tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-357980952024-03-14T04:12:08.913-05:00Meanderingsbetsymnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127502616052230626noreply@blogger.comBlogger716125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798095.post-41943386396549352482016-04-27T09:00:00.000-05:002016-04-27T09:18:24.843-05:00What a month! I spent three days last month in the hospital with pneumonia, sepsis and anemia. I wish it had happened a couple of months earlier, this is prime time for me, spring and getting the yard and garden ready. <br />
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My nephew and his son came up last weekend, and they worked a bit with my rescue horses.<br />
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Dexter (the bull) still has a fascination with Beauty, as you can see by him and the rest of the herd following the boys around the pasture.<br />
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I need to get a saddle for Beauty!<br />
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I got a new baby ferret. I named him Tiny, and looking at the size difference between him and Chunk, you can see why the name is appropriate.<br />
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The sun is trying to peek out this morning, and I’m ready for it. It’s been a cold gloomy week, I actually had the wood stove going yesterday. My perennials are popping up all over my flower garden, and I’m itching to get out there and get some weeding done. It’s a very salubrious to sit in the dirt and weed, soaking up the sun and listening to the birds. It’s the very BEST time of the year, no bugs and cool enough to work outside.betsymnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127502616052230626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798095.post-72406930794050739812016-03-01T14:51:00.000-06:002016-03-01T15:21:29.713-06:00A month and a half since I last posted?!? Just not much to say, and the winter and bad things have kept me down. Several weeks ago in 36 hours, we lost a favorite (but quite old) cat, a cow, and two calves. Heartbreaking…<br />
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Winter continues, it’s 22° right now. At least it’s sunny, those cloudy days send me to my recliner by the wood stove. For those of you who have never had a wood stove, you don’t know what you’re missing. Yes, it’s work to bring in the wood, clean the ashes & chimney, but the warmth it gives off is simply comforting.<br />
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I’m struggling to get back into making beads (and selling them), so no bead pictures. A nice variety of everything else, though. We’ll start with critters first. This is our latest neighbor, he/she has been leaving bunny droppings all over my flower garden. We may have a fight when my plants start growing.<br />
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And I’m not happy with this guy. He’s been waking me up every morning at first light by sitting on the vine by my bedroom patio door and trying to fight with his reflection. It’s getting old…<br />
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These are some photos of my big fuzz ball of a dog when we had our last snowfall,<br />
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Don’t feel bad for him, he prefers being outside, even covered with snow.<br />
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It does look pretty, if you don’t have to go out in it.<br />
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More critters, the cat sitting on my computer,<br />
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and Bunny enjoying a bucket of snow,<br />
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On with the outside critters, Beauty and the beast (the bull),<br />
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and Beauty with our newest rescue, Buddy. He’s a past-his-prime Amish used Standardbred, and he’s a sweetheart,<br />
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Beauty sticks pretty close to him. She really needed someone of her own kind. Dexter, the bull, really likes her (I think her size impresses him), but Beauty drives him away if he gets too close. I was out checking the fence line the last warm day, and the whole herd had to come see what was going on.<br />
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A gorgeous amaryllis that’s blooming right now,<br />
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Funny Internet pics:<br />
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The Big Beast at Vicksburg,<br />
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Grand nephew and great-grand nephew loving the beach,<br />
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and pictures to remind me of a wonderful, peaceful time,<br />
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The downside was that it was a heatwave down there, and rainy and cloudy the whole time. If we can do this again next winter, my nephew Scott would prefer to go to Arizona. That would be fine with me, we could head down to Texas to the coast so I could get my beach fix and then head to the desert. It certainly makes for a nice break in the winter. Last weekend was horribly cold, and this weekend is going to be even worse. These pictures give an idea of how wicked that northwest wind can get in the wintertime. Those icicles under the eves are at an almost 90° angle.<br />
