tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600743971540975772024-03-12T20:00:12.219-07:00My Life According to ColeMy Life According To Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03394359883556578583noreply@blogger.comBlogger743125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360074397154097577.post-42583381782747152972022-11-13T19:36:00.003-08:002022-11-13T19:36:33.137-08:00Fergus then and now<div>HAPPY BIRTHDAY FERGUS! One year old on November 13th.</div><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/hSKg-fvfcHw" width="480"></iframe>My Life According To Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03394359883556578583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360074397154097577.post-26053242189292473422022-11-12T18:15:00.003-08:002022-11-12T18:15:59.237-08:00Stella<p> <span style="font-family: trebuchet;">From this cantankerous, un-huggable little minx a few months ago :</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKRrEJIfne5qpM1oPZjkjYYTtOtbAXl9Gqj4OtIJg0XvFLEHqlmfV9srgAhCz23f6V4vCmnyoWQDdBdXKL9rNgBaWpcqyK-MFna5NFLMGvS2UTTztEKlRUKJ6TOsh67pfyTL2VqFntbc9ZexpZWNz7tVCE4kZnxPpxuea7YNXubLvE1Y3krWKztc8efA/s4032/20220418_164032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKRrEJIfne5qpM1oPZjkjYYTtOtbAXl9Gqj4OtIJg0XvFLEHqlmfV9srgAhCz23f6V4vCmnyoWQDdBdXKL9rNgBaWpcqyK-MFna5NFLMGvS2UTTztEKlRUKJ6TOsh67pfyTL2VqFntbc9ZexpZWNz7tVCE4kZnxPpxuea7YNXubLvE1Y3krWKztc8efA/w300-h400/20220418_164032.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjetW7TL_k8xvxZ3vzoyNzeyrzhfYXDNievrYLiD3WWuFXOWIGV-HFThK_dq--HSSPKDKujmNs4QezrRYPSuVp-TLi67ML5vo7C5elWtG2DeGLlUscJoid595PLtfkVefOcrsWzxVShv169fL3zDAF5DlbUx28-l-7cIwe_-F8Q1L8FDWtLfODBYcjDPg/s4032/20220418_170703.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjetW7TL_k8xvxZ3vzoyNzeyrzhfYXDNievrYLiD3WWuFXOWIGV-HFThK_dq--HSSPKDKujmNs4QezrRYPSuVp-TLi67ML5vo7C5elWtG2DeGLlUscJoid595PLtfkVefOcrsWzxVShv169fL3zDAF5DlbUx28-l-7cIwe_-F8Q1L8FDWtLfODBYcjDPg/w480-h640/20220418_170703.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">To this:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtvBMepnIforZ0QbCVFxlkuCkrSsqpgUTJPq-hEsPfodvLERoTDRaMixG21qAVsS28nJOj9UmkTB2JS5N3yMGcJiCU50KByTjrB1ENnECqGcKxESFmEsk0bW3m99vbhlE-dNyIxPystWv43WLjCsZUmr-Q3H2vJbPxdvhX8QgV98UyZWhazfcBGFnOAg/s2983/20221112_205429.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2983" data-original-width="1518" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtvBMepnIforZ0QbCVFxlkuCkrSsqpgUTJPq-hEsPfodvLERoTDRaMixG21qAVsS28nJOj9UmkTB2JS5N3yMGcJiCU50KByTjrB1ENnECqGcKxESFmEsk0bW3m99vbhlE-dNyIxPystWv43WLjCsZUmr-Q3H2vJbPxdvhX8QgV98UyZWhazfcBGFnOAg/w326-h640/20221112_205429.jpg" width="326" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">This is why I do rescue.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6N_WIDx0t5UTsGF8OiM8PzNYk1tBtzWidg3r_bUAipvXV8-ufvKpUSfOJaByDglI42oGT5yELzdE4EnLIvWUdLsSsjAGv-YSu-uvKDes1aCLKTC2Iri55o65flppVxHDa4tBNJ1YbUzQi1SDAXSdfpWeDq1w4b_2QDrJRK9TzL-Gyx7nq7bNDssSL-g/s3728/20221112_205451.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3728" data-original-width="1747" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6N_WIDx0t5UTsGF8OiM8PzNYk1tBtzWidg3r_bUAipvXV8-ufvKpUSfOJaByDglI42oGT5yELzdE4EnLIvWUdLsSsjAGv-YSu-uvKDes1aCLKTC2Iri55o65flppVxHDa4tBNJ1YbUzQi1SDAXSdfpWeDq1w4b_2QDrJRK9TzL-Gyx7nq7bNDssSL-g/w300-h640/20221112_205451.