1500th Post!! Another Day on the Ranch!

Tonight I sit here at my laptop writing my 1500th post.
 Who knew I was such a talker?

It's been a challenge to keep Louis Dean all bandaged up since we've been dodwn here.
He takes blood thinners and bleeds easily. He's had some encounters with some chicken wire lately and just brushing against something can cause the spots on his arms to spout blood.
We've already used up all our Band Aids and he needed something to protect his boo boo's!

Last night I cut the toes out of a pair of new sox and snipped a little hole for his thumb to fit through -

and PRESTO! We have long bandages for both arms which he slept in to avoid bleeding all over the bedcovers. Just the sheets rustling will cause the skin to lift up and bleed more.

He wore these while he did the morning AND evening chores today and they worked very well.

We tethered the goats down in the meadow - after first putting them up by the tank.

We checked on them mid day and found one had broke loose. The meadow worked better for us.

There's benches and chairs down there to rest in the shade.

Isn't he cute as all get out??

Once we settled the goats, it was back to the camper for a few more episodes of LOST!

Lest we stay inside all day, once the sun was behind the camper, we spend a couple of hours on the deck. Louis Dean did what he does best - SIT!

I painted for about a half hour and it was nice to get one Santa painting finished!

One more to go and I have about a half hour on it as well. Tomorrow. One Santa is enough for today!

See him over there supervising?

I worked on a landscape I did back in 2002.

That was a dark year for me and it seems that I painted and then abruptly stopped and signed my name. I didn't really finish the painting back then. I just stopped. No highlights or details.

I went back and lightened it up a bit and already I like it better!

See the socks hanging up there??

Louis Dean did enough work that they needed to be washed before he could wear them to bed tonight!

We rode our bikes down to the meadow to take the goats to their pen for the night.

I love the way the sun was shining through the trees.

It is still warm for October but there's no mistaking the light.....it has the autumn glow in it.

These goats are still young and playful.

Still, they are strong!

Stronger than I am!

We were sitting on the deck when Sherry and Dean returned tonight and, believe you me, they were a sight for sore eyes!!!

Just think, tomorrow morning we can sleep in with no thoughts of chickens and ducks and goats needing to be fed and watered! 

Taking care of critters is a little harder than we thought!