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Statistically, we are past the worst of the winter, the days are noticeably getting longer, and (again, statistically) the days will be getting warmer. Spring is on the way!!betsymnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127502616052230626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798095.post-81154381586044553532015-12-07T20:55:00.000-06:002015-12-07T21:11:55.462-06:00Oh, I saw the cutest commercial with two of my favorite subjects, horse + Amazon. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU_c8aabw2Y">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU_c8aabw2Y</a><br />
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Lukas and I along with my nephew and his son and grandsons went Friday for a dry run with the new RV. We stayed overnight at Frontenac State Park, south of Red Wing. It was a beautiful place, and I would really like to go back in the spring or fall. Bet we wouldn’t be the only ones in the campsite then.<img alt="IMG_7608copy-2015-12-7-20-55.jpg" height="426" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7OgA6FSPl6I/VmZKNbmg_XI/AAAAAAAAFL0/y9Kuv_7vA24/IMG_7608copy-2015-12-7-20-55.jpg" width="640" /><img alt="IMG_3117copy-2015-12-7-20-55.jpg" height="426" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0cTCO2WJeBM/VmZKKmec4nI/AAAAAAAAFLk/ks4r4LXXvbE/IMG_3117copy-2015-12-7-20-55.jpg" width="640" /><img alt="IMG_7611copy-2015-12-7-20-55.jpg" height="426" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NyGbLlGCZBU/VmZKJcKO8sI/AAAAAAAAFLU/0HMsFKw3Sxg/IMG_7611copy-2015-12-7-20-55.jpg" width="640" /><br />
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Of course we had to take the two little dogs with, since they’re mandatory on any RV trip. <br />
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There were a couple of hitches, we couldn’t figure out why the electricity wasn’t working with the generator on, so Lukas couldn’t play his playstation while I was driving. I ordered an inverter that will be hard wired to the house battery so that won’t be a problem on the next trip. We also found out the outlets in the kitchen don’t work, so that will have to be checked out tomorrow when I take the RV in to get a rear leveling jack replaced. Also have to replace the house battery, it isn’t holding a charge. I have a truckers Rand McNally map book coming, for sure need that! Last time I neglected to check that before going on a road, I ended up pulling over and throwing up (from stress of being on a narrow switchback road with no place to turn around). <br />
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If everything goes right, in less than two weeks, we’ll be on our way to Florida. Warm sunshine, sandy beaches and ocean, green grass… getting excited!!<br />
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Never ceases to amaze me, how huge these woodpeckers are!<br />
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And some humor,<br />
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Would you like to see what happens when the gate gets unlocked?<br />
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They were certainly enjoying my front lawn.<br />
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The vet and farrier came Thursday morning to sedate Beauty and get her hooves clipped. Boy, did that medicine hit her fast! Here she was with Christian holding her,<br />
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and within 3-4 minutes of the shot, she was swaying,<br />
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At one point when Barry was doing her hind hoof, I was pulling on her halter with all my weight and Christian was in back of her pushing on her butt. I was afraid she was going to go down on him! The vet got in there and pushed her up against the hay bale, so with the three of us pushing and pulling, she got her hooves clipped. Look at that bottom lip,<br />
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We’ve been working on her feet during feeding time, pulling them up with a rope and holding them up, and she’s slowly getting better. Hopefully in Feb. when Barry comes back, she won’t have to be sedated so heavily.<br />
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My stomach has been churning the past 24 hours. I bought a new (not really new, it’s 10 years old) RV yesterday (contingent on mechanic’s inspection)! I’ve been looking since mid-summer for a different one, and my nephew told me when the right one came along, I’d know it. Well, the right one came along yesterday.<br />
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It’s a 35’ with 2 slideouts and it is REALLY nice!!! If I do get it, I hope to be posting some Florida photos in another 6 weeks. Sigh, I so hope it works out.betsymnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127502616052230626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798095.post-55788947177251573392015-11-03T19:18:00.000-06:002015-11-04T09:00:54.544-06:00<p>What a beautiful day! Not too many November days are so nice that I can work outside in barefoot and shorts. </p><p>A bit of an emergency with Beauty last night. She didn’t eat all of her feed at chores last night, which was concerning, so we stayed out to keep an eye on her for a few minutes. When she dropped and started to try to roll I was concerned, and walked over to her. She got up and walked outside the pen and went down again, tried to roll and made some moaning noises. I figured colic and called the vet, but being it was after 5, it went to their answering service, and had to wait about 10 minutes for the vet on call to get back to me. Christian went back out to check on her and said she was still laying down, and when the vet called I told him what was going on and he agreed it sounded like colic and asked if I wanted him to come out. Ummm, yes, I do. So while I was waiting for him I went out to get her up and walking. By this time it was dark and I wasn’t thinking too well, didn’t grab the flashlight, so one the way out I grabbed a solar light. LOL, yup, a solar light. What can I say? It did help me find her, because she wasn’t laying down anymore, she was standing in the pasture. Since I had my phone with, I went onto Facebook and the rescue group Saved page and wrote down what was going on. Others agreed it sounded like colic.