December One

I am just amazed at how this year has flown.  It’s December 1, and that means it’s time for The First of the Month.  This year, I’ve highlighted my backyard.  With the drought, it’s not been as interesting as I had hoped.

But look!  I have an angel here for the holidays!

SOOC

My backyard is looking about the same as last month. The leaves are gone.  The grass is still kind of green.  The asparagus is still bright!

I do get to see my wonderful bovine as they graze next to the yard.

MJ

Maxine

I did see a blue jay out in the trees this morning.

Who’s hiding back there?

Stella!  She’s always hanging out in the yard somewhere.

Stella

I did see my Marley and Stormy kind of wish they didn’t have a fence between them today.

Stormy and Marley~SOOC

I’ve really enjoyed doing this meme, 1st of the Month.

I’m also linking to SOOC Sunday, Bird d’Pot, and Camera Critters.

Frosty Mornings

We’ve really had some beautiful mornings around here lately.  There was even one or two frosty mornings.

Sadly, you have to have moisture to have frost, and we are still experiencing extreme drought situations, so I had to take advantage of the  little bit of frost we’ve had.

The goats have been going out as soon as the sun has been up.  It was too cold for them to even leave the barnyard today.

The real surprise for me this fall has been the bright colors on the gooseneck flowers that are now dead.

Stella is also enjoying the cooler weather.  As a Great Pyrenees, she prefers cold to hot.

I’m hoping this is the signal that we’re really going to have a real cold winter this year!

Linking to  Farm Fun Friday, Show and Tell Friday, Farm Girl Friday Blog Fest, Camera Critters and Macro Monday.

Some Silly and Serious S Stuff

I couldn’t figure out what I wanted to write about for today’s Alphabe-Thursday post, so I didn’t make up my mind.  Instead I just started taking pictures.

First up is Djali.  That stupid llama is spitting at my ox.

Stupid Spitting Llama

Next we have a scene that is seen frequently right now.  The harvest is well under way here, and the sound of combines carries to my farm from every direction.

commonly seen scene

While I was in the pasture, I decided I would try to get a picture of the sunflare through the trees.  I was very surprised when I saw this one.  I swear I did nothing to make it look more like a heart shape.

surprise in my sunflare

While walking back there, I saw a spade.  It was left by my nephew while he was finishing up a bit of work.  This reminds me I still need to go bring it back up for him.

I love the splash of color under the clear sky.  Is that a stretch for an s?

The goats were in pasture.  I caught sisters, Bonnie and Blaze, browsing together.

sisters

My sweet, sweet Myson was munching the stems of the rose bush.

Sweet Myson

Bonnie is one spotted, speckled, and splotched goat.  She was stretching as high as she could to get some green stuff.

speckled, spotted and splotched Bonnie stretching

My silly little shadow was resting in the shade.  My Bob cat followed me all over the pasture.  He was panting, so I put him over my shoulder and carried him part of the way.  He doesn’t often pose for me, but when he does, the results are purrfect!

silly shadow Bob

I thought about sitting on the stump to rest and look at the silvery moon (upper left hand corner), but thought I might get splinters.

stump under the silvery moon

So I continued walking back to the house.  On the way, I saw two of my super stinky boys.  Really they stink.

stinky boys

This might be another stretch, but the birds (maybe they’re sparrows) were sitting on the corn.

birds sitting on corn

Finally, I arrive at the sad part of my post.   I took this as another silly picture, the cat yawning, but I noticed something amiss. This is my seriously snaggletoothed Snickers.  Do you see something missing on the bottom.  He’s lost the tooth that was abscessed last spring.  There’s also a big horrible spot, so he went back to see the vet.  The diagnosis is cancer.

seriously snaggletoothed Snickers

Finally my sick pup, Mushu, is feeling better, but I don’t think the infection is the primary problem.  I believe he and Snickers share the same diagnosis.  He’s only eating soft food, struggles to get up and sleeps most of the time.  I’m so grateful my mom is helping to care for him during the day when I’m at work.

sick puppy

He still makes me smile.  After all, he is my soul puppy.

Linking to Alphabe-Thursday, Thankful Thursday, This orThat Thursday, Thursday Favorite Things, and Rural Thursday hosted by A Rural Journal and Two Bears Farm.