves to eat.