The Farm As Seen By Boyd

 Boyd had the camera one night a bit ago.

 Here's what I found on it when I downloaded the pictures.

 A lot of lovely pictures of me and what it is like to keep the goats out of their hay while I am trying to chop it up for them.

 Why do I chop it?  Not because they are spoiled, but because they waste the hay if I don't.  See all that hay in the above picture NOT in their feeder?  Yeah, I am trying to keep them from tossing out all the stems while they are scrounging for the flakes.

 Angus is the one who is always in the way.

 At least the sunset is beautiful.

 Nice shot of the back of my head.

 Nothing but frozen water now a days.

 Oh, yeah, this is my best look.

Thanks for the perspective Boyd!

Life

 Love the sun in these shots.   This is my life just about every day.  Gorgeous!

 Then, we have this.   It doesn't happen every day, thank goodness.  This is our new cat in a stand off with Satan.

 This black cat showed up late Saturday night.  It was so friendly compared to all the strays we normally see.  It wrapped itself in and out of Boyd's ankles and purred. Boyd was nice and fed it and left it to find itself a warm spot for the night (nights that are getting down to single digits F).   When it was still outside and alive on Sunday morning, we decided it might have chosen us to be its new owners.  

I can't get a good picture of it because it is too curious and likes to inspect the camera lens closely. It eats non-stop, which makes sense considering how skinny it is.  I don't know how many cockle-burrs I have cut out of it, but it is really patient with me.   We don't know the gender and it doesn't have a name, but if it is still here by Saturday we will keep it.  (Boyd gave it a week to decide.)  We will take it to the vet's and find out the gender and if we have unwisely exposed all the cats to this one's parasites and then have it fixed.   The other cats don't love it living here, but haven't fought with it.  Just a bit of hissing and howling, but no scratching and no blood. 

Other than that, life is the same.   What does a new year really bring?  To me, it is just time marching on.

New Year's Day

 On New Year's Day we had the family over to go tubing.

 We have a silly little hill, but it is a lot of fun.

 You'll notice how the dogs are always there to rescue the fallen.

 We had a great time.  These are just a few of the pictures. 

 I will be posting more, including the tire pile sled and Boyd pulling us behind the 4-wheeler.

 You can tell by the looks on our faces how fun it was!!!

The Best Christmas Gift

Early in December, Boyd asked me repeatedly what I wanted for Christmas.  I told him I wanted him to do something nice for me that he couldn't buy in a store.  Well, he didn't like that idea at all.  I guess being a broken record paid off, because I came home from work one night to find an early Christmas present waiting.  

This is a solar powered light that worked when we first installed it, but had since broken.  The solar panel was held at an angle by plastic and at some point broke off and made it useless. 

 Boyd welded this bracket, changed out the switch, rewired necessary wires and waa laa!

 I have a fully functioning solar light.  It works better than ever and I love the on/off switch.  Before it was on some sort of timer and I couldn't get it to stay on as long as I wanted.  Now, it stays on as long as I need it to.  I LOVE IT!

It took him all day and I don't know how many trips to town and swear words, but it was worth it!