</p><p>She had just taken a dump, and it looked normal, so that was good. But she was making noises in her throat, snorting and drooling, and it hit me that this wasn’t colic. I got her to walk out to the driveway and after about 10 minutes, she was quiet, no noises in her throat, no snorting. So back onto Facebook, and ta couple people said it sounded like choke. I walked her around a bit and she started eating grass, and I was thinking the vet is going to get here and he’s going to think I’m an overanxious horse newbie, because obviously there’s nothing wrong with her. But when he did get here and I explained what had happened, he tried to take her temperature, which she was having nothing to do with, so we got her calmed down and he listened to her heart, lungs and gut, and checked her mouth. I told him about seeing dissolved feed in her nostrils and her snorting; she finally settled down enough for him to take her temp, which was normal. He asked if I’d ever heard of choke, and I said I had, compliments of Facebook. For some reason, he said, they’d been having a rash of choke the past couple of weeks, and most of them were horses that were fed pellets. The horse gets greedy and wolfs down the food, pellets get stuck in the throat and then expand from the moisture, and the horse starts choking. Fortunately she cleared it out herself. So now we’ll be soaking her food before feeding her. Another learning experience…</p><p>So anyway, the farrier came out last week to clip her hooves, and she would have nothing to do with it. So yesterday Christian went to the vet and got a sedative, and today he came back to try again. It didn’t even phase her! So next week the vet and Barry are going to come out and the vet is going to administer the sedative and get a proper dosage figured out for her.</p>betsymnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127502616052230626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798095.post-2257782506446406512015-10-27T20:23:00.000-05:002015-10-27T20:25:50.744-05:00My nephew is up for a couple of days, and enjoying farm life.<br />
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<img alt="IMG_7294copy-2015-10-24-16-44.jpg" height="640" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QJqf6A0BguA/Viv8OYc0eBI/AAAAAAAAFJc/VjwxoKxPDL8/IMG_7294copy-2015-10-24-16-44.jpg" width="612" />betsymnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127502616052230626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798095.post-89293128692396766532015-10-23T18:30:00.001-05:002015-10-23T19:21:26.365-05:00An update on our horse, Beauty. Somewhere along the line of auction barns she was in, she got a torn vulva. I had the vet come out and look at it and check her out for any other problems. She checked out fine, the vet estimates she’s in her late teens and weighs around 1300 lbs. Ingrid, the vet, cleaned out the wound and I made an appt. for today for her to come out, clean it again and sew it up. <br />
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I’ve never had a draft breed before, and am amazed at the temperament of this horse. She’s been spooked a couple of times, and instead of rearing and shying and running away, she snorts and walks fast. The vet gave her a sedative and then shot a blocker into her vulva, and a couple of times, Beauty tucked her butt in and lifted a back foot, and that was it. I’m glad that’s over, and hopefully the old girl will heal up quickly. In two weeks we have to cut and pull the stitches out.<br />
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Some pictures of my nephew and her,<br />
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You don’t get the full sense of how huge she is until you’re standing next to her.<br />
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Scott was scratching her, and she was almost falling asleep. Cute!<br />
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My flowers are all gone now, and the bird migration is about done. The sandhill cranes are all gone. <br />
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Some levity,<br />
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The cows are just fascinated with her.<br />
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<img alt="IMG_7271copy-2015-10-9-09-56.jpg" height="426" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-awO7y2SdJpU/VhfWKhnJeAI/AAAAAAAAFHk/nEmyxnomW6s/IMG_7271copy-2015-10-9-09-56.jpg" width="640" />betsymnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127502616052230626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798095.post-67136515731753673722015-10-08T21:54:00.000-05:002015-10-08T22:18:44.452-05:00<p>I am just beat! It’s been a very, very busy week, between working on fencing, getting plants in and bulbs dug up, and planting the perennials that I’ve bought the past few weeks.</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Nr26I45oLXk/Vhcx6hPhkpI/AAAAAAAAFGk/vIG7ymOqZUI/IMG_0771-2015-10-8-21-54.JPG" alt="IMG_0771-2015-10-8-21-54.JPG"></p><p>The 107 amaryllis bulbs (the special ones are separated out into the paper bags).</p><p>This was my garden in its glory,</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zEWqntNv-Xo/VhcyEkQ9YsI/AAAAAAAAFHU/T7bkC3C-TCQ/IMG_7139copy-2015-10-8-21-54.jpg" alt="IMG_7139copy-2015-10-8-21-54.jpg"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-eJoJRFLeHiY/VhcyALa2w1I/AAAAAAAAFHE/mjf_JsQRpas/IMG_7142copy-2015-10-8-21-54.jpg" alt="IMG_7142copy-2015-10-8-21-54.jpg"></p><p>My tuberose sent out the tallest shoots! I had to stand on tiptoe to smell the blossoms, and oh my goodness, they smell soooooooo wonderful!