Quick, I need a caption!

What would Elly say???

A request

Dear Grandma,
Please don't wrap things in frilly silly curly girly bows.
It disgusts us.
Love,
Win and Remi

Post-a-palooza! My weekend in pics.

Diamond's round bales dot the hillsides

Round bales at dusk

The Palouse River meanders past Green Hollow

The best damn hayin crew a girl could ask for!

Boy and Dog enjoy a cool dip in the river

Captain Cash-tastic... He's the best river rock pickin dog in the Greater Palouse.

Smelly Elly's photo shoot

Oh, Smelly Elly, you are truly one of a kind!

Say Cheese!

Win and Remi have become quite dashing big boys! They don't walk or trot~ THEY DASH! EVERYWHERE!

Where thy nose leads thy brother follows.

Last night we spent a few hours out in the big world doing some cleanup, transplanting lilacs and mentally planning this years garden additions. Remi discovered the goats and Win discovered the garden swing. It was all very exciting, as can be expected in the big world.

Lucky for me they both sat still for just a moment and said "CHEESE"! So smiley, so sweet.

A random share

Our brand. Isn't this great???? My DH fabricated it out of stainless steel rod. It's about 12" tall. LOVE IT!

A glimpse of the round table meetings at our house. Seed catalogs for the man and I, rubber tire toy for Cheyenne.

Last but not least- meet Howly Berry! She's our new farm kitty. I don't know where she came from but she arrived in the barn one night while the coyotes were howling in the distance. Hence the name Howly :)

Chief resident building inspector and mechanic

Cheyenne

(aka Ninnie, Cheyennerbananaer, Lil Baby, Pretty Girl, Twinkle Toes, and the latest one- Shortcake)

*I'm telling you, this battery is dead!*

*One good kick, Daddy, and this building will just topple over.*

She's our farm helper, intruder alarm, diesel mechanic, building inspector, and loyal assistant in every project Jason starts.

OMG, such abuse!

Look at these two! You would think they'd be out of their yard all the time, right? They jump and jump, clearing the gate with every leap and bound, BUT they never jump over. Never.

Is that not a perfect animal abuse ad? I mean look at Remi's pitiful little face and death grip on the fence! And Win looks desperate to escape!

What would the Cesar, the Dog Whisperer say?

LOVE these goaties!

They never cease to entertain me!

It's the Verizon bars! Really, we do only have three bars at our place.

Pan, the smiliest goat EVER! He's so stinking cute.

Merlin takes a siesta while Luna and Pan SCRITCH AND SCRATCH the spring itchies away.

Processing jeans for quilts- a photo journal

Cherished

By the edge of a woods, at the foot of a hill, is a lush, green meadow where time stands still.

Where the friends of man and woman do run, when their time on the earth is over and done.

For here, between this world and the next, is a place where each beloved creature finds rest.

On this golden land, they wait and they play, till the Rainbow Bridge they cross over one day.

No more do they suffer, in pain or in sadness, for here they are whole, their lives filled with gladness.

Their limbs are restored, their health renewed, their bodies have healed, with strength imbued.

They romp through the grass, without even a care, until one day they start, and sniff at the air.

All ears prick forward, eyes dart front and back, then all of a sudden, one breaks from the pack.

For just at that instant, their eyes have met; together again, both person and pet.

So they run to each other, these friends from long past, the time of their parting is over at last.

The sadness they felt while they were apart, has turned into joy once more in each heart.

They embrace with a love that will last forever, and then, side by side, they cross over… together.

Duke,

You will always be in my heart. You were my dog baby, full of smiles and happy tail wags. I will desperately miss snuggling with you. How did you always know when I needed you?

I can only imagine the reunion between you and Cody girl and it makes me smile to think of you together again!

Marley,
You came to us only a handful of years ago, but it felt like we were together a lifetime . You were incredibly sweet and gentle. I will truly miss spending time with you. I know you are now in a happier place, free from pain and limitations.

Puppy Spotlight!

