Fawn, meatballs, chickens, and farmers market

Perched on Star Mt. gate, waiting for horse? car? tractor?

Magical things, hidden things, are going on at Star Mt. Our first fawn - Mark caught this little scrap of a baby with his long lens. One day old, and pretty sure it was born in our woods as they skirted on by coming out by our front fence. Waiting for the first elk calf sighting - we see solitary elk behaving in odd ways (as we have the absolute best views all around our house for wildlife behavior).

Went to Crested Butte for the farmers market. Suddenly lots of people are here, and apparently ready to buy, buy, buy. Greens for us - basil, kale, and swiss chard.  And lunch at a favorite: Sherpa Cafe. It appears the Tibetan family that came over from Katmandu are making a success of their two year old restaurant. And did you know that all those families from that area have Sherpa as a last name. I was amazed to find that out.

Mark made his terrific meatballs, which we will be sharing with many. Organic beef, veal, and pork - yum.

Finished another book: part of my mother's day presents - The Bucolic Plague by Josh Kilmer-Purcell. He is part of the Fabulous Beekman Boys duo. Their reality show was on Planet Green, soon to be moving to Cooking Channel. They are a gay couple from New York City who bought a 1800's farm in a tiny town upstate, without, I might add, any knowledge of farming whatsoever. Very entertaining show, and this memoir is quite funny, along with telling the good, bad, and the ugly behind it all. And I also now have their bestselling cookbook (also part of Mother's Day).

So interesting news from our farm. First of all, they are revamping all their "shares", so we'll make some changes on what we're ordering (I think just ground meats) and this came without my imput - who knew?  The next bit of news may not be so positive. They're looking for a chicken farmer to take over their egg production as they're going to focus more on their meat and dairy, plus evidently the predators are taking out more and more chickens. They're down to one Great Pyrenees watchdog, which is probably part of the problem. But, really, OH NO. My wonderful eggs! We'll wait and see if they can find a local farmer to keep the hen scratching going.
Company coming on Thursday - a newcomer.  A friend of Mark's who he worked with in Detroit. It's always fun to show off our area to someone new - good times coming.!