The Biggest Peanut Hog

Someone decided he likes peanuts.

We don't think that's fair.  They're our peanuts!

Excuse Me

This big ox is always lying in the doorway.  He's taking up a lot of our basking space.



He fills the whole doorway.  He even opened it up, so he'd fit.

 

It wasn't nearly that open when we started the fall.

Moove Over

Look at this!  It's wrong.  That big fat ox isn't supposed to be over here.

He needs to get back on his own side of the barn and barnyard.



We just need someone brave enough to tell him.



It's not going to be me!

The Secret to Long Life

Yoga.  Yep.

Even the ox knows that.  Suppose I'll get to be 17 if I keep up my yoga?

That is NOT a Goat

Look what that human did to us!

Victoria, Joe, Joani, and the big ox

That is NOT a goat.  We shouldn't have to share our barn with that big ox!

Scarlet, Cookie, Cora, Victoria and the big ox

He could accidentally eat Cora in just one bite.

Cora, Victoria and the big ox

Can you believe the injustice of it?

Mountain Goat

Cheddar has decided to pretend to be a mountain goat.

She's got quite a good imagination and a very tolerant mountain.

Now Look What She Did

As if leaving pies in our food pans wasn't bad enough, look what that Maxine cow did now!



Luckily, she's keeping him out in the pasture.



She lets the big ox calf sit while she grazes.  She's at least smart that way.

Stormy is a Scaredygoat

This is Stormy.  She's a pretty big goat.  She's all grown up and a mom. You'd think she'd be brave.

What could have her acting like a kid trying to get away from something by scurrying under the fence.

It wasn't working so well, was it?

It wasn't the chupacabra.

Nope.  It was just MJ.  The human finally convinced Stormy to sneak past him really quickly while she stood between them.  You know because the human is so big and strong she can protect her from a giant ox.

He was on his way out to pasture.

Silly scaredygoat Stormy.

A Sad Boy

The human thought MJ died of a broken heart.

She came closer and watched to see if he was breathing.

Luckily he was just taking a nap.  He looks kind of sweet sleeping like that.

He was all flopped out in the lane

because he wanted to be as close to Maxine and her baby, Norma Jean, as he could get.

That's a big heart to be so sad and lonely.

"Please, I want my woman and baby back."

Weather Cows

Wednesday.

Friday.

I really liked Wednesday better.

It rained and then snowed all day and night yesterday.

I stayed inside all day. I still don't want to come out.

Bed Tubs

This is where little kids, like Mo, like to sleep.

Okay, Vesta is getting a bit too big for this I think.

Dana and Dixie sleep together like salt and pepper shakers, kind of. The geese are starting to molt--feather bed!

Here is where the big ox likes to sleep.

Actually, he was watching them do this. It scared us from going out to pasture for a while this evening.