I'm willing to try anything, Kel.

(goes to hunt up ziplock baggie and rice)

the shutter button's stuck on zoom, so perhaps it's the combination of fine airborne clay dust (during the dry season) and 95% humidity during the rainy season?

the computer, well, some capacitors are oozing yucky stuff, so I don't think rice will help.

:D :o :D

Olivia, Olivia, Olivia !!!!!

It's time for you to visit Jungle Kay's little farm once again...

Lots of things happening around here, babies hatching, and being born, and just plain being adorable.

Today, we're going to look at some young Wok-Woks.

These patitos (that means ducks, en Espanol) like to hang out under the palm trees, in the cool mud at the edge of my pond.

Sometimes they poke around in the mud, and get their beaks and feathers REALLY dirty and muddy, but luckily, the pond is right there, so they can go take a BATH.

:D :) :D

I'm on a different computer, so you have to CLICK on these pictures to enlarge them:

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Teenage ducks, hanging out in the mud, resting, and enjoying the view

And here's my new little goat kids at play:

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Paul and Alia having some fun


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Little Alia, standing on a stump


Paul and Alia like to go *boing boing boing* and leap from stump to stump, playing kiddo-games.

They chase each other, and run around JUST like little kids at play.

Paul and Alia are a little over three weeks old now.

Here's their momma, Leeloo, nibbling some fresh cabbage leaves:

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I hope you had FUN visiting my farm today, Olivia, and I hope you like your BRAND NEW HOUSE !!

:grouphug::hug::grouphug:

oh cool cool cool, thank Kids and Kay, I see the one kid has figured how to get to the top of a plant, thank you for the visit, down on the farm

Love it, love it....Thanks for sharing your new family with us..:D

More, more.....:hug:

Olivia?

Guess what?

Our turkey Hadassah hatched her eggs today, nine little turkeys.

Momma H doesn't like people peeking in at her babies, so I watch the coop from the porch.

If I go outside to get a closer look, she calls to her poults, and they all RUN to hide underneath her.

Then, Momma H spreads her feathers, and POOF! the babies disappear from sight!

So, I go back to the porch, and UP pops the babies, sticking their leetle haids out between the tail and wing feathers.

And I laugh and laugh, and their little heads turn around, looking all over for me.

But they can't SEE me, because the screened porch has a layer of shade cloth mesh, that lets air in and out, and I can see OUT, but the little turkey babies can't see IN.

I got my friend to take some pictures of Hadassah and her babies, and I'll put them here as soon as she emails them to me, okay?

Love from Auntie Kay, in the jungle, by the river, listening to the chirping of insects, and the singing of tree frogs.

Sleep tight, little one, and I hope you LOVE your new house... and give your mommy a smoochie for me...

:hug::grouphug::hug:

Good evening, Olivia!

:D

Sorry to be so slow about this, but my camera is broken, and I had to wait for my friend to send me the pictures she took...

Anyway, enough excuses, let's take a look at Hadassah and some of her little turkey baby Wok-Woks !!

Here's Mama Hadassah, sitting pretty on her nest, hatching her eggs:

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All fluffed up, and nowhere to go!


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PEEK-A-BOO, I see YOU !!


If turkeys had skirts, this little one would be hiding behind mama's right now!

Hadassah's feathers make a pretty good hiding place, wouldn't you say?


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LOOK, Olivia, the baby turkey is peeking OUT at YOU !!

I like to sit on the porch and watch, where Mama can't SEE me, because when she does, she chirps to her babies, and they all RUN and hide underneath Mama's feathers...

But, when I'm hidden in the shadows of the porch, I can watch the little turkey babies run around and play.

Sometimes they even HOP right UP on their Mama's back, and take a little ride!

They eat special ground corn and grains, and their favorite treat is scraps of lettuce.

The babies like to play KEEP-AWAY with the bits of leaves.

There will be a big piece of lettuce right there on the ground, but they all will CHASE the one who has a teensy scrap, and try to grab it away, just like children playing with a ball.

Next, we have some photos of your little namesake Duckie Wok-Wok...

Here's Lady Olivia Silver and her friends, coming to see me, and get some nice juicy cabbage:

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Rush-hour at feeding time!!

Olivia, if you look at my profile picture, you'll see I used to have long hair, but in THIS photo, can you see how it's now very short?

Well, I had this problem with BUGS, I got into some fire ants, and had to chop off ALL my pretty hair, because I couldn't comb or braid it any more.

I'll bet you miss your hair as much as I miss mine?

:hug:

Here's some pictures of Lady Olivia for your wall:


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Little Lady Olivia steps to the front of the line.

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Lady Olivia

Tomorrow we'll look at my Naked Neck Chickens.

They are pretty darn FUNNY-looking !!

So, goodnight sweet Olivia, and I'll see you later...

PS: The pictures above are "clickable" thumbnails, if you want to see them bigger, just click on them.

Olivia, I hope you're enjoying all the fun animals! Also, I hope you're looking forward to seeing the Naked Neck chickens as much as I am. :D

WOOHOO...More Wok Woks..:D

dagnabbit, I just noticed, the "Special NT Brownies' Ingredient" scarf (folded into a headband) that I wore JUST for Jim and Frank, well... ya can't quite SEE it.

:D:cool::D

looks like it got cropped.

:p;):p