Summertime Fun

For a while, I was the victim. . .  then, poor Miss Johnnie had to put up with them.

She was a pretty good sport even though the look on her face said differently at times.  Putting up with house monkeys endears her to me all the more.

Oh, the things she puts up with.  Thing 1 and Thing 2.  Pretending to be Native American or Hippies?

I have yet to figure out what this face is.

Packing the crazy ones around.

Having to think about putting up with them.

Roving around.



Redneck Swimming Club

They, Sister and Brother, may have given up on ever getting a pool. . . . so they opted for the second next best thing. . .  a water trough set up in the shade of the house and a couple of oak trees.

Hey, have you happened to see the most beautiful girl?

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Funky white boy!

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Water fight with cattle syringes?

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What Could Be My New Ride

While in the city, today, I saw the truck I want next.  It might get better fuel mileage than my 2011?

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Who ever it belonged to, obviously didn't just chunk it together.  However, it is very odd as it is an Isuzu tractor with a Chevy (ooops!  Its a Dodge) bed/rear end.  Nice paint job, though.  Isuzu was put on the tailgate.

But you can bet that I get this 2011 paid off, I won't be getting anything else for a while.

What is This?

Can you see it?  Gliding through the air?  Slipping, sliding.  Falling down?



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If you could combine the three of these you could see what Brother I were privy to see.  A complete rainbow.  I couldn't get far enough away from it.  And, amazingly, there were four rainbows altogether.  You can't see them in the pictures but they were there.  There was a faint one closer to us but there were two more stacked just underneath the prettiest one.

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State Visitors

Of late, due to the drought, we have been seeing more and more birds coming up to scratch through horse manure and steal chicken feed.  So we have taken to feeding the dear little souls.  You can't help but feel for them, so we were feeding them.



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Some weren't too happy with the woman at the window. 

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See?

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These lovely visitors have graced us with their beauty as well.

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Evenutally, another visitor started coming around.  He is called Sneaky Squirrel.

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And while we are on the topic of droughts and with the recent event of wildfire in the area, I have incorporated the help of the following creatures to help combat the issue of underbrush near the house.



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 Here is their handiwork.

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Courage is Fear in Work Clothes

A few morning last week, I received phone call, waking me up.  It was Brother everytime.  He beat me up every morning and never bothered to wake me up.  He was so excited to be able to call me to come outside and look at what he was doing.  They don't stay little long, do they?

Brother and his mare, Johnnie.



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You can sure bet this mama's heart was swelling.

We've Been Working in The Coal Mine

One has to be really careful when ferrets are on the lam and running through your house.  Never thought about my bag of charcoal. 

Dirty Little Ferret!

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Beating Up On Boredom

Brother got a big package of stuff here while back to go with the rifles Hubby got him to practice with for 4-H Shooting sports.  We found it quite entertaining to put the ferrets in the peanuts that remained in the box.  I still haven't figured out how to make a slide show within this blog account so there are close to 20 pictures in this post.

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These guys were funny bouncing around through the styrofoam peanuts.  I think Metric actually enjoyed it more than Pinky.  They played for the longest.