An Early Christmas Present from Gray (Don't read this while eating!)

I went down to the barn the other night with my niece Hailey to feed the horses. We were at the gate when we heard a muffled meow and Gray...


Came running up to me and dropped a dead (thankfully) mouse at my feet. Merry Christmas to you to Gray! Of course I had to pet her for being such a good little barn kitty. While I was petting her Runt stole it from her er... me! Once Runt was done (gag) eating (gag) it she went up to Hailey and meowed like "MORE!" The Barn Cats are so weird! Then again so is Saber the house cat that fetches aluminum foil balls.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Hope you all don't eat so much you make yourself miserable like Saber did.



I don't have any pictures of turkeys, but I did get some shots of some Canadian Geese Saturday morning. Man it was cold. There had to have been at least 40 that flew in on the half frozen pond.

A Lot and Then Some

I have so much to tell that I haven’t taken the time to write out here lately so let me get started…

My brother, Jay, had the opportunity to preach from the pulpit in church recently. To be more specific the Woodbine Cumberland Presbyterian Church, also known as Pastor Ray’s church.

Isn’t it funny how a turn of events can happen that links to another and another? Some people call it a coincidence. Others call it fate. Call it what you will… My mom’s favorite song in the whole world is Amazing Grace. She used to sing it to us to help us sleep, when we were sick, or just because. If she wasn’t singing it she was humming it. When I received my program I glanced through and saw Amazing Grace on the list. My breath caught in my throat. Then I thought Jay probably requested it. He didn’t in fact it caught him as off guard as it did me. When he got up to speak he got choked up when he mentioned it.

Jay quoted something Hailey (Jay’s oldest) told him when he found out he would be preaching that day. It is one of my favorite things Hailey has said. If you knew Hailey you would know how impressive that is. She is always saying something great. When she found out she said “Dad, if people didn’t know you, they wouldn’t believe a mechanic could preach”. She is exactly right. “If they didn’t know him” they may not believe it, but it’s true and he was, of course, Amazing. Here is the mechanic at work.



My dad left to go hunting Friday afternoon. He normally is the one to feed the horses. When he is away I fill in. When I got to my parent’s house Friday evening I say Jack and said hi, but Jack’s cat Runt wasn’t there to greet me. I went down to the barn and fed the horses, fed the barn cats, then went to feed Jack. Jack and Runt eat together. Like I said, that is his cat. She was officially MIA.

Saturday morning I get to the house and still no Runt. I feed the horses and still no Runt. After hollering for her and calling her she still did not come. She never disappears so my mind begins to think the worst. Coyote.

Saturday evening I get to the barn and go about my business without her crying for me to pet her for the 3rd time in a row. After everyone is fed and happy I leave the barn and walk past the shop (my dad’s big garage he works out of) and I hear a quiet little meow. “Runt?” and she meows back. “Runt!?” I exclaimed again as if I expected her to say “It’s me! I’m still here! I’m alive!” Now comes the tricky part. Getting a key and getting past the alarm before the cops come out to take me away for rescuing my dad’s dog’s cat. I got her out with the magic key and password and stayed with her until she had her fill of love and cat food after she got to say hello to her beloved dog. She stopped eating after a bit and wanted me to pet her, after all it had been over a day since her last human contact.

Saturday morning since Runt wasn’t around to steal all of my attention that wasn’t focused on the horses I had a wild cat hang out with me. Yup, you heard me a wild cat. After a few minutes I found out what you get for trying to pet a wild cat.



You get a goofy smile! She isn't much of a wild cat anymore. She figured out she likes to be petted. She followed me around at the barn for 2 days.

Thats all for now!

All I Want To Do...

It is cold outside and I'm being lazy today.

So is Saber...


And the neighbor's horse... (see the lower lip sag? I LOVE it! Mae does that when I rub on her ears.)

On a Lighter Note

Here are some photos I took recently.





My grandmother loves Jack. When she was still driving she would bring him leftovers all the time. The big galoot would all but climb in her lap when she opened the door. He gained weight then. We (the grandkids) call our grandmother Nanny. I used to tell her "Jack loves his Nanny".





Sunny running around with his tail in the air. I guess its better than his nose in the air.



Pretty Boy



Patches

I So Don't Know Her!

This is my crazy cat Saber again. She was rolling around between the back of the couch and the window and about fell through (or so she thought). She just isn't right! :)

Her nick names are Bur and Fur-Bur. To me this looks like a Fur-Bur moment. What do you think?

