The in- between days

The week in- between Christmas and New Years. Kind of a limbo time. I have to go back to work tomorrow, but probably won't be very busy at all. Then next week will start life anew.

Today we took Carl's folks out to see the progress on my house and also show them the property Jill and Carl are buying. The dogs love running on the golf course. As soon as I open the car door they take off for the wide open spaces. It's going to be hard when people start fencing off their properties and the dogs don't have the 100+ acres anymore.

But for now they had a good day!

Meg and Torka (in his sweater)

Crue, Seth and Reign running

Mike's infamous pond, still ice and snow covered. He stayed well away from it this time.

My house and the rain gutter that is in desperate need of replacing!

The chicken coop with the snow piled on it. That I didn't notice till I looked at this picture!

Seth

Seth, after rolling in something.

Me and Meg walking on the ridge above the pond. Meg is such a loyal dog. She stays with me and if the other dogs go running off she may follow a bit but constantly looks back to make sure I'm coming. She never does anything stupid like the boys.

It was a beautiful day in the in-between week.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

The dogs all say....

 "hats off to everyone this holiday!"

Actually that isn't what they said at all. They really said "you aren't going to get me to wear that stupid hat!"

Merry Christmas anyway!

Been a bit nippy out

Last week was a bit chilly.

We got just a bit of snow and the dogs loved it!

Then came the ice storm which prevented driving and even walking.

How's  this for teeth?

Today I took the dogs for a walk on our land. There is a pond in the middle of the property that is hidden.

Mike found it and either jumped in, or fell in, I'm not sure.  It was as he was trying to get out that we realized the pond was covered in ice and he had broke it and fell down in. Twice he broke through and struggled to get out. Of course it didn't faze him one bit, after he got out he just shook off and continued on his run.

This is the pond.

This is the pond after Mike, and yes, those are ice cubes from him breaking through the ice.

The rest of our walk was fairly uneventful. The golf course that surrounds my house was divided into lots and sold at auction last weekend. My daughter and son-in-law bought a 7 acre parcel right next to mine and that is where the pond is. Part of it is on the golf course, the other part is wooded and with lots of brush. Until the bank authorizes the auction sales nobody can do anything with the land they bought, so...I figure since the golf course is now closed, the dogs can enjoy the open spaces to run. They love it!

and it looks nice and sunny, but its cold!

Me bundled up.

Looking out this way is about 40 or so acres all nicely clear and mowed for the dogs to run on.. Now if I just had my sheep!

Later driving home with the dogs in the back seat all I could smell was swamp!

Where's the color?