Heidi's Birthday

Today is Heidi's birthday. Four years old. Wow!

 If only they could stay this small huh?

 Her and Mick on the bench by the door. Almost the same size.

Here she is on the same bench now. Finally grew into her ears. Happy Birthday girl!

Christmas

Christmas was good this year, as usual. Ted, Sue and the kids came for Christmas Eve dinner. Gramma made all the good stuff. Swedish meatballs, Swedish sausage, roasted potatoes, corn, lasagna, garlic bread. We forgot to put out the lefsa, so I guess I'll have to eat that myself. Darn!

 The kids had some presents to open.

 Mary got pink boots.

 Russ got a micro race set.

 They brought some goodies to eat including  Gramma and Grampa ginger bread people. Unfortunately later that night Gramma lost her head. No pics, too gruesome. On Christmas Day we went to Jess' and spent some time with her. We got to meet Lowell finally. I was on my best behavior so as to not scare him away and it went really well. Nice guy. Of course, I'll be watching.

Last night when I went to put the chickens to bed I found my little Lucy frozen in the horse pen. :-( She has really been showing signs of old age lately, so I knew it would be coming, but it's still sad for me. I guess some chickens can live to 20 years and some only a few. Sad, but that's life on the farm.  Bye.

December On The Farm

Well we got a pretty good snow dump this month so far.

Ended up with ten inches.

 

The Weber turned it self into a cone-head.

The dogs are huddling together waiting for Gramma to sit with them and keep them warm.

I strung some lights on the gazebo frame to try and make the house more festive.

Christmas came a little early for me and Gramma. New Macbook Pro and new boots for Gramma.

 New golf clubs for me. No doubt once I begin to use them and get comfy with them I will be asked to join the "Senior Tour". HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Anyway that's all from "The Funny Farm". Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight.

Happy Birthday Alyssa and Brian

Today is Alyssa's and Brian's birthday. She is twelve years old today. WOW! Time sure flies. I won't say how old Brian is 'cause that wouldn't be nice. But I will say that in two years he hits "The Big Four O". Oh my.

 

 Here is Alyssa with her Gramma at just a few days old.

 Here she is with her brother Peter. Cute ain't they?

 Here she is being her normal self, goofy.

Here she is wtih her Dad on their last birthday. Happy Birthday guys. We love you.


Gramma and Grampa

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SALLY!

Well, it's my big sister's birthday today. I'm not gonna say how old she is, but she's older than me and I'm older than dirt. So....... just sayin'.

 Here she is with her Mom and big sister and dog when they were gypsies and lived in a trailer. This was BS, (before Steve) so I'm not sure what kind of con games they were running, but I guess it wasn't that profitable because they stopped by the time I was born.

 Here she is in the yard at our little house in Blaine. Don't know who's bike it is, but it looks too big for her.

 Here she is in grade school. Isn't she cute? She was smart too and also the most well behaved and nicest kid in the family. That's including all our cousins too.

Here she is today. I think she's aged really well. Don't you?

Happy birthday Sal. We love you.

Be good, Be safe, Stay in your own lane.

November and Another Birthday

Well, on Thanksgiving we went to Ted and Sue's and while there we celebrated birthdays. There is a lot of November birthdays. For some unknown reason I had it in my head that Mary's birthday was today. WRONG! It was Friday. Probably early onset Al's Hammer. Why Al wants everyone to have his hammer, I don't know. I definetly prefer my own hammer and I have tried many different kinds over the years. Anyway, sorry little girl, it won't happen again. Probably. I hope.

 Here I am holding her at 2 weeks old. Wow.

 Here she is 9 years later. WOW! It goes so fast. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARY! We love you.

 For those of you who didn't really believe me when I said one of our chickens ate a mouse, here you go. Sorry if it's blurry. You try to take a picture of a running chicken with a mouse in it's mouth and let me know how it comes out.

These two pics are for my Grandsons in Louisana. Boys, this is what a buzz cut looks like. Did it myself this morning. Hasta luego.

Happy Birthday Jess and Russell

Happy Birthday Kids!

Jess has always had issues with foxes.

What a cutie.

She has always loved horses.

She has always liked to fish.

 

She still likes to fish and sometimes she even catches something. I'm not sure she could feed herself this way however. Happy Birthday Honey.

 

 Russell T. Berg. AKA The Running Man.

 They sure grow fast.

This year he came up hunting with Dad one day. I think he liked it. Happy birthday Russ.

Rocky

Well, I guess four days wasn't forever. I have Gramma's hand-me-down computer, which is a big step up from what I had. Thanks Gramma. Maybe now she won't have to fix it all the time. If she does, then the problem is me.

I thought I would get some pics of Rocky before it gets real cold and his comb freezes and falls off.

He's a handsome boy and the largest rooster we've ever had. Still not aggressive and still eats out of my hand. Who's that clown in the background?

He has several bright green, almost iridescent feathers by his tail. Weird, but cool.

Oh, here's that clown cat. Sparkle II.

A male Downy woodpecker.

Cute little guys. Three weeks 'til deer season. Gramma says I'm in a high speed wobble. I don't know about that, but on these cold mornings, now that you can see in the woods, sure makes me want to go sit in the deer stand. I guess I can wait. Anyhoo that's all from the farm. Seeeee Ya!

Last Post ..........Forever?

Well not really forever, I don't think, but maybe for awhile. Although it's already been awhile. Just been having computer problems again. The last time Gramma had to fix it we lost two years of pictures. So tonight I'm putting all the pics on a disc. Gramma's going to buy an Apple lap top and I'm getting her other one. Then we're putting this one on a stump and blasting it with the varmint rifle. I can't wait. Maybe we should have a computer shooting party. I bet G.G.G.Gramma would like it too. Anyway here's some pics.

 Snowed for the first time on Saturday. Didn't last too long, but it was there. We heard it was really cold in Louisiana too. Anyone got some winter coats for those people?

 Went to the lake after Gramma got home from Switzerland and took out the dock and took some pics of the colors.

 Here's a couple of pics from the golf course in Isle.

I wish I had brought my camera the week before, because the trees were even prettier then and the day was warm and sunny. Well that's it for now, I'll be back when I am. Of course it's possible no one will miss it anyway. See ya around and be nice to your dogs.

Fawns

 Hey, twice in one day. What's up with that? I was talking to my sister and walked back to the bedroom and saw the twins out back. Well they walked right up to the house and the buck actually stepped up on the patio.

 I went out to the garage an quietly pushed up the window and stuck the camera outside.

 He had stepped off the patio by then, but was still in the corner eating stuff.

 here's the doe outside our bedroom window.

Here's the buck in the same spot. Can you see his little nubbins? They hung around out there for over an hour. Cool.

This has been the nightly scene since Gramma went overseas. I need a bigger chair. Aloha.