Mr. Penguin's Adventures: animals

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Saturday, September 24, 2011

Runaway Rooster

Once again, we visited Blackstar Farms while up north.

The interior wine tasting bar looked pretty much the same as last year, only it was really crowded. As you can see, the line for tastings was 2-3 people deep.

We just didn’t feel like fighting our way up to the bar for a tasting, especially since the wine there isn’t all that great.

Instead, the man, woman, and I wandered outside.

We slowly made our way down to see the animals.


geese	sheep


ducks	duck pool

piggies

hen house

horse

And, finally, I saved the best for last:

Sunday, May 15, 2011

For those of you fans who regularly follow my twitter account you no doubt are wondering what kind of animal I came across the other night. Well, here's the story:

The man, the woman, and I were all tucked in watching another one of those pirate movies (side note: I think I would make an excellent pirate), when we heard a loud thump and scratching against the window. This made the woman jump out of her skin as she is not a fan of woodland creatures, ESPECIALLY if they are attempting to enter the house. The man ran outside to see what it was while I attempted to calm the woman down. Outside the man found this little guy and hollered for us to come take a look.

Seeing this guy appeared non-threatening I asked him for his name. He replied, “Rocky: The Flying Squirrel”. I told him “Nutsy” would be a more appropriate name since he attempted to sail through a window.

We chatted and he apologized for interrupting our movie and scaring the woman. After a bit, he said he had to move on because he is nocturnal, running around all night and sleeping during the day (crazy squirrel). Still, it was nice to make a new friend. I just hope in the future he is more careful by not attempting anymore nosedives into any windows.

Friday, October 15, 2010

Down on the Farm

There are numerous wineries up north where we went for our vacation, too many to visit on one trip. We divided our winery picks over a couple of days. I have many pictures to share of these various wineries and I thought long and hard over the best way to blog about them. I need a few posts to tell all my adventures, and this post covers one winery in particular that was more than just a winery.

It was an Inn...

...a restaurant...

...a farm...

...and a winery all in one location.

Walking toward the tasting room, we came upon this docile creature…

...who was kind enough to allow me to climb on his back for a picture.

Inside, the tasting room was very appealing, filled with lots of natural sunlight from large skylights.

In the center of the room was a circular bar, while around the perimeter there were bottles of wine and various gifts available for purchase. My favorite items were these unique glass wine bottle stoppers...

...and these funky spoons:

After making our purchases we headed back outside to check out the farm.

I wanted to check out the giant pumpkin,

...but it was in the middle of a fenced field. The man said I wasn’t allowed to climb the fence in order to get a closer look. I thought about doing it anyway, until he reminded me how dirty my feet would get since I wasn't wearing shoes. Mr. Penguin likes to stay clean.

To distract me from disappointment, the woman quickly suggested we go check out the animals.

As we made our way back to the animal pens, I happened to notice this sign:

Phew, *wiping flipper across forehead*,I feel better after seeing this. Now I can relax enjoy my delicious wine and picturesque surrounding guilt-free knowing that Mother Earth is protected.

The farm had a nice variety of animals, most of which I have never encountered before.