</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WqjJQaVJgBQ/VhcyCw4MV2I/AAAAAAAAFHM/IKHgtelF2UE/IMG_7136copy-2015-10-8-21-54.jpg" alt="IMG_7136copy-2015-10-8-21-54.jpg"></p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-seZ3_Qd0T1M/Vhcx-bpvpfI/AAAAAAAAFG8/tZf1PrCFQyM/IMG_7138copy-2015-10-8-21-54.jpg" alt="IMG_7138copy-2015-10-8-21-54.jpg"></p><p>My flower garden hasn’t had a killing frost yet, so I’ve still got roses, echinacea and dahlias blooming,</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zeHzq0nCJAo/Vhcx8vau1TI/AAAAAAAAFG0/PpwE0vl-YCc/IMG_7249copy-2015-10-8-21-54.jpg" alt="IMG_7249copy-2015-10-8-21-54.jpg"></p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RQtjuHJS1b4/Vhcx7nXwEpI/AAAAAAAAFGs/dXsWbkN_ip4/IMG_7251copy-2015-10-8-21-54.jpg" alt="IMG_7251copy-2015-10-8-21-54.jpg"></p><p>Oh yah! I bought/rescued a horse! There’s a stock dealer down in Cannon Falls that lets a woman pull horses out of the kill pen, and she coordinates the ‘bail-out’ of them. You take your chances, some of them are perfectly fine and others have health problems, and some are bought with the intention of letting them live out their last days in a pasture and not a slaughter house. Mine spent 8 hours in a trailer before getting here, so it was dark by the time she came. Tomorrow I’ll be able to get a better sense of what she’s like.</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-P4mNIj108XY/Vhcx5Peo1vI/AAAAAAAAFGc/ErFupL1_qUY/IMG_7264copy-2015-10-8-21-54.jpg" alt="IMG_7264copy-2015-10-8-21-54.jpg"></p>betsymnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127502616052230626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798095.post-5426315095530104682015-10-01T18:21:00.003-05:002015-10-01T18:36:12.503-05:00<p>I have no nice pictures to show, only sad thoughts to share. There is a discussion going on at a glass forum that I belong to, with the thoughts that gun laws should be enforced, enforcing gun laws won’t keep guns out of the hands of criminals, anger at people who resist more rigid gun laws, suggestions that more guns are the answer, and so on and on. The same dialog that happens after every episode of mass shootings.</p><p>My thoughts, it's not criminals who are doing these mass shootings, it's angry young men with no direction, no goal in life, no sense of responsibility to anyone other than themselves. We have too many guns available to anyone who wants them and a culture that adores violence, a society that seems to think every kid in high school should go to college, so there are no more (or drastically cut) art/music/shop/home economics etc. (do they even have home economics anymore?) classes to keep kids working with their hands. Money is stripped from social and education programs so Wall Street can be happy with the corporations' profits, and we have young people with no future or hope, and any happiness is found in drugs or alcohol.</p><p>Gosh, fits right in with 2 Timothy 3:2 “People will love only themselves and money. They will be proud and boast about themselves. They will abuse others with insults. They will not obey their parents. They will be ungrateful and against all that is pleasing to God. 3 They will have no love for others and will refuse to forgive anyone. They will talk about others to hurt them and will have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good. 4 People will turn against their friends. They will do foolish things without thinking and will be so proud of themselves. Instead of loving God, they will love pleasure.”</p>betsymnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127502616052230626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798095.post-35315503981252604822015-09-14T20:09:00.000-05:002015-09-14T20:15:22.324-05:00I just spent a day and a half beheading 107 amaryllis bulbs (that’s not counting the babies), taking them out of their pots and putting them in the basement. <br />
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WHY did I just order four more?!?!? Sigh, because they look so wonderful in the middle of the winter when I bring them up and repot them and they bloom.<br />
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Yup, that’s a boy for you, a newborn, and he’s climbing on the hay bale.<br />
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<img alt="IMG_7034copy-2015-09-3-19-05.jpg" height="476" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-E02ADZyg5s8/Vejh_e4EMKI/AAAAAAAAFFM/gyAiYO2hZSg/IMG_7034copy-2015-09-3-19-05.jpg" width="640" />betsymnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127502616052230626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798095.post-62432020119526574272015-08-22T20:18:00.000-05:002015-08-22T21:09:14.822-05:00Time has flown, summer is almost over, sadly. I am glad, though, that the heat and humidity are going. The plants love that weather, but I sure don’t.<br />
So many photos to show!! An oriole enjoying the water,<br />
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A woodpecker,<br />
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More orioles,<br />
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Young orioles remind me of little kids, they squabble and fight.<br />
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A sparkling hummer,<br />
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A grosbeak daddy feeding the babies,<br />
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I had to move the jelly feeder because someone was getting into it,<br />
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Glorious colors!!! I have to store up the awesome sense of color for winter…<br />
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Some new beads on Facebook,<br />