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Stella Smith, English Pointer, famous for digging expeditions, intolerant of the cold, feline and svelte.</span><p></p>My Life According To Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03394359883556578583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360074397154097577.post-56537081113639887162022-11-02T21:28:00.002-07:002022-11-02T21:33:08.205-07:00Change is Hard<p> <span style="font-family: trebuchet;">She's gone.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidV6U6PeIHb78bziqGMlsGtxWRUWNAcuMZkcXw-Bz-ttumC-XnDVjRF9EJbSVYkox6IjmU0J1bciTc-8QMwB4tGM_r7IPMTwaMSUPxHM0f1JuHbH7LTDfP_0B9tGxNm3PhMeeWCarELwOT1KC6Mk9n92N178f_PULmr3ulL0QXooklOjjHzD6LoJLxMQ/s3607/20221101_140930.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1890" data-original-width="3607" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidV6U6PeIHb78bziqGMlsGtxWRUWNAcuMZkcXw-Bz-ttumC-XnDVjRF9EJbSVYkox6IjmU0J1bciTc-8QMwB4tGM_r7IPMTwaMSUPxHM0f1JuHbH7LTDfP_0B9tGxNm3PhMeeWCarELwOT1KC6Mk9n92N178f_PULmr3ulL0QXooklOjjHzD6LoJLxMQ/w640-h336/20221101_140930.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">After almost 20 years, my Big Girl is going on to help somebody else.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2x6oHOvoyH5Pb-YJBLe34Vo1BUpBsGT1X_kCLI_9QA6gVZ8zXOqLFuKnwjZPfsemTgoirKKc9RTPTV0UM4ppMZZ5CGAzQ1Uh_rxJ61MXYrqCHXVeFhkNAz2OkdEtk7tcLoLoC9ySRhjCMcrsH7WzG2wkw89bV9jyjWpi99I-nDQ62icbmuCn8Fw3aPg/s4032/20221101_092734.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2x6oHOvoyH5Pb-YJBLe34Vo1BUpBsGT1X_kCLI_9QA6gVZ8zXOqLFuKnwjZPfsemTgoirKKc9RTPTV0UM4ppMZZ5CGAzQ1Uh_rxJ61MXYrqCHXVeFhkNAz2OkdEtk7tcLoLoC9ySRhjCMcrsH7WzG2wkw89bV9jyjWpi99I-nDQ62icbmuCn8Fw3aPg/w480-h640/20221101_092734.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Ever list something for sale and hope no one calls? My horse trailer was used for rescues. That's what I wanted her to keep doing. Two women with rescued draft horses offered me the asking price. One in Nevada, the other North Alabama. Don't say it's a no-brainer; you don't know how I can complicate things. The climate in Nevada is better for a 65 year old steel trailer, but the buyer in North Alabama has an equipment shed. I was prepared to drive to meet the Nevada buyer halfway. Would the Alabama buyer know how to maintain it? </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6myNccHBcqo9XQs_vpZI0N1UrRs1WQDzLJ2yebl9FoUS_2MzDebms9t1L3fhWryyvZCwMNQhFssRAkZV1SQXfcwYwfMNH5ExCbBbAhcQHvy4lIQ6-ddYM6l_E-K-4gcW6kXu96PfuBJpftMQGnNUAW9GZzI6rLo8vX0izpDqHy_bVVg1qiUXCo5iuQw/s4032/20221101_154000.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6myNccHBcqo9XQs_vpZI0N1UrRs1WQDzLJ2yebl9FoUS_2MzDebms9t1L3fhWryyvZCwMNQhFssRAkZV1SQXfcwYwfMNH5ExCbBbAhcQHvy4lIQ6-ddYM6l_E-K-4gcW6kXu96PfuBJpftMQGnNUAW9GZzI6rLo8vX0izpDqHy_bVVg1qiUXCo5iuQw/w640-h480/20221101_154000.