Colors...Lovely Fall Colors

Two days ago it was 70 degrees. I went from a long sleeved flannel shirt in the mornin' to a t-shirt...then a sleeveless top all in one day!

Today...snow in the mornin' and a whoppin' high of 41 degrees. More snow in the forecast for the next three days with lows in the teens.

Beautiful leaves on the apple tree

I'm going to hang on to my memories of the 70 degree days!! But, in the 7 years that we've lived here, this year has been the most colorful.

A normal year would give us freeze-dried, brown leaves! I mowed up the leaves on Sunday and by Monday afternoon, you couldn't tell.

And last year, I didn't rake or mow a single leaf...the wind was blowing so bad all the leaves blew into the next county!

The little pink flowers at the bottom right are hangin' on 'til the very end

I still have garden clean up in the flower beds as well as the veggie garden. I also want to get the Christmas lights up on the rail fence around the house...should have done that when it was 70 degrees!

Camera-shy Rastus was finally curious enough about the camera
to give it a sniff! Now it looks like he's wearin'
 a pumpkin on his head in this shot!

My family is meeting in Central Oregon for a get-to-gather before all the holidays come upon us. Lookin' forward to seeing everyone. Since we live so far away, and it's hard for us to get away from the herd, we're meeting half way...works good for everyone!

Have a great weekend~

Wordless Wednesday

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One for Me!! Guest Blog by Cindy Sue

Hi everyone *waves her paw*...it's been a long time since Mom let me get on this bloggy thingy...but I'm happy to be here today!!!

Here I am wearin' my infamous red coat...I LUV this coat!

I gotta tell ya 'bout my Mom...Mom was my hero 'bout a week ago...I luv my Mom!!!

OH...I'm supposed to give you a WARNING...Mom says to tell ya that if ya don't like pictures of dead animals, to go away now...

*SNORT*...I like pictures of dead animals...specially this one!!!...*SNORT*

BOL!!!

Anyhow...

First, you remember that terrible day when I was attacked by two mean, nasty coyotes? You know it was almost two years ago?? They was tryin' to have me fer breakfast...'n not as a guest.

It was terrible, and it took me a lil' bit of time to get healed up...felt pretty puny fer quite a while.

Those nasty buggers ripped a hole in my belly, chewed on my neck...and chewed on my butt!

 

My red coat, Mom, Bella Jo, Cowboy and Abby all saved me that day. YEAH!!!

I know that Mom's been tryin' to kill coyotes ever since that day. We see LOTS of 'um. She got one in the foot last summer...we still see it occasionally limpin' 'round. Even though we gots lots of acres, there's lots of things to look out for when shootin'...wheel lines, neighbor's horses...our horses.

Well last week, the day that Pierce came to live wiff us, a dang coyote came through our alfalfa field in the middle of the day...bold as brass...'n Mom had a clear shot!

She ran fer the .17 'n snuck out the patio door wiff her slippers on...snuck nice 'n quiet like up to the rail fence in the yard...sighted him in (he didn't even see her)...she let out her breath 'n squeezed the trigger...100 yards out...

BANG!!!   He flipped over a couple of times 'n then never came back up!

Mom got her first coyote...she was so excited!!! YEAH Mom!!!

I was growlin' 'n givin' the nasty dead coyote the "Cindy Sue stink eye"!!

We waited 'til Dad got home to go out 'n pick it up out of the field...Mom wanted to hang it on the fence post as a warnin' to other coyotes to stay away, but decided it'd start stinkin', so Dad took it to the other end of the property.

So, that's my story for today.

Did I say I LUV my Mom?!? I also told her she's got to get some more...at least one for my revenge!

See ya later!

Luvs, licks 'n wags from me...Cindy Sue~