The River and Swimming

the dogs like to cool off in the River on our runs - they drink from it too...Ugh, but dogs have a greater capacity to tolerate unsure water.  I still wish they would not drink it due to run off from farms and all the other pollutants thrown into it.  You would think from this photo it is pristine water - but very few, if any, waterways, lakes, oceans are unpolluted in our era.   Maybe future generations will place a higher level of importance on Mother Earth.  Happy Earth Day!

BUCKEYE

Buckeye "DJ"

sitting on pasture watching the goats graze

One Month to Go...Winter

This lighting reflects the whole of winter - it is very cool blue - where frost hangs in the valley.

This year January was cold, frigid...temperatures everyday either 30.20,10,-5 or -10.  With one month to go, maybe it won't seem that bad.  I enjoy the excuse to stay inside read and write, but the chores still need to be done.  With the invention of fleece clothing, any layering will keep me warm - and it does, but so does the instinct to pack on the pounds.

Even the dogs are eating alot! Bud "Jake", Buckeye "DJ", Bucky, and Robin"Rabbit", the small beagle hover around the woodstove.  The other dog not pictured is in a cage off to the side, Gullah "Gunner".

Gullah "Gunner" loves to roll in the snow...

The cats can't stay away...

Bluecloud

Oconee

Robin "Rabbit"

she has been with us five or six winters, I have to look back at the first photos of her - she was in the woods for weeks, and it took the help of our neighbors dogs to keep her still so I could grab her.  She's been with us ever since!  The only thing she does wrong is pee in the house, so she is caged in the house overnight.

...even the mice are the more populated indoors due to the outdoor frigid conditions...and the cats don't seem to be doing their job.  See Gene's blog - thehaystore.blogspot.com -  on how to set a humane trap for mice - it works!