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I discover her husband is a fellow MOPAR nut who's restoring an old muscle car she said. Sold. With less than a total of 4 hours of sleep in 48 hours (back-to-back school projects), I take off for 12 hours on the road, one last haul. I get to the buyer's house and make a bee line for the covered car and take a peek. I almost pee my pants: a 1971 Plymouth Road Runner. I know a B-Body MOPAR when I see one. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8xvJ-xt19kcSa_OTDV4VYtI9dyLlI_ri3WHb78VgKOZcWQlw9xsdrWiikg1pftZRPbZ6svYwQx8jcQUvWiuH4WFrx5egjhgbOJfSyldOasCag7V9XHWMhdL8jOIw9WDY49NtrXvlQDeaVD5KTXHcB-pJKkhmOKmgmnC2pQO8sezkaz5AEaGGO2eh3QQ/s601/Screenshot%20(231).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="601" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8xvJ-xt19kcSa_OTDV4VYtI9dyLlI_ri3WHb78VgKOZcWQlw9xsdrWiikg1pftZRPbZ6svYwQx8jcQUvWiuH4WFrx5egjhgbOJfSyldOasCag7V9XHWMhdL8jOIw9WDY49NtrXvlQDeaVD5KTXHcB-pJKkhmOKmgmnC2pQO8sezkaz5AEaGGO2eh3QQ/w400-h316/Screenshot%20(231).png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">If I won the lottery, I'd be rolling down the road with my favorite car of all-time: 1969 Dodge Super Bee. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim3HjIVc8BlPwkFNvD5u_ylY5gNQuE56jDjBOzZ5nzfFWHTpQpNVd4_pBIsmR4JhVeTVFwTazT8-zCY9oEKPLtmhNjtYPe3srBueJrgAXrSs-SEkr3kD45uRFRUg3lldvMaOP5IHEqUvTptzP0Z5GKdiaPIyUMyMVRgHezWlJA_rWj_x1t6X0cDKil0Q/s839/Screenshot%20(232).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="839" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim3HjIVc8BlPwkFNvD5u_ylY5gNQuE56jDjBOzZ5nzfFWHTpQpNVd4_pBIsmR4JhVeTVFwTazT8-zCY9oEKPLtmhNjtYPe3srBueJrgAXrSs-SEkr3kD45uRFRUg3lldvMaOP5IHEqUvTptzP0Z5GKdiaPIyUMyMVRgHezWlJA_rWj_x1t6X0cDKil0Q/w640-h320/Screenshot%20(232).png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Unfortunately, this one already sold for 145k. I've driven a fancy 125k Mercedes SUV, meh. A 440 engine with 4 speed manual transmission versus a computerized box on wheels. No brainer. But, I digress.... my trailer....</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Yes, I abandoned my trailer and weaved my sobbing self back home. Not before giving her some last smooches.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8aJrSlLL1jdDDV7-Hb_j1rESqsxU4RGq09bxrdA-SCQwVRvtz8CyZnMab6Mvx8rjlV2vYOZApdAVhcRX_MAVZLwIKUm6a_5jw5V8dzjgT2Yw5H-qVvQTLGjG876PYs-KySnywZBMy93Y3rG3QkLnDwPjGdVgWSV8IHaVZJqawRqYoWjWagDa54yH5rA/s474/20221025134308.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="474" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8aJrSlLL1jdDDV7-Hb_j1rESqsxU4RGq09bxrdA-SCQwVRvtz8CyZnMab6Mvx8rjlV2vYOZApdAVhcRX_MAVZLwIKUm6a_5jw5V8dzjgT2Yw5H-qVvQTLGjG876PYs-KySnywZBMy93Y3rG3QkLnDwPjGdVgWSV8IHaVZJqawRqYoWjWagDa54yH5rA/s320/20221025134308.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Thanking her for being the house I lived in for 6 months while building my house, for always keeping my oxen and horses safe, for being my partner in hauling horses from kill pens and abusive situations.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU1smdMt1BWkUqcrVI9KHTxwqRSaS9NDT92qQ4nDYg8f2TvQ9XjjPm3WHsNwYQgsv1H-fmMMi797SnmgNEm_OX4nqihIOidQgbhgr5MbVI0EjOiDQHvy9eKzKCGbjfqvlQqTFM7R-w-_i5-JSoyy-GLaaBW9qML0U_X9C0GjtWaLNKhl7_XgI-9ruZ9w/s1080/Screenshot_20221026_142347.