It's JUNE! Summertime is here....

Or is it?  I woke up this morning and it just never occurred to me that when you live in the mountains you might wake up to this:

Yes, that is an apple tree with flowers finally starting to bloom, covered in slushy snow.

I sometimes forget about living in the mountains, but occasionally it is made clear to me that living at 3800 feet above sea level is different than where I grew up.

That is slushy snow falling in the background of the picture, the type that chills you right down to the bone.  There was so much of it that it made the picture look out of focus.

I think you can just ask the kitties what they think about this snow.  They have spent the morning trying to keep warm!

Or the Australian Shepherd who takes his job very seriously and has to monitor the outside kitties when they leave the yard...

That is one sad wet looking puppy dog!  He won't leave his post to come dry out on the porch, till all his kitties are back home on the front porch.

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May....

It really is May, which means there are supposed to be flowers!  I have spent the last 14 days in search of flowers, all over the property.  Here are pictures of everything I have found....



See I found chickens and kittens, puppy's and goats, and even the snow covered mountain! We shall see what the rest of May brings....

April showers... wait SNOW?? Again?

OK, it really isn't a lot of snow, just what the old timers call a skiff, but geez it is almost May!  That grass should be green, not white!  Ritter agrees and was real excited about going into the barn to get out of the muddy cold.  Well, technically Ritter is excited whenever we talk to him, but especially when he gets to go see the goats, chickens, and barn kitties (ok, there IS a barn kitty behind that door).  Nothing makes him happier then seeing a barn kitty in the middle of the field that he can chase, even if he does get into trouble for it.  Most times the kitties simply rub up against him and give him lots of love though. 

Managed to take a picture of one of the wildflowers growing on the hillside...  Click link to read more!

Chicken and Goat Dog

 

Ritter has an important job that he takes very seriously.  Chickens do not know how to behave, so he has to watch them constantly.  Here one is behind an old satellite dish, and another is still in the yard.

 

Yes, Mom, I see you taking my picture.  I am doing my job, but these chickens just don't listen.  

 

Chicken don't you know it's time to go to bed?  I hear dad coming, better get you guys moving towards the barn.

Puppies....

Thunder is actually Tim's dog, but he went off to college and left her to run the farm. She thinks she is the boss, or should I say she knows she is the boss of everyone. Her real name is "Thunder Puppy to the Rescue", because when she was young she could run faster than any dog I have ever seen.

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Ritter came to us a few years back. A friend who lives in town simply didn't have room for this very active puppy. Have no clue how he got the name Ritter, but he really does behave well. He just never sits still, had to take three pictures of him just so you could get a general idea of what he looks like. He is constantly in motion. What a dog....

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