End of January

 January was cold. 

 I was sick with a head cold for most of the month.

 Lost a goat.

 But, enjoyed some beautiful sunrises.

 Some great light during the golden hour.

 My husband walked my dog when I didn't have the energy.

 Spent some time at the river, even in the freezing weather.

The Clicker

My husband found a dog training clicker and for a while, he carried it in his pocket everywhere.
I haven't heard it clicking for a week or so now, not sure what happened to it.

But, for a while, you would always see him with it in his hand.

 It's better than what he usually carries, a lighter.

 Then it became one in each hand. :)

 I am kind of missing it!

Here's a video to show that my old border collie still has bursts of energy!

Sage

 Sage is doing okay.

 I think he lost some weight after Angus passed.  Probably lonely, even though I try to give him attention.

 He seems to be eating better now.  Boyd thinks I spoil him because I always take him a treat.  Could be apples, pears, lettuce, carrots, etc.  He loves them all!

 He likes me to scratch his back.

January Updates

What's been going on around here?

Boyd is selling his hay - ONE BALE AT A TIME!  It's driving him crazy, but we try to be glad that we are selling it at all.  Too much hay in the market = low prices and low demand.

Jasmine has chased after a fox twice now.  Chased after, I suppose, should be applied loosely to the situation.  She sees the fox across the river on Ferrys' land.  She runs like a mad dog barking all the way to the edge of the river.  Continues to bark while the fox seems to not be worried much.

Buddy and the goat, Sage, have come to blows a few times now, literally.  Now that there is only one goat to put all his focus on, things have gotten weird.  The goat likes to be by my side.  Buddy likes to be by my side.  Buddy also likes to control the goat's every move.  The goat has discovered that a quick head butt to Buddy's side or the top of his head, deters him for a few moments.  I seem to spend my outside time walking around with a dog on one side and a goat on the other.

Boyd and I went to Wendy's for dinner one night.  Pretty sure we haven't been to Wendy's in months, possibly a year.   I discovered they have a Black Bean Burger and promptly ordered it.  Of course, Boyd immediately gave me a look of disgust. :)  When we got home, Boyd set out our food and proceeded to eat while I was putting away something in the kitchen.  He took a bite of his burger, made a weird face and simultaneously pulled a piece of lettuce off his hamburger.  I think his exact words were something like, "I don't remember Wendy's burgers tasting this nasty and since when have they started putting dandelion leaves on them?"  Sure enough, the lettuce looked like a spring mix of some sort and could have passed for a dandelion leaf.  I sat down and opened up what was supposed to be the Black Bean burger only to see bacon oozing out of mine.  I broke out laughing so hard!!!  Boyd had mistakenly taken a bite out of my burger, no wonder it didn't taste like beef and had strange lettuce.  When he found out, he was appalled and disgusted and very annoyed at my uncontrollable laughter!  One of those, "you had to be there" moments.  But, I still laugh every time I think about it.

We still have gorgeous sunsets and beautiful views.

Winter Scenes - January 2016

Belle and Gilligan

 These fun cats act like they are always ignored. 
Belle is one fat cat, especially from the top view.

 They do get adequate attention, don't let them fool you.

 I have tried to make a habit of sitting with them each night after I lock up my dogs.

 They take full advantage of my attention.

Maggy in the Snow

Maggy came for a visit. She hadn't been over for a while and I am pretty certain she had missed us!
 In the video, you will see her running like a lunatic, this is after she had already been running like that for 10 minutes.  The heavy breathing is me trying to survive with my cold.  The clicking noise would be my husband and his new nervous habit. :)

A lovely picture of me because my husband says I never show up on my own blog.

We need to bring the Mags over more often.