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And a couple of funny bone ticklers,<br />
<img alt="funny-animals-213-2015-08-22-20-18.jpg" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0q9lcG1sCZA/Vdkpaw0kD8I/AAAAAAAAFD8/sqXNKeuAYnM/funny-animals-213-2015-08-22-20-18.jpg" /><img alt="funny-animals-222-2015-08-22-20-18.jpg" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-d8cxTJiWcU4/VdkpXETCEfI/AAAAAAAAFDk/9nCMmJg0giM/funny-animals-222-2015-08-22-20-18.jpg" /><br />
<img alt="funny-animals-292-2015-08-22-20-18.jpg" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gFsmcOkEKbc/VdkoszrvfQI/AAAAAAAAFAk/fr_yBHtiiqg/funny-animals-292-2015-08-22-20-18.jpg" /><img alt="funny-animals-302-2015-08-22-20-18.jpg" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NfeVyCUQzN8/VdkozyIBnPI/AAAAAAAAFBQ/QzfGJk6-uVU/funny-animals-302-2015-08-22-20-18.jpg" />betsymnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127502616052230626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798095.post-81374439953935780652015-06-13T18:00:00.000-05:002015-06-13T18:14:34.770-05:00<p>My garden is finally starting to show some color. It’s going to just pop once the lilies start to bloom.</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bK7ZyGvnMjw/VXy5GnSIvGI/AAAAAAAAE_M/tExLDzljcNg/IMG_6517copy-2015-06-13-18-00.jpg" alt="IMG_6517copy-2015-06-13-18-00.jpg"></p><p>I’ve sworn off of Monsanto’s chemicals, so I’m using heavy mulch and where I can’t do that, I’m spraying with vinegar, salt and Dawn dish soap. It does require more than a one-time spray, but that’s OK with me. Here’s some weeds and grass two days after spraying. I’ll go out tomorrow when it warms up and repeat it.</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VenCY2lP2io/VXy5EXC6CrI/AAAAAAAAE-0/l4Z3H1wLQ3E/IMG_6518copy-2015-06-13-18-00.jpg" alt="IMG_6518copy-2015-06-13-18-00.jpg"></p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-u0wOiI5DAH8/VXy5URzuTfI/AAAAAAAAE_8/k4zDjO3dTDw/IMG_6519copy-2015-06-13-18-00.jpg" alt="IMG_6519copy-2015-06-13-18-00.jpg"></p><p>Quit reading if you’re a vegetarian!</p><p>Ahhh, ribeyes on the hoof (except for Molly). From left to right, Liverwurst, Kabob, Molly and Jerky.</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OtgLGlrk3SA/VXy5NrJkRuI/AAAAAAAAE_k/B1YcjJ7Ydx8/IMG_6520copy-2015-06-13-18-00.jpg" alt="IMG_6520copy-2015-06-13-18-00.jpg"></p><p>This picture gives one a better idea of how Kabob has grown; that’s Dex, our bull, on the left behind Kabob.</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Bjh5h8jD2eE/VXy5L9SO5GI/AAAAAAAAE_c/KHcKmoyr86g/IMG_6523copy-2015-06-13-18-00.jpg" alt="IMG_6523copy-2015-06-13-18-00.jpg"></p><p>Sigh, life on a farm that doesn’t butcher chickens… a hen with three roosters chasing her. She’s just lucky there weren’t more.</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Qik8fTM-c2w/VXy5WfpuEaI/AAAAAAAAFAE/m0gFlGYb7sg/IMG_6527copy-2015-06-13-18-00.jpg" alt="IMG_6527copy-2015-06-13-18-00.jpg"></p><p>We tried something new last fall, we put a tarp over the pool to see if it would help with the cleaning in the spring. We hooked up the tarp to the bobcat and pulled it out, and barely a leaf in the pool.</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1X9ntJMQUKE/VXy5PbSxDVI/AAAAAAAAE_s/oXgk2ovp0Ao/IMG_6528copy-2015-06-13-18-00.jpg" alt="IMG_6528copy-2015-06-13-18-00.jpg"></p><p>Too bad for the frogs, though, that were in it (they survived the tarp removal and jumped back into the pool).</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yw4baNeA1CQ/VXy5H-2ymOI/AAAAAAAAE_U/C3IEPGsS3UA/IMG_6529copy-2015-06-13-18-00.jpg" alt="IMG_6529copy-2015-06-13-18-00.jpg"></p><p>Some funny pics:</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qse5N5CZzik/VXy5FANsUUI/AAAAAAAAE_E/dLgpe3Q1dcY/funny-animals-57-2015-06-13-18-00.jpg" alt="funny-animals-57-2015-06-13-18-00.jpg"></p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pZWerAd-h5A/VXy5P4GBKgI/AAAAAAAAE_0/uu_cMA_AI9c/funny-animals-62-2015-06-13-18-00.jpg" alt="funny-animals-62-2015-06-13-18-00.jpg"></p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-d7Y9vwfytMU/VXy5E7-DfJI/AAAAAAAAE-8/Vg2MDeWaOe4/funny-animals-113-2015-06-13-18-00.jpg" alt="funny-animals-113-2015-06-13-18-00.jpg"></p>betsymnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127502616052230626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798095.post-17619171534497770412015-05-21T21:36:00.000-05:002015-05-21T21:50:54.203-05:00<p>I found out that the mystery birds are Orchard Orioles (immature male has the black bib). They started coming here about 2-3 years ago, and the mature male is a dark rusty red coloring,</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-D0taA8cWFSo/VV6ZgS0ojzI/AAAAAAAAE-A/oMPHIbZf2nc/IMG_2623copy-2015-05-21-21-36.jpg" alt="IMG_2623copy-2015-05-21-21-36.jpg"></p><p>This one is a bit lighter,</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-L7b4rIE4YcA/VV6Zdfc0nZI/AAAAAAAAE9o/MI45buqJoUU/IMG_2631copy-2015-05-21-21-36.jpg" alt="IMG_2631copy-2015-05-21-21-36.jpg"></p><p>compared to a Baltimore Oriole,</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-145X936uHRI/VV6Ze151JWI/AAAAAAAAE9w/on7bcaR3VBg/IMG_2592-2015-05-21-21-36.jpg" alt="IMG_2592-2015-05-21-21-36.jpg"></p><p>A closeup of a hummer (I love being able to see the detail of the feathers),</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LvtplYUyivM/VV6ZjJJhWCI/AAAAAAAAE-Q/4jz0Z9p8Mh8/IMG_2636copy-2015-05-21-21-36.jpg" alt="IMG_2636copy-2015-05-21-21-36.jpg"></p><p>And a picture of the bald eagle nest, one adult in the nest and the other in the lower right tree,</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mcusAIcPSZU/VV6ZbPurBdI/AAAAAAAAE9Y/VrUbWIaErZI/IMG_2531copy-2015-05-21-21-36.jpg" alt="IMG_2531copy-2015-05-21-21-36.jpg"></p><p>Some