Weekend fun...

Today is an awesomely sunny day for January.  We are so counting our blessings for such a mild winter, although without the snow, our fields will suffer come summer.  We took advantage of the sun and went for a nice long walk.  Even Sebastian, our orange kitty came a long.  Everything went pretty good until the puppies realized there was a CAT! Sebastian quickly made a run for the trees where he sat in the branches and watched from a safe distance.

Sadie was along this time carrying her ball and begging for someone (me) to throw it for her.  She gets so possessive that it was a little tense when the puppies were chasing her, but she did good and no one lost any body parts.

And Miss Tessie tagged along, she's getting so old, 14 plus years and counting, but she always goes with us.  The problem is that over the last year or so she has gone almost completely deaf, so the puppies running up and jumping around her, scares her a little and she's a little crotchedy, so its always an adventure with her.

Tessie teaching Brownie to read her lips!

The 3 Amigos, Green, Lucy and Brownie

Green Girl in full run, great Michael Jordan tongue!

Our beautiful Brownie Girl

And Lucy Lu, a Booner Jr.



More babies leaving the nest

After today we will only have 2 puppies left, by the end of the weekend, probably none.  We are so fortunate that we have found good homes and great families for them.  I feel really good about where everyone has gone and have gotten pictures and updates back from almost everyone.  Here is the latest departures

 Our Red Boy chillaxing with Bruce right before...

His new owners picked him up.  He is going to live in Nebraska with Walker, shes' a student at University of Nebraska in Lincoln.  Mom is on the right, her dad used to be my Doctor in Kiowa.

And today Pinky Tuscadero will become Molly Brown and move to Larkspur, CO.  Such a joy to have them in my home for a short while .

"Molly"

One more hppy family, they told me they thought they ahd just about bought everything you can get for a puppy at PetSmart, should be one spoiled and happy girl!

Fun with my sister

My heart is always happy when my big sis comes to visit for a few days.  It always seems like we will have so much time but the time goes by so quickly.  We spent a lot of time with the puppies, going to the vet getting them ready to go to new homes, putting me back together when I would totally fall apart, loving and playing with them.  I know she thinks she's not a dog person, but I beg to differ.  Animals instinctively know good people and they loved her.

Two of my favorites!

 We went to the National Western Stock Show where I think Karen was astounded at the cows being bathed, combed, clipped, puffed and prepared for show.  It's quite the operation and something to ponder...these cows are pampered like movie stars at a spa, crazy!

Chilling in the cow barn

Look close at the cows tail, they tease the end and spray it, kind of looks like cotton candy and the bigger the poof, the better.  We stayed until the people got so thick we couldn't move through the aisles.  We only touch a fraction of what was there to see.

We finished this awesome project too.  I had an old frame in the garage that we cleaned up.  We went to Home Depot and bought a full big smooth board (can't remember what the heck it was called" they sawed it into smaller pieces for me so out of one board I got 5 big pieces.  Next we painted the board with chalk board paint and then glued it to the framed and hung it.  It turned out so great and now I still have the other boards that we painted that I can either use in other places like my office and my hangar, but you could cut smaller pieces, use smaller frames and use them for gifts or classrooms, kitchens, you name it.  We were both happy with how it all turned out.  Just a hint that garage sales and thrift stores are great places for cheap frames.

Of course we made jewelry, Karen is a machine when it comes to stringing and she made some really pretty pieces that we didn't take pictures of, maybe she will and post them on her blog.  It was a really fun few days and I just love having that kind of one on one time with my soul sista.  Love you Karen!

Bitter Sweet Times

The past few days have been just that, bitter sweet.  Our puppies have been finding their way into great families and while I am happy and grateful for that, each one takes a piece of my heart.  Our Blue Boy and our Orange Boy are now gone.  Here are the really happy new families

Orange Boy who has been renamed Bacchus

Blue Boy who has been renamed Boston

Our congratulations to the new "parents" I'll post updated pictures of them in the near future.  I like the Winnie the Pooh quote that fits so well..."I will carry your heart in my heart, forever"

Fun in the snow

Very fun taking the puppies for a walk with Hoss, I'm not sure who enjoys it more!

Full Moon over the Plains

Caught this as I was driving home a couple of nights ago, it makes you stop in your tracks and watch in awe, the miracle of the place we call home.

Coming up over the rise

Another shot over the trees

I wish I had my real camera and not my phone, these would have been a lot clearer, but you get the idea.

Mellow Yellow's New Family

The Reinhardt's came out today to select their new puppy.  They seem to be a great family who lost their German Shepherd a few months back.  It was both fun and gut wrenching to watch the selection process, they were so torn between all the puppies.  They wanted a female so that narrowed it to 5, and I had sent pictures to them a couple days before so they thought they were going to pick the light green girl with the long coat.  After a long discussion between mom, dad and the 2 teen age daughters, we started to eliminate choices to help make it easier.  In the end Yellow Girl actually picked them and it was a match made in Heaven.  Being a little psychic, I actually knew somehow that Yellow would be leaving us today.  I was sad and happy at the same time.  She is going to a good home in Evergreen, CO and with any luck we will get to see pictures of her every now and again.  Happy Trails and good sniffing Wellow, Wellow!

I love the smiles, they are so happy to have a new family member and called when they got home to let us know they had all made it ok.  Here's to wishing them a restful night's sleep :-)