The BIRDS have flown.

The eagles have landed.

I took both my cameras out today in the sunshine to find a bird to photograph and there were none to be had except my chickens. Did not think of them until right now so I went back and found one of the eagle pictures I took a few weeks ago when we went to see them on Lake Couer d'Alene. I loved all the pictures that day. They are such majestic birds.

Tomorrows word is WORK. Lets see what you all can come up with. I have an idea for mine.

We must figure out what to do about Wrangler. He is being really naughty when I try to put the barn horses in. He pins his ears at me when I yell at him and he chases Ditto and Amelia around. Particularly Ditto. I think I am going to put him back with the mares and let them pick on him for a while. The big mares are mean to Rosie so I may put her over with the old girls.

Remember each time you write a comment is an entry to win the pretty cardinal candle holder. There are 14 entries so far. I will pick a winner on February 1.

Today is Thankful Tuesday. I am thankful for the Sunshine that shone today. It was so nice. It was about 45 degrees. That is like a heatwave to us. Love the sun.

Fill your Wednesday with love.

PINK PINK What do you think

My PINK hat. The last time I helped at an adoption, Angie gave me a pink BLM hat. Actually, I asked her for a pink one. Pink is my favorite color. Any shade of pink, I love. Probably a fuchsia pink is my favorite of favorites. I love my pink hat.

The word tomorrow is BIRDS. Have fun with it. Andrea, if you want to just pick up here that's certainly OK if that is what you want to do.

Bob and I spent most of the day at the auction in Davenport. He doesn't get to go very often so he wanted to go. He bought a butcher pig for a friend who wanted one. Other than that we just watched cattle go through. In the middle some goats, sheep, pigs and a couple of day old calves. Got lunch out of it anyway. It was fun to spend the day with him. Our friend Cathy and her son Micheal were there. We all had a good time. Micheal wanted Cathy to buy the little calves and got upset when she didn't. They are not good to buy. At least in our opinion. Cattle prices were up. Probably better than for the past two year. That is a good sign.

The horses and the mud in a pain. When they went past me into the barn they threw mud all over me. GRRRRRR. I will be so glad to have this time of the year past. If this nicer weather keeps up we will be able to ride pretty soon and that makes me very happy. I am so anxious to get on Pepper and feel the breeze in my face. He probably isn't so anxious but I am.

Tomorrow is for the BIRDS.

BACK IN TIME

Today I go BACK in time. I took this picture yesterday on our trek to get straw.

Today we celebrated the birthday of our youngest daughter Christyn. That is what she prefers to be called, but she will be Chrissy for all her life to her family. I made a big pot of chili and fresh cornbread and we chowed down. It was so fun just to have a relaxed day. I gave her an old book of poems that was her grandfathers. She loves poetry and cherishes the old books. Gave her a pretty red candle to go with it. She loved them both.

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We had a wonderful service at church this morning. "Our own missionary" spoke and she touched my heart. She said I (me) am the one, This is the place and This is the time. No matter what life has for us, this spoke to my heart and I need to wait and see just what the Lord means for me from those three thoughts. Tammy is in the Ukraine. She is itinerating right now. It was so good to see her.

Have a Monday filled with whatever it is that makes you happy.

(Tomorrow's word is PINK)

Y Y Y Y

My Y is for YELLOW

The yellow fire hydrant is in the town of Reardan. It looked so pretty sitting there beside the road.

This won't be long today. We have a Back Country Horsemen meeting in Couer d'Alene this evening. Bob has the program. He is demonstrating and talking about hypothermia.

I am cooking chili for dinner tomorrow. We will be celebrating our daughter Christyn's birthday. I asked her what she wanted to eat and chili and biscuits are what we are having. She is not hard to please.

We found straw. Thank you Kurt and Terri for heading us in the right direction. Bob called the man who is down out of Davenport this morning and we went right down and got a pickup load. It was 3.00 a bale. Bob is picking stalls and bedding them right now. That is such a relief.

Tomorrows word is BACK.

See you tomorrow.

Give Away

I forgot to put in my blog today that the give away for the cardinal candle holder will run until Feb lst. The more times you comment the more times your name will be in there. Have fun and I will be glad to hear from you.

One foot, two FEET

My FEET in polka dot boots standing in water. I tried to find something others feet but this turned out the best. Tomorrows word is anything that starts with Y.

It warmed up some today. I think it was 50 but it didn't feel like that because the wind was blowing so hard. It is supposed to die down tonight but it was nasty today.

The horses were happy to get in their clean stalls this evening. Wrangler was mad at them for getting to in. I wished I had something to throw at him. First he ran Ditto around and around and then Amelia. He was just plain aggrevated about it all. Don't know what got into him.

Have a great Y Saturday.

HAIR and Thursday

HAIR - Rusty has plenty. Isn't that some mane. Bob must get to working with her. She won't let me. I love her hair. Love it.

Tomorrow's word is FEET. I can guarantee that it won't be her feet.


Want to win this pretty candle holder complete with a pretty little red candle inside. I found it at a store clearance and thought, I love cardinals and love dogwoods and it reminded me of spring and an idea popped in my head. Give it away on the blog. Haven't done that for a long time. All you have to do is leave a comment and I will put your name in something and draw a name out. And abbra ca dabbra you won and I will get it to you. It is pretty enough I considered keeping it but........I am trying to rid myself of stuff. So my loss will be your gain.

The stalls are all clean but very scarcely bedded. We must find bedding tomorrow. I sure want shavings but they seem to be very hard to find if you can find them at all. Straw should not be so difficult. The Exchange came out today and Bob will start calling tomorrow. A friend in Reardan was supposed to call but Bob hasn't heard so my guess is he didn't find any either. I am feeling so bad for all our animals. Oliver is on a little island and seems happy but the rest are in muck.

Hope this dries up soon, we have calves due in about a month. I wanted later spring babies but that didn't happen so in the mud they will be. At least not in a snow storm like Henry was born last year.

Have a good Friday, its a long weekend. I will like that.