funny pictures,</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CVDa1p9E0sQ/VV6ZhOQyuwI/AAAAAAAAE-I/plu3BMyAWZI/imageedit_2_3467101905-563x1000-2015-05-21-21-36.jpg" alt="imageedit_2_3467101905-563x1000-2015-05-21-21-36.jpg"></p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gILza6jz1cI/VV6Zb7DkIrI/AAAAAAAAE9g/h0KBM3nBnLs/4bii0-baddog22-2015-05-21-21-36.jpg" alt="4bii0-baddog22-2015-05-21-21-36.jpg"></p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WnRLe2wGzTw/VV6ZfTm2bkI/AAAAAAAAE90/U9or6cqmbBI/1897656_801992519861694_4469790767945359272_n-2015-05-21-21-36.jpg" alt="1897656_801992519861694_4469790767945359272_n-2015-05-21-21-36.jpg"></p>betsymnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127502616052230626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798095.post-46226245167054127472015-05-20T20:03:00.001-05:002015-05-20T20:17:09.170-05:00<p>More bird photos! I am really stumped about identification of these birds, they’re not Baltimore Orioles.</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ugDCiHCtSkw/VV0xJguBJwI/AAAAAAAAE84/AnxPNv4CeCE/IMG_2607copy-2015-05-20-20-03.jpg" alt="IMG_2607copy-2015-05-20-20-03.jpg"></p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CLTXkNOuJU8/VV0xBGW-ISI/AAAAAAAAE8Q/0vFQs0t-XRI/IMG_2583copy-2015-05-20-20-03.jpg" alt="IMG_2583copy-2015-05-20-20-03.jpg"></p><p>Some saucy Orioles,</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gF4re-E_1Lg/VV0xCvcPu6I/AAAAAAAAE8Y/o2qFIA4sr_s/IMG_2581copy-2015-05-20-20-03.jpg" alt="IMG_2581copy-2015-05-20-20-03.jpg"></p><p>Grosbeak</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hedwsnKkiKQ/VV0xGS53WMI/AAAAAAAAE8o/6DlL4YBylOo/IMG_2578copy-2015-05-20-20-03.jpg" alt="IMG_2578copy-2015-05-20-20-03.jpg"></p><p>A hummer,</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UAoCGxHqPCw/VV0xHyINeTI/AAAAAAAAE8w/8UOyf3FHxIY/IMG_2595copy-2015-05-20-20-03.jpg" alt="IMG_2595copy-2015-05-20-20-03.jpg"></p><p>I caught just hint of his red throat here,</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ORJlBpfcq6o/VV0xERfEV1I/AAAAAAAAE8g/QrTARhPznGQ/IMG_2594copy-2015-05-20-20-03.jpg" alt="IMG_2594copy-2015-05-20-20-03.jpg"></p>betsymnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127502616052230626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798095.post-73391848102065539432015-05-18T18:17:00.001-05:002015-05-18T21:40:57.212-05:00I’ve been reminded that I need to update my blog, and listening to the news tonight, I just had to share the ludicrousness.<br />
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Lester Holt, “A legendary daredevil’s final dive. What went wrong in the dark of night in Yosemite?”<br />
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<b>What went wrong?!?</b> The guy jumped off a cliff!! That’s what went wrong! I wish the media would quit making these people into heroes to be admired for their ‘pushing it to the limit.’<br />
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Our weather is see-sawing, yesterday it was hot and humid, and tonight there’s frost and freeze warnings. We’ve had some nice in-between days, and I’ve enjoyed sitting in the dirt and pulling quack grass. Something so satisfying about getting my hands dirty and pulling those runners out. This next week is going to be busy, it’s time to get the tomatoes out and all of my dahlias, glads and canna bulbs planted.<br />
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We have lots of birds this time of the year, red wing blackbirds, goldfinches, grosbeaks and orioles. Here’s a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak,<img alt="IMG_2537-2015-05-18-18-17.jpg" height="522" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-u934qPIScIg/VVqTDUVuUQI/AAAAAAAAE78/bR7AnGy3e6g/IMG_2537-2015-05-18-18-17.jpg" width="640" /><br />
a female Grosbeak,<br />
<img alt="IMG_2572-2015-05-18-18-17.jpg" height="640" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9cPJPcMwAGA/VVqS4b9127I/AAAAAAAAE60/bcmavkVbgt8/IMG_2572-2015-05-18-18-17.jpg" width="593" /><br />
and I don’t know about this one (an immature male?), I’ve never seen one with this marking,<br />
<img alt="IMG_2547-2015-05-18-18-17.jpg" height="636" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FOyqgms8E7s/VVqS8V5tiGI/AAAAAAAAE7c/YcyiwGBLIDo/IMG_2547-2015-05-18-18-17.jpg" width="640" /><br />
A purple or house finch (I can never tell them apart),<br />
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a Yellow Warbler?,<br />
<img alt="IMG_2575-2015-05-18-18-17.jpg" height="481" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BBTWDlTOGJ4/VVqS_53wF-I/AAAAAAAAE7s/nCySdOsiuUU/IMG_2575-2015-05-18-18-17.jpg" width="640" /><br />
and a beautiful Indigo Bunting,<br />
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Some chuckles:<br />
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<img alt="funny-animals-34-2015-05-18-18-17.jpg" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sn27o8wtBgw/VVqS5lF9Y1I/AAAAAAAAE7E/SKwGS7A2aa4/funny-animals-34-2015-05-18-18-17.jpg" />betsymnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127502616052230626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798095.post-27654313571828148352015-04-25T08:04:00.000-05:002015-04-25T08:10:36.433-05:00Musings, not meanderings<p>I find it pathetic that on the top stories of Google news this morning, Bruce Jenner is number two. </p>betsymnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127502616052230626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798095.post-20001701644034685832015-04-23T18:41:00.000-05:002015-04-23T18:45:15.564-05:00<p>Some new auctions on