Spring is ALMOST here! The goldfinches are changing color,

and we have baby calves all over! We have nine cows now, the most we’ve ever had.

Christian getting Molly over by the other cows, and Dex (the bull) looking quite hefty,

Ingrid and Molly,

Suka, watch out, Dex is feeling very bullish, between spring weather and baby cows and cows in heat.

I’ve been experimenting, and I do like the way this bead turned out (those flecks are shiny dichroic flecks),

Have to end with some humor,

Another calf born today, to Ingrid, a baby heifer.

Kabob and Liverwurst are growing and enjoying the ‘warmer’ weather. Here’s Kabob,

And Liverwurst,

Cuties!

My amaryllis are just popping,

and an update on my tiger drawing,

A close-up,

Some funny Internet pics,

This one reminds me of our Pyr dog, especially if something scares him,

Another gorgeous spring day here!! I took the dogs for a walk to pick up the mail,

and on the way back I heard a cow mooing in the barn, and saw that the boys were all outside, but no girls, so I checked it out. We have another bull calf, she had just popped him out,

The next 24-48 hours we’ll keep a close watch on Gertrude for milk fever. She got a dose of calcium just after birth, so hopefully that will tide her over for the next 12 hours.

My tiger drawing is coming along, I’ve been adding a little color here and there,

here’s a close-up

And some beads I hope to get put up on Facebook tomorrow night,

and some humor for the night,

I took the dogs and went for a walk today. If it weren’t for the wind, it would be downright tropical! It’s 38° and sunny, and the snow is melting.

I do believe Gertrude is starting to bag up, so I’m quite happy that we’re heading into spring and warmer days.

Kabob is growing, and as with all babies, he’s quite cute. Just look at those lashes!

Now I wonder how they figured out the time span people spent in purgatory, that they could take 20 days off the sentence. And what happened to a person who was supposed to spend 19 days in purgatory? Did he/she get an extra special day in heaven?

No wonder the Catholic church made it illegal to own a Bible in any language except Latin, which was a dead language no one spoke except those educated by the church; they didn’t want people to be able to read it and see that their church doctrines weren’t from the Bible.

“A grave discovered near the skeleton of Richard III, could belong to a mysterious woman who was so revered by the church that those who prayed for her were promised ’20 days off purgatory.’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/environment/archaeology/11442961/Archaeologists-lift-lid-on-mystery-coffin-buried-near-Richard-III.html

Got to have some humor after that,


And now I’m off to get the Bobcat warmed up to get the driveway plowed out. I am SOOOOOO glad it has a heated cab!!

ETA: Where DO they (St. Paul Pioneer Press) hire their reporters from? A grade school from Florida?

Rare winter storm leaves 1 dead amid scores of crashes

http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_27631021/twin-cities-weather-3-4-inches-snow-coming

I can’t be too discourage by the snow, cold and wind, since it’s forecast to be 39° by Friday. Spring is on the way!!!

I have amaryllis starting to bloom,

I really like this one (Bogata) and hope it starts to multiply,

The calf is growing well and isn’t bothered too much by the snow and cold. He quite enjoyed being let out with the other cows, as you can see from the video.


That’s the bull he slid into at the end.  And just as a reminder not to get too attached to him, we named him Kabob (as in shish kabob).

I got a new shipment of glass in, and I’m going to do some torching today.

Watching the news tonight, there’s a right-to-work debate in Wisconsin about mandatory dues for unions. One woman said, “It is inexcusable that any American should have money taken out of their paycheck to be given to anything that they don’t agree with.”

Am I so critical? I find that statement absurd!! So if I don’t believe in Social Security, I shouldn’t have SS taxes taken out of my paycheck (if I still worked, that is), or maybe I don’t agree that I need health insurance, so I shouldn’t have health insurance premiums taken out?

I need a laugh after that.

and with a snowstorm coming tomorrow, my sentiments exactly!

Another cold winter day… this winter just drags on and on. But tomorrow is the first day of March, and I heard the weatherman babbling something about 40° in sight.

Our laundry room/bathroom is done, except for a few minor things, and now it’s just waiting until it’s warm enough to actually take a bath in there (it’s on the NW side of the house, so it gets a bit chilly in there).

I’m sure the birds are ready for some warm weather too,

Yesterday we got the cow and calf out of the garage and out to the barn. I’m happy to see that Heidi has developed her mothering instincts, she didn’t want any other cows near her baby. Christian said the other night that one of the garage cats got too close to the calf, and she went after him.

Some kind of funny winter pics from the Internet,