Full Name: Cheyenne

Nickname(s): CheyChey, The Little Baby, Ninnance, Missy, Cheyenne Lavoe, Cheyenner Bananer

Most Interesting Feature: Cheyenne has one ear that folds over perfectly while the other always points to the left. We tried and tried to train it to fold over TO NO AVAIL. She'll always have a special ear, just like Nemo and his special fin.

Likes: Daddy, playing with tennis balls, rope toys, and SOCKS, chore time, high pursuit of cats, snuggling in the blankets, and surfing with her head out the car window.

Dislikes: Strange men entering her house wearing work boots, being left in the house when her parents are outside and cats who refuse to run.

Funny Story: When we first moved to the farm, Cheyenne took off in the night to chase one of the cats. Shortly after she disapperaed we heard a giant THUD and she came racing back to us crying at the top of her puppy lungs. We thought perhaps the cat had scratched her. I picked her up to comfort her and caught a big wiff of creosote... turns out Cheyenne had run head on into a telephone pole! To this day she's very cautious when running full speed in the dark!

Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.

I talk to him when I'm lonesome like; and I'm sure he understands. When he looks at me so attentively, and gently licks my hands; then he rubs his nose on my tailored clothes, but I never say naught thereat. For the good Lord knows I can buy more clothes, but never a friend like that. ~W. Dayton Wedgefarth

A man may smile and bid you hail
Yet wish you to the devil;
But when a good dog wags his tail,
You know he's on the level.
Author Unknown

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself. ~Josh Billings

You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us. ~Robert Louis Stevenson

Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole. ~Roger Caras

Puppy Spotlight!

Full Name: Winchester

Nickname(s): Win, Winchestertonfieldville Iowa, Winnie Winnerton, Winnie One Eye, Win Tin Tin

Most interesting feature: Win has only one eye. He was born with two but the left eye had some kind of trauma or damage and was swelling and causing Win tremendous pain. We took him to his favorite Veterinarian for a check up and to get "tutored" and they highly recommended removing his eye. They assured Win that he would no longer be in pain and that his vision wouldn't change as he was only seeing out of the right one.

Likes: Running and rough housing with his brother Remi, rolling in freshly used towels from Mom and Dad's showers, snoozing on his back with all four feet in the air, rope toys, plastic buckets to bark in, cookies and anything Mom might be eating.

Dislikes: Showing anyone his bubba teeth.

Recent Funny Story: Last night Mom was laying on the bed with her hair hanging over the end and Win was walking back and forth through it, snuffling and playing. He threw himself on the ground under Mom's hair and put his paws up to bat at it like a cat. SUDDENLY he grabbed a giant mouth full and TUGGED! Mom let out a OUCH! and he let go. What a trickster!

Giant Leap of Faith: Win, having vision in only one eye, was deathly afraid of the staircase at home. He would stand with his front feet on the bottom stair and **bark bark bark** for his brothers, sister, and Momma to come down. Mom tried and tried to get him to climb the staircase to no avail. One day, not long after his pirate surgery, Win was feeling especially brave (Mom may have taken some particularly delectable treats half way up the stairs). He slowly climbed each stair as if it could give way at any moment, step by step, to the very top! From that moment on he's been able to run up and down the stairs with no concerns! Fear CONQUERED!

Oh, ALRIGHT! One more post today!

Only because I found this set of pics again and had a good chuckle.

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THE Adventures of Farmer Xander and Curly Joe Chicken

There once was a farmer boy named Xander who was known to be the best chicken holder in the entire Inland Northwest. You see, he just LOVED chickens, especially Curly Joe. Curly Joe was special- for he was curly feathered unlike the other chickens who were simply strait feathered. He was a big curly rooster of a chicken. Because of Joe's quirky curly feathers, farmerette Aunt Wraylee handled Curly Joe often over the short course of his life. She thought herself pretty special to have a curly chicken and even more special to have one Grade A chicken holding nephew. She could not, nor would she, deny the farmer boy his chicken holding time......

...regardless of how frequently he let go of Curly Joe!