Insects, mice and the brook

Past few days have been really hot, but I got unlucky and got biten by something in my paw, it was bleeding in two spots and swelling like crazy. My owners didn't panic at all, we didn't rush to the vet, instead they cleaned out my paw with colloidal silver and the powersept spray we have for diffirent fungal infection and such, we didn't over do it, instead we kept it clean and let it heal. Today the paw is looking great, a little bit of a wound left, but nicely disappearing.

We have been super busy in our forest connecting both sides of the project. Owners got into their heads that we will clean out the old, overly covered by branching and mudd, tiny brook which flows by the border all the way down the forest. And so we did, it took us three days, saving every freshwater crab we saw and letting tiny frogs hop away while working, many minutes of waiting for the animals to clear, but it was worth it. Unfortunately we didn't take a before picture so we could compare, since this picture might not be anything special, let me mention you couldn't see the water before and the piles of branches were all the way up between lands.

Brook as it is now, clean and wider

We also met a new friend, a mouse that has been around us for the second day. We met him under the spruce trees, I liked him a lot, but my owners didn't let me get too close, so I wouldn't step on him or catch any diseases from him if he had any. He was so cute, so sleepy that he could barely walk. So he got to his "house" and just dozed of. Maja took a tiny stick and started petting his back, which he loved, no panic what so ever, he just started sleeping and stretching. We named him Ferdinand haha, he is resting at Mags' finger and me, well I played with the hose just before we got to the forest, so I am still a little wet hehe.

Ferdinand, the narcoleptic mouse haha

Sleeping at Mags' finger and me being wet and curious

Maja ran up to get some apple for Ferdinand, and while we were gone, he and Magnus kept being lazy by the tree. The mouse was so sleepy, he actually fell down in his sleep, on his back and needed a few seconds to wake up and get back to a more comfortable sleeping position haha. Mags took a video of it, but it's flipped upside down sadly. But we made a short video on the cam, where he is petted and ticklish haha.

He lives below the root of that tree

Once Maja's mom and Emma got down, they were really impressed with how beautiful the forest looked after we cleaned it and then Emma jumped down and grabbed Ferdinand, Maja stopped her and he was safe and scared, but not hurt. So no worries, he is just fine, well maybe a little more scared of me, since I brought him a ball and dropped it on him, I didn't think he would get hit by it, poor mouse haha. He is now great, safely walking the forest and enjoying all the food the spring has brought. He walked away from us, towards the water and enjoyed the summer like breeze.
     Emma is known for her rodent hunting crazyness, so my owners don't let her get to any tiny furry creatures, we will protect our little Ferdinand, hihi. And let me mention the crabs, there are sooooo many! They are protected since the water are getting polluted, they can only survive in the cleanest of waters in this country, so we are very proud our brook is clean and inhabits hundreds of them. So much life in the forest!

Today the weather was great for us, it was cloudy and warm, unlike past days the temperatures were actually bareable and we could work on the project, when the sun gets really warm it's too hot to stand in it, it's as if summer already arrived. But today we managed to put in two support pillars for the last plateau, which is the main terrase of the lower area by the upper brook. It's going to be sooo pretty once it's done, and now when all Maja's azaleas and rhododendrons are slowely starting to bloom, the hill will be one big connecting bush of color. Cannot wait to pose for pictures there soon!
All our fruit trees and shrubs are also in bloom, which means that this year we will finally be able to taste some of the new hybrid trees we planted and last years Tayberry. Going to be a fantastic summer, knowing my owners there will be loads of homemade ice cream, which I will be allowed to taste and now with our own amazing fruits, the taste choice is unlimited, ohhhh homemade icecream and pies here I come!!!