Wimpy

What's going on here? The kitty has been treed up in the barn.

Look at that big scaredy cat!

What has him treed?

An itty bitty Bob kitty.

Good Memories

Winter is the time of year that we spend a lot of time just standing around or lying down. That leaves us lots of time for reminiscing. I remember when I was a young girl and the giant tree fell down.

That was a lot of good eating. Meg was clear up top; Minnie is in the middle; I'm the one with her hooves solidly on the ground! We were eight months old. Look how thin I was!

More on the Water

Somebody dumped the big green heated tub. I'm not saying who. All I'm going to say is our favorite game (Bowling for Bud) got a little out of control.

Anyhow, the human said she wasn't refilling it because the cattle tank was working. Litha believed her.

Jeeze...why doesn't she just jump in for a swim? She's drooling like a bovine.

She might think it's lip-smacking good, but I'm not getting mine shocked.

I'll just wait for her to fill the tub again. But I am getting a bit thirsty.

Getting in the Spirit

We're under a blizzard warning--our first real snow is here. Bambi was not too happy. Can you hear her, "Maaaaa, I don't like it out here."

Helen is so fuzzy it won't bother her.

Just when we're all standing out here trying to avoid the weather, that darn human brings out something red and white. Maddy really thought it looked like something she wanted no part of.

Sadie wasn't quite so lucky to avoid her, and Maddie seems to find it amusing.

But she does look cute, I guess.

Pam didn't seem to mind it.

Doesn't surprise me she'd try to get on the human's good side by playing along.

Seriously? you really think I need to be subjected to this? in the middle of a blizzard?

Shocking!

Look at that poor llama begging for a drink of water. We all feel his pain. We've all been getting shocked when we drink from that nice blue cattle tank. We are not happy about this. The human did at least give us water in the green tub.

The human did have her nephew and his dad come look at it, and they did do some work. Then she tried telling us it was fine. She FORCED me to put my mouth on it. I was going to put my horns (cast and all) through her gut if she tried that again. Then she dumped it out. The llama was trying to let her know that was not acceptable.

Do you know how much it hurts to get your tongue and lips shocked???? It knocked poor Lucy Goosey on her butt. I know I don't speak highly of the geese, but when she tried to get a drink and it knocked her back, who wouldn't feel sorry for her. The human refilled the green tub, and her dad came the next day to look at the cattle tank.

She got home and dumped the tub to try and make us drink from that tank again. Sure, like we're going to believe her that it's safe. The geese weren't happy about the tub being dumped either.

Finally, we refused to drink long enough that it was getting dark and she refilled the tub.

We all wanted drinks.

Those geese were waiting for us to leave.

Finally, they all got a drink too.

I hope she really gets this thing fixed even though we do not plan on trying it out again.

All of us in the barnyard are showing a rare solidarity and we've decided the human gets to stick her tongue in that thing to "test it".

Three Generations

Minnie in back. Her daughter Betty Lou in front and granddaughter Helen standing.

Family Portrait

Meg wanted a family portrait with her and her two youngest daughters. The human tried, but she couldn't get everyone to keep their mouths shut and quit chewing their cuds. Here Velvet has her mouth open.

Now Fancy has her mouth open. And what's with that weird look?
Finally, they all just started chewing their cuds and told the human she wasn't fast enough.
No nice family portrait for her Christmas cards this year!