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="806" data-original-width="1080" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU1smdMt1BWkUqcrVI9KHTxwqRSaS9NDT92qQ4nDYg8f2TvQ9XjjPm3WHsNwYQgsv1H-fmMMi797SnmgNEm_OX4nqihIOidQgbhgr5MbVI0EjOiDQHvy9eKzKCGbjfqvlQqTFM7R-w-_i5-JSoyy-GLaaBW9qML0U_X9C0GjtWaLNKhl7_XgI-9ruZ9w/w640-h478/Screenshot_20221026_142347.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Her new owner just pulled an overworked monstrous Belgian from a Wisconsin kill pen. She definitely needs the extra tall front stall. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikbKsFeEXYBdbwXISns4uPDsU-zpctVRvOsCRti7CWcieAY695EjbQJAuGOwsI0phw_D1P6JtC7N8g9edEUkQWbHZe1fKxonW4GjSlBRNC1rtIHNyY2C6bI6Ew9R1pnpjFBB52fMGzKFbAlZ8jMlpw-tJScuQRPK5FZ8R5tLXEumrvq1vWzs1malHDAA/s4032/20221101_152207.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikbKsFeEXYBdbwXISns4uPDsU-zpctVRvOsCRti7CWcieAY695EjbQJAuGOwsI0phw_D1P6JtC7N8g9edEUkQWbHZe1fKxonW4GjSlBRNC1rtIHNyY2C6bI6Ew9R1pnpjFBB52fMGzKFbAlZ8jMlpw-tJScuQRPK5FZ8R5tLXEumrvq1vWzs1malHDAA/w480-h640/20221101_152207.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx073PyrUac2KgTCrPfwSRohPij4b0wiZln3LDEV3sSBeGqJ06uqzmLE7x6R9S5F0W5d0J2TqM3ihumsXjzckahlfTOmsre89dt_pXLAD7YndozoDRPzm25XfkQI7R62v4yhYehtLNGJDJB93IpP6E_LUuy0OijntkNmd6l2tPAQRG7miE_HJaCiHf7A/s4032/20221101_152151.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx073PyrUac2KgTCrPfwSRohPij4b0wiZln3LDEV3sSBeGqJ06uqzmLE7x6R9S5F0W5d0J2TqM3ihumsXjzckahlfTOmsre89dt_pXLAD7YndozoDRPzm25XfkQI7R62v4yhYehtLNGJDJB93IpP6E_LUuy0OijntkNmd6l2tPAQRG7miE_HJaCiHf7A/w300-h400/20221101_152151.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">And just like that, I turn the page and start another chapter in my life. Change is hard. I will grieve the loss of the iconic trailer for another week, then I'll put my big girl pants on and move forward with the next Plan.</span></p>My Life According To Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03394359883556578583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360074397154097577.post-58344733606090413452022-10-17T17:16:00.000-07:002022-10-17T17:16:19.063-07:00Pyrosky<p> Pyr<span style="font-family: trebuchet;">osky: new designer breed of dogs; achieved by mixing a Husky, Great Pyrenees, Pit Bull and Boxer?.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMDK5rxJkkiluRkYZAQKimI7ghgSTPbgEEDiPDUItiGu_kik8VY526qYYmI40uhjCkkorwcbmQm6zazrcE1x_x1fFnDeeDjokPeJnA3p-tJYNVd6qvOWFXmTmos98U0uDcTKAC_uXabwj5_VlZp10QIzIt9WlLPhb4cD1RQZRDAItIIO7GdRTk4DppXQ/s2091/20220808_183049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1702" data-original-width="2091" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMDK5rxJkkiluRkYZAQKimI7ghgSTPbgEEDiPDUItiGu_kik8VY526qYYmI40uhjCkkorwcbmQm6zazrcE1x_x1fFnDeeDjokPeJnA3p-tJYNVd6qvOWFXmTmos98U0uDcTKAC_uXabwj5_VlZp10QIzIt9WlLPhb4cD1RQZRDAItIIO7GdRTk4DppXQ/w400-h325/20220808_183049.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">DNA tests always surprise me! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">What do you think? Do we have a winner?</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWyER-Q0aP7xU-al7XEhV5MiJBNRm8XsSLtsoUpygcog9_N37kVoU6yX4QphmJOtpcKzcL7D7eTnqrnyk7uJknzSTqHJRxUkVxcUuM5AvkuyUXuJ46IcfcOq_qx94olQhqoGGaQbe4EG2hZBEXdEg6kNZ_w6EsYe0obWFcqtguv5VUmc56wvm_qlnF2w/s2568/20220807_095132.