Life on the Farm

Do you consider yourself to be more of a city person or a country person? I’ve kinda talked about life on the farm before, but I feel like my last week before graduation was the first time I truly got to really just sit back and enjoy it. (Sure, there’s tons of work involved, but still.)

This is me with one of our duckies, Littlefoot!

(This post is going to be filled with pictures of adorable animals. You’ve been warned. <3)

Littlefoot is one of four duckies that we got last year. <3 (We’ve had the quack pack since they were babies.)

I named them after characters from The Land Before Time: Littlefoot, Petri, Ducky, and Chomper.

Somehow, I never posted about them on my blog (what’s wrong with me!?!?), but if you’ve been following my instagram for a while, they’ve been all over there!?

One of the things that especially captivated me on my interview here was how pretty it was there and how friendly everyone was. I felt like I was on a very-extended camping trip, and basically living right in the wilderness.

I pretty much moved into Please Save A Cat in April of my second year of medical school, and throughout my clinical years in medical school, I’d come back at least every couple weeks whenever possible to visit Linda and help out–this was my home away from home.

Aside from “the quack pack,” the dinosaur duckies are also known as “the quackers.”

They bring us so much joy! <3 I love sitting out in the patio and watching them roam the fields.

We also have a silky chicken–I named her(?) Pantaloon!

Sometimes, the cats like to stage a takeover of my shoulder. <3

Yay chickens!!

Annie! <3

Annie and Sadie love worms. :O

I’ve been super spoiled with farm fresh eggs! *-*

Bonnie is a 3-legged hound we rescued from a guy in town who said he was going to shoot her because she had one bad leg.

Daisy isn’t actually a dog on the farm, but I was partially babysitting her while I was taking care of the farm. She’s super sweet! <3

Dora is our adorable rescue chuweenie! :D She loves to cuddle!

We like to refer to our guineas as “yard Roombas.”

I used to joke about starting a farm with my friends from grad school, but I never thought I’d ever actually get to live on one (whilst concurrently volunteering at a cat rescue)!

My muffmuff (soon-to-be adopted foster kitty) tromping through the field with the dinosaur duckies + Annie!

Before moving to West Virginia, the last time I saw so many stars in the sky was when I went on a camping trip wayyy up north to the California-Oregon border (I actually have a couple posts on those that’ll be appearing later on this year!). This state is absolutely gorgeous.

I have never been much of a city person, and living here has really only compounded that. (Traffic and large crowds especially.) I couldn’t be happier about the program I’m going to for residency, but I am so going to miss the animals, the friendliness that tends to come with small towns, all the open space, and (obviously) Linda. I owe them all for the preservation of my sanity and happiness throughout medical school. <3

• Are you a city person or a country person? Or something in between (e.g. suburbia)?
• How many animals do you think we have on the farm, total? :P We have a hundred rescued cats, just to give you a hint…