Snow - Why now?

A view from the back door. This is the most snow at any one time all winter.

Our front storm door. From inside on the porch.

Then I opened the door and snapped this in a hurry.

Bob did not put the mares out today because I have been putting them in the arena during the day and there is no shelter. He calls them my primroses. Oh well, they are special primroses.

Yesterday Bob took part in the rescue of 75 animals from a place north of the town of Elk. It was awful, dead animals laying around and very thin animals. Horses, mini horses, donkey, llamas,

goats, calves. Bob himself hauled 2 mares and their foals and a mini mare and foal. They put that foal in the tack room. It was on the front page of the Review (our paper) and on all of the TV local channels. Bob told me I could not speak about it before hand and I didn't. There were a lot of caring people helping, bringing panels, calming animals. They were all taken to the fairgrounds for medical evaluations, treatment and feed. It was awful. That is what was in the paper and all I can talk about because if it goes to trial, he (Bob) will be called as a witness. What an awful thing to happen to those animals. I was thinking last night that how grateful the animals must have been last night to be in out of the weather and good food and good water to drink.

Blessings.

Windy Day

Bob's parents, Nellie and Wesley Williams.
Mom in her 80's. She loved me like I was one of her own from the time I was 16 years old.

Dad in his 60's in Iowa someplace. He called Bob, Wee Bob even when he was grown much to Bob's dismay.

I have posted pictures of my family often but don't think I have posted the Williams side of the family tree before. Bob's dad and my dad went to high school together and were best friends. Isn't that unique.

The wind blew up to 54 mph today. It was warm too. I went out to work in the barn. It has gotten so full of junk this winter. I cleaned stalls when I was down there. I let Raspberry out of her pen and she bounced around snooping and climbing on anything she could find. She went with me to put Ditto and Sage in. I treated Sage's cut and fed them. I was hanging up some blankets and I looked over and Sage had a mouthful of hay. She had her nose by the gate. Raspberry reached up and took the hay right out of Sage's mouth and Sage let her. They must be really good friends.

I was good to get outside. Bob bought some rabbits yesterday and he spent part of the day getting them settled. I am not too thrilled with them but he wants to sell fryers. I don't eat rabbit but I guess others do.

Blessings

Healing Up

Looks much better doesn't it. I am really pleased with her. She is so so much better about spraying it. Today as day before yesterday I just held her outside the barn door and sprayed it myself. She did several loops around me on the lead rope to start with but today it was just once and then she turned her cheek to me as if to say, do it and get it over with. I want my supper. So I did and then put her in the stall.
Raspberry talking with her mouth full. She is such a sweet little goat.

Raven wondered what I was doing. She is a good horse and we are blessed to have her.

A big windstorm is predicted with up to 50 mph here but 65 to 70 mph in the Yakima valley and the Wenatchee area. 50 will be enough for sure. At almost 7:00 PM it is 48 degrees at Fairchild AFB. Weird huh?

Blessings

Kiyanna Turns 3

Missy Kiyanna May Williams turns 3 years old. We celebrated at Chuckie Cheese with lots of friends and relatives. Little Sister Piper

Auntie Coreen

She didn't want to much wear the crown

This is what happened when Chuckie Cheese came out. And little sister Piper curled up in a little ball screaming. Needless to say he was not a big hit.

Piper and the green frosting.

Birthday girl and green frosting.

Robby and his green faced girls.

We had a good time. She had not opened her presents when we left but we had chores to do and we had eaten pizza and cup cakes and hugged on the little girls and we left.

Sage is doing well. I will take pictures again tomorrow.

Blessings

Goat Day

Me yesterday at Ryans party.
My Raspberry that tried to come in the back door with the dogs. She was quite upset when I would not let her in too. What a sweet little goat she is.

This mama had quadruplets. This is two of them. The back one can't quite stand up yet. His legs were apparently straight out behind him in utero and its taking a bit to get him straighted out. Shannon says he is better and if she stands him up on them he now can stand there so he will be OK.

The other half of the quads. This mama had quads too and they all died so she took these two just fine. Sota is Shannons best producing goat I think.

Shannons cat Barney - he lives in the BARN LOL. He came from here and was snow white when he was born but now he is kind of silver color.

Twin babies

The baby goats are so cute and we had fun looking and taking pictures. It was a nice enough day although the wind is blowing and that made it feel colder, especially with the fallen snow.

Hope your weekend was wonderful.

Blessings.

Ryans Party

Ryan turned 15 on Thursday. I took this picture today. Lots of kids and activities.

My baby boy and his first born. Tom and Ryan. Tom is so proud of him.

I am a little sore this evening. I was leading Sage and reached back to pet her face because she was being so good and she stepped on the toe of my barn boot. I lost my balance and fell flat on my face right under her head. She stepped back and then reached down and touched me with her nose as if to say "what are you doing down there?" She did not mean to trip me and I felt stupid falling. Katie pulled into her driveway just as I went kerplop and came over right away to see if I was OK. She helped me feed the rest of them. Darn, I hoped she didn't see me fall, but she did. It was sweet of her to come check on me.

We had a Back Country Horsemen meeting tonight and when we came out it was snowing like mad but wet and not sticking much. The closer to home we got the nicer it was and we just got a skiff. The weather report was for several inches. I am glad they were wrong.

Blessings

Are you tired of Sage and her Cut?

Hope you aren't, I think it looks better. Don't you? She stood there and does not even flinch when you squirt the Vetricin on the cut. That makes me happy with her. When we started it took two bottles of water squirting until she would let us put the Vetricin on it. We need another bottle too by the first of the week. That is good stuff.

Ron came over and started to hang my chandelier in the living room. It made a big mess but it will be worth it.

We went and got groceries today and that was about the most exciting thing I did. LOL

Blessings