Friday 2nd of May

The puppy is still here. He slept ‘’in’’ the tent on the outside layer where he could see Megan’s sister. We took some pictures and were thinking of a name. Meanwhile, the kittens got diarrhea so we made an appointment with the vet. Turns out that the kittens are a little dehydrated so the vet gave us some medicine. She didn’t say much about the little ones, only that they look a little sickly but nothing she can do about. The dog was also here with us to the appointment and got his own set of medicines as well as a lot of removed ticks. After all that, we drove back to the camping. Megan and her family went to the lucky home while Bryan fed the kittens. Tomorrow we will drive to our next stop.

Saturday 3rd of May

Our 3 day vacation is coming to an end. Bryan did the night shift again, so Megan was up early. After feeding Megan went to her parents and found out that the owner of the camping would like to adopt the puppy. His name will be Mao, which is chinese for ‘’hairy.’’ Megan went with her parents to the place where they will be leaving their caravan in the future. When she got back it was cleaning time and we were ready to say our goodbyes. We will see them in 2 months. The trip was wonderful and Jan even tried to drive. When we almost got to our new destination we decided to go get some groceries. At our destination we found a spot, but due to the rain and muddy terrain we got stuck….  A tractor pulled us out and the kittens needed feeding. Pearl wasn’t looking too good and she was colder than usual, so we wrapped her and her sister, Crystal, in a blanket to keep them warm. We got a new spot and set up for the night. It was raining a lot.

Sunday 4th of May

Jan escaped tonight, but luckily Bryan found him. Pearl and Crystal were getting worse, Megan put both of them in her bra to get them warmed up. The older ones are eating properly and are very playful. At 12 o’ clock we had a tour of the property and it looked wonderful. a lot of animals: pigs, goats, horses, ducks, chickens and even an ostrich. The owner is very nice and we talked a lot. Megan had to cut the tour short to tutor, but Bryan stayed a little longer. Tutoring with the little ones is a little difficult, but it worked out in the end. In the afternoon Crystal got worse and worse…. We tried everything but knew the end was near…. and around 5 o’clock she passed away in Megan’s arms. Megan was a hot mess, but Bryan comforted Megan and we buried her here. The whole evening was about the kittens, and Megan went to bed early. Bryan stayed up to feed the kittens. When he went to bed he said his goodbyes to Pearl thinking she wouldn’t get through the night.

Monday 5th of May

When Megan woke up, Pearl was still breathing. Megan put her in her robe and fed them all. Today we are going to do some work on the farm for the first time. Megan pulled weeds and finished an art project on a wall. Bryan mowed the grass. Every time one of us got back to the camper we expected the worst, but Pearl was stronger than she looked. Megan had a little bit of hope again and hoped the prebiotics were working. After the last feeding time Pearl started moving again and Megan stayed a bit longer with her. She looked like she was improving, but when we got back from working another hour, Pearl passed away. Now all 3 gems are stars in the sky and we hope that they are better now.

Tuesday 6th of May

Megan woke up and fed the kittens. Then it was off to work sticking stones to a wall. When the artpiece was done there was time to work on the blog. The last couple of days were hard on us. Losing the kittens, lack of sleep and we did not even have a lot of time to explore more of this beautiful farm.(That is the reason our blog is a week late…) When Bryan woke up we had to get some groceries. The kittens were going with us of course, but this time they were more active. When we got back we packed everything up and went back to work. Bryan mowed the grass again and Megan pulled some weeds. When Merel came Megan got a new art project to work on: The sign at the street. We worked for a bit and called it a night short after. Megan wanted to show the place to her parents, so she called home.

Wednesday 7th of May

Megan fed the kittens in the morning again, but a bit later now. The kittens are slowly able to eat less often, so Bryan can go to bed a bit earlier and Megan can stay in bed a bit longer now. After feeding Megan cuddled with Jan, before he thinks we aren’t loving him anymore and are trying to replace him. We will keep one of the kittens, but the other ones are already assigned to a family. We try to keep the families in the loop for updates. Donna and Kim (our own) are loving the sunshine, so they lay in a spot where the sun will be. 

We worked the rest of the day. Well worked… Merel is giving jobs for things we like to do, so time flies by. Bryan cleaned the driveway and Megan painted the sign. In the evening Megan called with a good friend and we caught up.

Thursday 8th of may

We worked most of the day again, cleaning and painting. At the end of the day the sign looked a lot better, but still isn’t done yet. Bryan even came to help, because we thought it was going to rain the next day. At the end of the day we talked about our stay here and we both had the same feeling: We love it here. We work, but it doesn’t feel like work and the people here are nice and friendly.