trail notes, mmxxi-ii-xxvi

ranch notes, mmxxi-ii-xxv

Barney on the Andy Griffith show once described someone as

"happier than a mule eatin' briars,"

but in this particular case it looks like somebody spilled

a cup of grain near this stump and grain beats briars any day

garden critter notes, mmxxi-ii-xxv

carolina chickadee

ranch notes, mmxxi-ii-xxiv

Cora was in the middle of the road when I drove up

another play day with the mares

ranch notes, mmxxi-ii-xxiii

the mares were out up top today so we just goofed around

I brushed Cora and then Harmony came and asked for some too

there were a million dead ants in an old log but another million lived through it

Rumor napped

ranch notes, mmxxi-ii-xxii

first time out since the xi'th

lots of limbs down but the equines are all ok

Cora pushed against the fallen branch in the top picture

and looked at me like, this ain't supposed to be here

she's starting to shed already; they all are

(the coat length follows the day length, not the temperature,

but i'll bet they're all glad they had some when they needed it)

family notes, mmxxi-ii-xxi

the kids and grandkids have been without water for nearly a week 

we never lost it but we had a limit-use-and-boil notice that ended yesterday morning

so the kids and grandkids came at various times this weekend

to worsh up and do laundry and celebrate and stuff

garden critter notes, mmxxi-ii-xx

garden notes, mmxi-ii-xix

critter notes, mmxxi-ii-xix

garden critter notes, mmxxi-ii-xviii

mockingbird, ruby-crowned kinglet, phoebe, hermit thrush

garden critter notes, mmxxi-ii-xvii

cedar waxwings, downy woodpecker, grackle, robin, gnome

floof notes, mmxxi-ii-xvi

white-winged doves and a savannah sparrow

garden critter notes, mmxxi-ii-xvi

savannah sparrow (first-time sighting), carolina wren, american crow,

eastern phoebe, hermit thrush, yellow-rumped warbler