Facebook,</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2PG3L81woE0/VTmD_NfLfhI/AAAAAAAAE40/cd74T0JIWmw/FB56182-2015-04-23-18-41.JPG" alt="FB56182-2015-04-23-18-41.JPG"></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10206897176534360&set=gm.823640381062498&type=1&theater">https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10206897176534360&set=gm.823640381062498&type=1&theater</a></p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vfyInBT3EJE/VTmECR5Be6I/AAAAAAAAE5E/MDghYHCgDUY/FB56196-2015-04-23-18-41.JPG" alt="FB56196-2015-04-23-18-41.JPG"></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10206897200494959&set=gm.823642244395645&type=1&theater">https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10206897200494959&set=gm.823642244395645&type=1&theater</a></p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RXcKBICSlAk/VTmEAnP9QLI/AAAAAAAAE48/zgK8Ej9C_50/FB56201-2015-04-23-18-41.JPG" alt="FB56201-2015-04-23-18-41.JPG"></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10206897220655463&set=gm.901331883257400&type=1&theater">https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10206897220655463&set=gm.901331883257400&type=1&theater</a></p><p>I think we’re finally over the hump. today was sunny and warm (kind of), and the wind has dropped. The grass is green, the cherry bushes and apricot tree are blossoming, and the tulips are coming. I want to get a hammock and go lie in the sun.</p>betsymnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127502616052230626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798095.post-60751393282783642342015-04-20T16:31:00.002-05:002015-04-20T17:01:49.700-05:00I’m in a serious funk here, it’s cold and cloudy and windy here. I wish I weren’t so in tune with the weather, days like this I just want to go curl up in bed with my puppies and my iPad. Not very productive…<br />
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Last week when it was nice and warm, I went out to get a picture of the nest in the refuge. I’m assuming from the size it’s a bald eagle’s nest. For the past 3-4 years, we’ve had a bald eagle swooping down in the pasture to grab left over hay. It’s fun to see them fly right by my window.<br />
<img alt="IMG_2506copy-2015-04-20-16-31.jpg" height="640" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ttpcletatog/VTV0v8JHYJI/AAAAAAAAE3I/AEM6R8r2FqQ/IMG_2506copy-2015-04-20-16-31.jpg" width="426" /><br />
A pretty cardinal,<br />
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and a pretty amaryllis.<br />
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I finished my Tiger drawing and am on to my next one,<br />
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Some humor to brighten a gloomy day,<br />
<img alt="2912-2015-04-20-16-31.jpg" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nsuXhn4CZek/VTV1e3XWbbI/AAAAAAAAE34/_TVc38602As/2912-2015-04-20-16-31.jpg" /><img alt="fd0372e682c08d2b882f83e926c551c1-2015-04-20-16-31.jpg" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CLavJOLvxXU/VTV019Sf15I/AAAAAAAAE3Y/v6zoaMYLnPE/fd0372e682c08d2b882f83e926c551c1-2015-04-20-16-31.jpg" />betsymnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127502616052230626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798095.post-83533146382818910472015-04-03T22:12:00.000-05:002015-04-03T22:22:57.391-05:00<p>Meanderings in my photos tonight.</p><p>Flowers! I finally got all of my amaryllis bulbs planted. Here are some that are blooming,</p><p><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-N4npUbicz7c/VR9YzZKprUI/AAAAAAAAE1g/ydlSyjYgp_w/IMG_6229copy-2015-04-3-22-12.jpg" alt="IMG_6229copy-2015-04-3-22-12.jpg"></p><p><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-vJMRe4IGTrU/VR9Y9Fwh6eI/AAAAAAAAE2I/p5NnRuQGgLo/IMG_6230copy-2015-04-3-22-12.jpg" alt="IMG_6230copy-2015-04-3-22-12.jpg"></p><p><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-VNrSwIOd8KU/VR9ZCSJNz3I/AAAAAAAAE2o/tOHtcWWd2FY/IMG_6232copy-2015-04-3-22-12.jpg" alt="IMG_6232copy-2015-04-3-22-12.jpg"></p><p>This one is my favorite picture,</p><p><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-SBPSmZ_6yAg/VR9ZDxEifVI/AAAAAAAAE2w/kHHZx0Vmpl8/IMG_6228copy-2015-04-3-22-12.jpg" alt="IMG_6228copy-2015-04-3-22-12.jpg"></p><p>Birds, a female cardinal last week when it was nice and warm,</p><p><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-jqtD-BBu_Lg/VR9Y6cfPhYI/AAAAAAAAE14/76cFdZMhnH4/IMG_2487copy-2015-04-3-22-12.jpg" alt="IMG_2487copy-2015-04-3-22-12.jpg"></p><p>and a few days ago when it was wet and miserable,</p><p><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-J61trDteYCg/VR9Y8A21bfI/AAAAAAAAE2A/Ratxhzxzodg/IMG_2481copy-2015-04-3-22-12.jpg" alt="IMG_2481copy-2015-04-3-22-12.jpg"></p><p>The calves are growing. You can tell who’s the oldest pretty easily.</p><p><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-mIM0in8bacI/VR9Y-mqK5FI/AAAAAAAAE2Q/0l7EIeF6aNw/IMG_6238copy-2015-04-3-22-12.jpg" alt="IMG_6238copy-2015-04-3-22-12.jpg"></p><p><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-mNDfS8kl_bM/VR9YxGSg4_I/AAAAAAAAE1Q/8fKcNy67v0E/IMG_6242copy-2015-04-3-22-12.jpg" alt="IMG_6242copy-2015-04-3-22-12.jpg"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-dVRjT7-LTZA/VR9ZAVKHZnI/AAAAAAAAE2Y/Ev60eVHlAkc/IMG_6243copy-2015-04-3-22-12.jpg" alt="IMG_6243copy-2015-04-3-22-12.jpg"></p><p>and a deer flying over the pasture fence this evening,</p><p><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-18j5STvJ9dE/VR9YyfgMPxI/AAAAAAAAE1Y/1fqDyurIqyw/IMG_2495copy-2015-04-3-22-12.jpg" alt="IMG_2495copy-2015-04-3-22-12.jpg"></p><p>An update on my tiger drawing. It’s winding down,</p><p><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-4xh7rR5tMYM/VR9Y4iWnBYI/AAAAAAAAE1o/EyTLySqJjQU/tigerupdate-2015-04-3-22-12.jpg" alt="tigerupdate-2015-04-3-22-12.jpg"></p><p>and some smiles,</p><p><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-2OgH27DxJJA/VR9ZA68NvoI/AAAAAAAAE2c/WbTXwyGzq4s/image40-637x477-2015-04-3-22-12.jpg" alt="image40-637x477-2015-04-3-22-12.jpg"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-9y-ItCsjYoM/VR9Y5A34q0I/AAAAAAAAE1s/mE7yXtDAPD0/ovA4d-2015-04-3-22-12.jpeg" alt="ovA4d-2015-04-3-22-12.jpeg"></p>betsymnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127502616052230626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798095.post-7649794740572563602015-03-28T11:08:00.002-05:002015-03-28T12:42:44.735-05:00<p>Spring is ALMOST here! The goldfinches are changing color,</p><p><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-e6-LQDkdRtM/VRbnpQe2d4I/AAAAAAAAE00/jQlDHGW88N8/IMG_2472copy-2015-03-28-11-08.jpg" alt="IMG_2472copy-2015-03-28-11-08.jpg"></p><p>and we have baby calves all over! We have nine cows now, the most we’ve ever had.