Wordless Wednesday

A Very Unusual Love Story

I've been thinking a lot about love lately as it is coming up on mine and my husband's first Anniversary (about a month now). Closer to time I will give you our story, but Friday when I was at my parent's house it made me realize that sometimes love is rather unusual and unpredictable.

My dad's (really my mom's too, but he is my dad's "baby") dog Jack and my barn cat Runt make one unusual pair. This is a picture of them (phone picture sorry it isn't good quality!) eating together. She is the only barn cat that he will allow to eat with him. He followed me after I fed him, turned around and saw another cat eating out of his dish with Runt and he goes barreling towards his dish growling like a mad dog. Runt raises up and sees him coming right at her and just sits there like "I know you aren't talkin' to me!" while the other cat leaves the country. Then he eats with Runt while looking out for any other cats brave enough to confront him. We call Runt "Jack's Cat". They have always been like this. When she was a kitten we just thought that it was because she was a baby, but now she is grown and she is still the only one that can do this. He also wags his tail when she walks up to him. She licks his ears and rubs on him even goes as far as laying on top of him when he is laying down. It is the coolest thing. I've never seen a dog take to a cat and cat to a dog to this extreme before. Do you all have any unusual "love" stories?

Madder Than A Wet Hedge Hog

Normally we get to spend some time playing with our house cat, Saber. If we are not home much she lets us know she is upset. One time we were gone all day then got home late and she had knocked every thing she could move on our dresser to the floor.

Her favorite toy is actually a large squeaky dog toy. I think it is a hedge hog. See below. Her favorite game is cross between hide and seek and tag. We chase her through the house and she runs away like she is all scared. Then we run and hide and she comes after us then jumps up the wall we are hiding behind. Maybe she likes it because she is better at it than we are. Her tag is my favorite too, becuase it is more active and I laugh everytime she leaps up the wall. As my husband says "Simple things for simple minds". I will try to get a video of this sometime soon.





(I know it may look like she is declawed. She isn't. She just doesn't use them much.)

She will play with Mr. HedgeHog when we are not home, but it isn't the same. She likes us to throw him for her. When we got home last night she had him in her water dish. She had him sitting in it. Yep, sitting. His little stuffed bottom had soaked up at least half the water. I played with her and she looked at me like "It's about time!" Saber may not speak English, but she diffinatly gets her point across.

Happy Easter!

This is a card that I made at a recent Stampin' Up class. Isn't it cute!?

8 Days Old!

Sunday our little guy (barn name is Sunny) turned 8 days. He continues to grow and get healthier. Which makes me very happy. We have had many visitors that have come to see him. It amazes me at everyones interest in babies. He is a friendly little guy. I think he enjoys the company. When we let him out to play he ran around, bucked and kicked then laid down and slept. Then he got up and did it over again.

If you or a friend is interested in a Arabian colt he will be for sale after he is weaned and gelded.

Here my husband is messing with him.

We introduced my 2 mares to the baby yesterday too. We put a halter on Mae, just in case we needed to grab her for some reason, even though she never wears one in the field and she couldn't stand it. She kept shaking her head and rubbing her face on her legs. My husband put it on her and she would go up to him like "Take it off!!!!" Why you ask? Because she may not be the boss horse at the barn, but she is the queen! She only wears one when we are working with her of hauling her some where and she knows it.

I couldn't resist this picture of Runt (the barn cat) she was cleaning her self and I caught her tongue out. He he!

Window Views

Today was so nice that I decided to open up the windows. Saber learned that we had a window and the bedroom so I had to take pictures since she jumped from the bed to the window to look out. Normally she has something to sit on (like a couch) instead of the sill.


Let me explain something about this cat... I don't know how other house cats are since she is our only one, but when she gets an interesting scent she has to shove her nose on the object to get it all in. When we come home from the barn she has to smell every inch of us before we can pet her. I'm wondering if she is like "Whew! You smell awful!" Anyway she must of smelled something different on the curtain, because she has to pull it in with her paw to get it against her nose in the next two pictures.

Snow Day!

Yesterday was a snow day. I didn't get out much because I wasn't feeling well, but I did stick the cat on the deck and take a picture plus i took some through the door of the back yard.

This on is Saber's Paw, but I didn't have the camera ready to take the picture

This on I had the camera waiting and ready.


These are looking out the back door.

Later on I went to my mom and dad's to take pictures of the horses, but most of the snow was melted by then. I will post the horses later.