#22 ~ A Cow Critter and a Snow Genie

"In seed-time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.”

~William Blake

The Start of the Snow 1-21-16. The sky is still blue.

The blue sky is still showing.

Sorry about the fence post. I cropped it so you could see the cow better

The Skies are clouding up...big snow on its way.

The snow is coming down. This is the creek in front of the house.  1-22-16
A few hoodoos are left from the summer and fall.

Another shot of the creek. 1-22-16

Now, here is how an old lady makes a Snow Genie ::-)

These were taken this morning by Buddy. It snowed all day yesterday, all last night, 

and all morning today. Now it seems to have moved on...thank goodness.

I will post photos of the barn tomorrow for Tom’s Barn Collective.

These were taken today - 1-23-1

“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”

~C.S.Lewis

(I am already there, and I am 76.)

                 OK...Do I really want to go through with this. When Eloise and I did it when she was 5,
                                          that was five years ago. I am now five years older.

I DID IT!  WOO HOO! 

With multiple  ayers of SmartWool long john bottoms, 3 tops plus the parka,2 hats

and heavy duty boots with two pair of wool socks...

I was warm.

How do I get out of this cold stuff?

OK, Stupid....CRAWL to the walkway Buddy shoveled.

I finally made it! Thanks for all the help Jack.

The broom handle saved my life. I was able to pull up. 

Bud was long gone shoveling The Bridge to Somewhere
so was nowhere around to bail me out of a rock and a snowy place.

“Deep meaning lies often in childish play.”

~Johann Friedrich von Schiller

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Saturday’s Critters
Camera-Critters

Alexander Dairy Farm ~ Fairfield, VA

Local Dairy Farms Are Fading Away

“Growing up on a dairy farm, 

you certainly learn discipline and

a commitment to purpose."

~Mike Johanns

On my way to Fairfield Elementary School and the quilting shop, I pass this big dairy farm. I have been meaning to take some photos of it, but only this day all the planets were in line. There was no proper place to park and I was across the 4-lane highway from the farm, so I pulled off onto the shoulder and walked first to the median and then across to the farm to get these shots. It was a state road so the cars were going relatively slowly. I was very, very careful. I promise. BUT, I was scared to death the cops were gonna ticket me because I was just about 5 lengths back from a red hydrant and barely off the road.

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Saturday's Critters
Camera Critters
Our World Tuesday
Outdoor Wednesdays
Skywatch Friday

Jack ~ Before and After

Before ~ Grumpy Jack

 After Hair Cut ~ Relaxed and So Content

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Poor Little Ralph

Meet Ralph. He has been living up in our attic and walls and making all kinds of disturbing noises at night.  Lately, Buddy noticed some of our plants had been used for a diner meal by some unknown animal. He came up with an idea for protection: the grill, two rise trays removed from the grill, plexiglass, some beaded board and the propane tank. Only something small would be able to break the barrier. Well, one did and nibbled off the tops of two of his little flowers. Well, that did it, and of I went to Lowes for a friendly trap that you bait with food, and when the animal gets in it and the door slams shut, you have pick up the cage and release him far, far away.Well, we got him and it oh, so quiet now. Bud calls it a Wood Rat. He’s so cute with his little pink eyes. By the time Bud got him up in the woods of North Mt., he was scared to death. Finally, he tilted the cage and Ralph scampered off into the woods. The house is certainly quite these days :-)

I am not sure which bird this is, but he surely was enjoying the food left at the entrance/exit from a part of the Appalachian Trail. Please let me know what it is. While I was waiting for my two hikers to return from their 10 day hike (I shuttle hikers to and from the trail), I spotted this hungry guy. He would get the food into his mouth and then fly off with it. I did not ever see him actually eating the food in front of me, and I was not able to get a frontal shot.

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Jack and Cuz Buster

Poor Jack...he did not know what to do with his frisky cousin that wanted to jump about and play all weekend. It is sort of like he is saying...”Please just leave me alone. You are barely one and I am 13.”

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Daisy and Buster

 Daisy and Mischievous Buster

These two belong to my daughter.

Daisy is laid back and old; Buster is one and will not let her have any peace.

 My son, Gene, with Buster at Thanksgiving Table
Yes, Buster is eating his cake!

Buster’s Gluten Free Spice Cake

Sorry about the noise in the pictures, but sometimes my iPhone 4 does a crummy job.
Any suggestions on how to avoid it?

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