</p><p>Christian getting Molly over by the other cows, and Dex (the bull) looking quite hefty,</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9HnvOML5nWk/VRbnkQ6vyJI/AAAAAAAAE0U/_AMgrStb4vs/IMG_6218copy-2015-03-28-11-08.jpg" alt="IMG_6218copy-2015-03-28-11-08.jpg"></p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-n0XaGAVK-Cc/VRbnoPjUa7I/AAAAAAAAE0s/Eebb0Get8AQ/IMG_6219copy-2015-03-28-11-08.jpg" alt="IMG_6219copy-2015-03-28-11-08.jpg"></p><p>Ingrid and Molly,</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jLOswPfLITE/VRbni_-9fBI/AAAAAAAAE0M/5Bw84JxzkbI/IMG_6224copy-2015-03-28-11-08.jpg" alt="IMG_6224copy-2015-03-28-11-08.jpg"></p><p>Suka, watch out, Dex is feeling very bullish, between spring weather and baby cows and cows in heat.</p><p><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-rs3zGEzIZPA/VRbnmuhkHPI/AAAAAAAAE0k/MVewWpB-zdg/IMG_6226copy-2015-03-28-11-08.jpg" alt="IMG_6226copy-2015-03-28-11-08.jpg"></p><p>I’ve been experimenting, and I do like the way this bead turned out (those flecks are shiny dichroic flecks),</p><p><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-OVFXhsVFIEI/VRbngxyql1I/AAAAAAAAEz8/oot16esTknA/IMG_6212copy-2015-03-28-11-08.jpg" alt="IMG_6212copy-2015-03-28-11-08.jpg"></p><p>Have to end with some humor,</p><p><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-UJtN5ziH-X8/VRbnkyeXPaI/AAAAAAAAE0c/rCABYh5fRnM/08be174d65422d54cbea6e43f1876c3e-2015-03-28-11-08.jpg" alt="08be174d65422d54cbea6e43f1876c3e-2015-03-28-11-08.jpg"></p><p><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-UA_vJkW52mE/VRbnhTdCGgI/AAAAAAAAE0E/wmrAzazsWV0/5bb3d5aafda2a1a2c907b312e2733e86-2015-03-28-11-08.jpg" alt="5bb3d5aafda2a1a2c907b312e2733e86-2015-03-28-11-08.jpg"></p>betsymnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127502616052230626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798095.post-88633382909596554712015-03-24T17:35:00.001-05:002015-03-24T17:58:39.394-05:00<p>Another calf born today, to Ingrid, a baby heifer.</p><p><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-YdqrA3Gtf1k/VRHrO5mnSfI/AAAAAAAAEyI/zA_sZQYwAWQ/IMG_6211copy-2015-03-24-17-35.JPG" alt="IMG_6211copy-2015-03-24-17-35.JPG"></p><p><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-DTvJm49JXew/VRHrpyM15cI/AAAAAAAAEyw/nI2_xGwWx8Y/IMG_6210copy-2015-03-24-17-35.JPG" alt="IMG_6210copy-2015-03-24-17-35.JPG"></p><p>Kabob and Liverwurst are growing and enjoying the ‘warmer’ weather. Here’s Kabob,<img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oeMRQDr_EcE/VRHrrcJASNI/AAAAAAAAEy4/HYbjnCuTxsM/IMG_6101copy-2015-03-24-17-35.jpg" alt="IMG_6101copy-2015-03-24-17-35.jpg"></p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SVDFtxW5QcM/VRHrVu53gMI/AAAAAAAAEyg/UbcTixVWDlE/IMG_6102copy-2015-03-24-17-35.jpg" alt="IMG_6102copy-2015-03-24-17-35.jpg"></p><p>And Liverwurst,</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-E2jluBq2BM0/VRHrK4dunWI/AAAAAAAAEyA/n6UtUm-OI48/IMG_6106copy-2015-03-24-17-35.jpg" alt="IMG_6106copy-2015-03-24-17-35.jpg"></p><p>Cuties!</p><p><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-uu3osvABbMk/VRHrQ4Nc-QI/AAAAAAAAEyQ/9TL0U7ocjIA/IMG_6108copy-2015-03-24-17-35.jpg" alt="IMG_6108copy-2015-03-24-17-35.jpg"></p><p><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-vbc28vunmCA/VRHr5PB6HnI/AAAAAAAAEzQ/n5WRv93Gc34/IMG_6109copy-2015-03-24-17-35.jpg" alt="IMG_6109copy-2015-03-24-17-35.jpg"></p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Au6tyzk7_P4/VRHrTlF73iI/AAAAAAAAEyY/_jyzOt4B_Ig/IMG_6112copy-2015-03-24-17-35.jpg" alt="IMG_6112copy-2015-03-24-17-35.jpg"></p><p>My amaryllis are just popping,</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qrEoPx2hLm4/VRHrstxXzDI/AAAAAAAAEzA/Hjnqu6aWZSY/IMG_6097copy-2015-03-24-17-35.jpg" alt="IMG_6097copy-2015-03-24-17-35.jpg"></p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RetwHga_cbY/VRHrnKYZq0I/AAAAAAAAEyo/wGfkDREx-z0/IMG_6125copy-2015-03-24-17-35.jpg" alt="IMG_6125copy-2015-03-24-17-35.jpg"></p><p>and an update on my tiger drawing,</p><p><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-kEdJR3j5A8w/VRHrx814hKI/AAAAAAAAEzI/wO2WjMCdC8E/tigerupdate-2015-03-24-17-35.jpg" alt="tigerupdate-2015-03-24-17-35.jpg"></p><p>A close-up,</p><p><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-vBRro0Chi2I/VRHr8BpvrZI/AAAAAAAAEzY/hueceLAyq18/tigerupdatedetail-2015-03-24-17-35.jpg" alt="tigerupdatedetail-2015-03-24-17-35.jpg"></p><p>Some funny Internet pics, </p><p><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-tQE7ORx0GCE/VRHsHlQ6VdI/AAAAAAAAEzo/x7_tCJosS5Q/1601147_633054703396423_2002084835_n-2015-03-24-17-35.jpg" alt="1601147_633054703396423_2002084835_n-2015-03-24-17-35.jpg"></p><p>This one reminds me of our Pyr dog, especially if something scares him,</p><p><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-6P1X2TjnAxM/VRHsG_KpEGI/AAAAAAAAEzg/YSb5qpMTAWI/368d7db95bd0e189522e3fa2bd8bf45f-2015-03-24-17-35.jpg" alt="368d7db95bd0e189522e3fa2bd8bf45f-2015-03-24-17-35.jpg"></p>betsymnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127502616052230626noreply@blogger.com0