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2458" data-original-width="2568" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWyER-Q0aP7xU-al7XEhV5MiJBNRm8XsSLtsoUpygcog9_N37kVoU6yX4QphmJOtpcKzcL7D7eTnqrnyk7uJknzSTqHJRxUkVxcUuM5AvkuyUXuJ46IcfcOq_qx94olQhqoGGaQbe4EG2hZBEXdEg6kNZ_w6EsYe0obWFcqtguv5VUmc56wvm_qlnF2w/s320/20220807_095132.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFRL1qRQ9b9Rbl1yOKq9omKxJ4J2WISr3zB0hdzhKY0VYIiDecKDewm-bFLw2y6mEv9JWSj1bHXvS-SjR-AAkmcVO7GZUqsh4sWmuKhpLb4PieGK4lefVlyzHnAg2c_fHrwf8yxdbdQqu1pgOkL7Ay1yuELFDNRzJpbOfAEST803bdPOD7lBq3nQvHxg/s452/64747.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="449" data-original-width="452" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFRL1qRQ9b9Rbl1yOKq9omKxJ4J2WISr3zB0hdzhKY0VYIiDecKDewm-bFLw2y6mEv9JWSj1bHXvS-SjR-AAkmcVO7GZUqsh4sWmuKhpLb4PieGK4lefVlyzHnAg2c_fHrwf8yxdbdQqu1pgOkL7Ay1yuELFDNRzJpbOfAEST803bdPOD7lBq3nQvHxg/w400-h398/64747.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Meet Cash. A 12 year old guy who was the shelter's longest resident. Troy Animal Rescue Project pulled two old strays out of a Southern Alabama pound two years ago.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7v7cAEZ7bpmLMYaNHR7aTOlh44-YbrObbHXceBXp8q5sBwdS2K2BqsYQp9IHvHvjDrc6n2J1LVG45NXhVFPp1bnh_Ogt8D31v0MawW5Ft3A6FEfvP9jveUX7QB8Z2b1eplDncekYYtWRd4ipfZ_CYKAQPAQyhv9IlRh15fXLZOslC65C9YrzL8EsjMg/s960/64720.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="443" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7v7cAEZ7bpmLMYaNHR7aTOlh44-YbrObbHXceBXp8q5sBwdS2K2BqsYQp9IHvHvjDrc6n2J1LVG45NXhVFPp1bnh_Ogt8D31v0MawW5Ft3A6FEfvP9jveUX7QB8Z2b1eplDncekYYtWRd4ipfZ_CYKAQPAQyhv9IlRh15fXLZOslC65C9YrzL8EsjMg/w296-h640/64720.jpeg" width="296" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Hard to believe it's the same dog. The shelter worked hard to treat his mange and other ailments; they tried everything to make him look adorably adoptable, but no one came.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiZAe7K0dbNAmJa5G2faHFgYlH5VK9w65ZLLqb-IQkwmqiBLJbFn--tyC3k1zrXmJ5sko6YlEFxZIyCGfOsfYsei8n0cmRswy3sE_ftZjQDnWm89xjdyoFWSMpjpx_yESAspMD8hjKQL2VXGelfivjET1kHjyIFA_wm5dOVUi_sTkF3RlNYNpMtRWWg/s960/64714.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="640" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiZAe7K0dbNAmJa5G2faHFgYlH5VK9w65ZLLqb-IQkwmqiBLJbFn--tyC3k1zrXmJ5sko6YlEFxZIyCGfOsfYsei8n0cmRswy3sE_ftZjQDnWm89xjdyoFWSMpjpx_yESAspMD8hjKQL2VXGelfivjET1kHjyIFA_wm5dOVUi_sTkF3RlNYNpMtRWWg/w266-h400/64714.jpeg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">My specialty is elderly dogs. I figured "what's one more?"</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzmiIk9jLu83y-F597agCkIRf8_yhag1tLQ05gfrckr5S94eh3dJvuLEXEdiaGUGZc5rYKW7u1FObiM4DcbAll1GFndQb03xK9fZumdI7KZ4mBAZYZh2M1eu2YU4XkwknkqXOtZyg8wC2ZhiXxxxKYSIHO6AdivIQ1cDK_8MeCM_L-KL_UdGsYuJ1bVA/s2321/20220810_174731.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="2321" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzmiIk9jLu83y-F597agCkIRf8_yhag1tLQ05gfrckr5S94eh3dJvuLEXEdiaGUGZc5rYKW7u1FObiM4DcbAll1GFndQb03xK9fZumdI7KZ4mBAZYZh2M1eu2YU4XkwknkqXOtZyg8wC2ZhiXxxxKYSIHO6AdivIQ1cDK_8MeCM_L-KL_UdGsYuJ1bVA/s320/20220810_174731.