Call me crazy...
but...
when the sun finally came back out again yesterday afternoon,
I had to just lie down on the snow covered ground and stare at the blue sky.
Now mind you, our afternoon temps are still in the 20's...
but I am in such need of sunshine, that I will brave frigid cold to bask in the rays!
I happened to be with the Nigerian goats at the time...
and they thought me quite odd.
Odd, that is, until I began dishing out chin scratches.
Then, they thought me quite wonderful,
and crowded around me.
"If only she had more than two hands..."
(I could imagine them saying.)
As you can see...
these goats can almost completely recycle and old Christmas tree.
This is about as close as Audrey ever gets to me.
She is untrusting by nature.
"Yeah" she sighs, "that's because every time I get close enough,
you try to trim my hooves or give me vaccinations, or worm me."
"What I can't figure out," she continued, "is why the rest of them are so
chummy with you!"
"Bribery." I replied. "The rest will do anything for a Ritz!"
"Chin scratches," said Ash, "are just as good as Ritz Crackers."
"Ooooh, yeah, a little to the right, ok?"
PS: Happy Happy Birthday, Amanda and Ryan!
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I hope the sun keeps shining!
Happy Birthday Amanda and Ryan..
We are usually about a month ahead of you on the East Coast weather wise and yesterday we had the warmest day of the year at 61 degrees. I know Spring is about to arrive because last night all the frogs began singing at the pond for the first time. We always jokingly call this the Spring Peepers Chorus & boy were they noisy last night, but I love that hearing them herald Spring's arrival. This morning I saw a flowering crab-apple branch covered with the first pale pink blossoms. The tree's buds are about to unfurl their new leaves in a couple of weeks. I will be happy to see everything camouflaged in bright green once again. Next week we will all have an extra hour of light & the days will seem much longer. In just a few weeks everyone will be seeing that Winter is finally over & Spring has arrived. I bet you are chomping at the bit to get your new greenhouse into full swing with Spring planting. I need to buy some primroses today just to get some color on my deck.
Your neck warmers are beautiful & the buttons you selected really give them a contemporary edginess. I love when something traditional is combined with something modern and they compliment one another perfectly. Seeing them makes me wish I lived somewhere cold enough to put a few in my wardrobe.