Fall in Bluebird Hollow

It is so beautiful out here right now. The trees are amazing and the barnyard animals feel like they've already gone trick or treating in the south pasture.

I stepped in all kinds of deer poo in the front yard to get some of these pictures! My neighbor tries to encourage a deer herd to hang out in his corn field--specifically planted for the deer--and Gunnar and I run into a herd of about a dozen every morning! (Don't tell my neighbor).

Town Hall Meeting

The gnomes are rebelling a bit because they have to be uprooted in order to move to their new farm. I'm sure they'll get over it, but it's quite rowdy in the garage right now...I always thought trolls were the agressive ones and gnomes were fun-loving. Hmmm: guess they don't like change!

(There are more gnomes there than you can actually see)

Lenny and George Revisited

In case you were wondering if "George" was still lying about in "Lenny's" kennel when we went for our evening walk, he was! I don't know what he's been doing all day with that mouse--makes me think he really does think it's a lozenge.

Can you imagine Gunnar laying in his romp room next to a little mouse corpse, pretending to nap with his friend? Sad. (The truth is he's a carnivore; but, I have no idea why this mouse as opposed to the dozens before him did not end up in the white Husky's gastrointestinal tract).

No matter. I made Mr. H come out, reverently pick up little George and place him into Old Man Taylor (burner) for a Viking-style funeral.

Of Mice and Dog

After our 5am tug of war with the rope toy, I threw a few treats into Gunnar's kennel, along with his breakfast. The white Husky has a multi-roomed suite, which he won't have at the new house: he'll have the same sized area but it will be more of an open floor plan loft.

Gunnar snuck in a few sloppy kisses which I typically duck because I know where his mouth usually is and one doesn't want to go there. But, I haven't seen him eat any little woodland creatures lately, so I thought G-man's mouth had a dental cleanliness to it. In other words, when he licked my chin, I thought I was safe.

In his current penthouse there is a romp room, slumber chamber, dining room (where the water bucket is), and an outdoor patio. When I threw the treats into the romp room I saw that Gunnar had indeed been romping: he had been playing with a little mouse friend who hadn't survived the game of cowboys and indians. Gunnar's little mouse friend was in an everlasting slumber in the romp room...I hope he's gone when I get back.
(There's no need for a photo; you know what this looks like!)

Beowulf McBeagle has a Birthday

What can I say about this kid? I love the little pissing gnome and today he turns 9-ish years old. He was our only rescue without a clear cut birthday that anyone knew so with the help of our veterinarian and the stars, we settled on this day.

Wulf, age 9

Indian Summer on The Farmette

Stormy, our boarder, has taken to the goats and of course the goats will play with anyone! They sleep separately, but get to frolic with each other all day long. No one seems to mind. Storm Trooper showed up to eat our pastures and gain some weight for the upcoming winter: he's gained weight but he needs more cheese curds if he's to survive this winter.

I was definitely not expecting this huge tongue up my nose as G-man and I walked down the road in the fallen leaves. I'm just hugely thankful that I haven't witnessed any rodent capture on this tongue in the last few days so his kiss was relatively "clean."





I am not going to mention any names, but check out this piece of art and gravity-defying structural wonderment! A certain farmer (Ron) came by to help Mr. H with firewood and brought a splitter, setting in a mule (6-wheeler), riding on top of a pick up truck. Have you ever seen anything like this-- well, except for in those email forwards about redneck ingenuity? Priceless.

I also can't fathom how one man got all of these things stacked up onto a truck. There's only one other guy I know who could actually pull off something like this...and he helped Farmer Ron with firewood today.