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdEufHhrxyFNn9Nx-drN5-046uqBzsycqSgYRupIW2hYxm0G_0f2_cB9vYMxB9wQk4GYsegpkKuhnHckwgf_lb3ea7utwMCBlvTYO8z0HSD2PkAtJWMdlQQr8C66H0Xry7GkGnqoVYh4icHOiODPB0ezBVOIA5PKcMau5kpkGrho8IBPCOG9kK7iTSQ/s4032/20220811_190828.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi__z8nRCIQKUPFGvjDe6NVpt-hqP8hepx5SjLUcMAYj6P0wRPgEbe07URBNjt3zVfiXnHtp1z0Gl1IzDq6jj4IXSNekPTYW7ljggvF9qXhsO94LIcu1i5KG9PV7KPmlKmygHfRYstbZFC7tdfRMnRF9-Nxd7Wi0Obvz0c-fohpFTtFMUk92SfwkAWeeg/s2622/20220904_073438.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1669" data-original-width="2622" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi__z8nRCIQKUPFGvjDe6NVpt-hqP8hepx5SjLUcMAYj6P0wRPgEbe07URBNjt3zVfiXnHtp1z0Gl1IzDq6jj4IXSNekPTYW7ljggvF9qXhsO94LIcu1i5KG9PV7KPmlKmygHfRYstbZFC7tdfRMnRF9-Nxd7Wi0Obvz0c-fohpFTtFMUk92SfwkAWeeg/w640-h408/20220904_073438.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Welcome home, Cash.</span></p>My Life According To Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03394359883556578583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360074397154097577.post-90613697515695722532022-10-11T04:13:00.002-07:002022-10-11T04:13:25.240-07:00Canada in a Flash<p> <span style="font-family: trebuchet;">My new boss insisted that I hit the reset button and take time to visit my family in Canada. No need to offer twice. I hadn't seen my parent in 4 years. A trip for 5 days, coming right up. Make that really 3 plus 2 days of fun times at the airport.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ygpFTdoSq2umFLffCfJUW0Uji2JKE08F-cDuq25D-v2MOQZBtXhz6suH1NoWcmzFbSQ1HUI9mxhZK5W0E7kW1g_IT1BL0AjD8y2KjyLWbq-zvYhHMvST1ESMqgKZrpLHcsqnynQRxyAU8YSf6OS2_g7AF520nISSX0b2klrUgcD3xt7E7VNGvqjSpw/s4032/20221004_125350.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ygpFTdoSq2umFLffCfJUW0Uji2JKE08F-cDuq25D-v2MOQZBtXhz6suH1NoWcmzFbSQ1HUI9mxhZK5W0E7kW1g_IT1BL0AjD8y2KjyLWbq-zvYhHMvST1ESMqgKZrpLHcsqnynQRxyAU8YSf6OS2_g7AF520nISSX0b2klrUgcD3xt7E7VNGvqjSpw/w300-h400/20221004_125350.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Planning a last minute trip with 4 horses and 8 dogs at home ain't easy; tip of the hat to Adjanie who ran the entire farm by herself. And to Lisa who drove in from Auburn to play with the dogs and give cuddles.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnI0LiZgYKWUMyv7_qiPQZjKu1IOOuqNjAN0oLrvmByBiX6qBWquQZC9AkzTqIdeYqV8IxHjHa3UJSF0tU8wh0nh2uzMVKXS0vHuN7VXhJ0XpvPTNq0cqQ6qZupNiC22dKMKI23aj2PsDxNwa4jR-v0kCpkz7dVmCdy--YHr3s_KOJljNrfNrqsCuE9g/s640/74817.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnI0LiZgYKWUMyv7_qiPQZjKu1IOOuqNjAN0oLrvmByBiX6qBWquQZC9AkzTqIdeYqV8IxHjHa3UJSF0tU8wh0nh2uzMVKXS0vHuN7VXhJ0XpvPTNq0cqQ6qZupNiC22dKMKI23aj2PsDxNwa4jR-v0kCpkz7dVmCdy--YHr3s_KOJljNrfNrqsCuE9g/s320/74817.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqozTTsi6Y8DMDXACYh0jjNblcP88MGwaTFHbebYa1BzwF7ItcQwTdzno6b1jAMiAl0_87K1No9PHjvKwdK6WbPbG7-ZbHK0l457We52xuOWhPXdkXefImK8onC2WpSzArBbNiXM-IJ-iiAGMzJZwTSwWCbgIZjlo-2h3U77A4ShdvajPcQAk1fSjpGA/s320/75094.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqozTTsi6Y8DMDXACYh0jjNblcP88MGwaTFHbebYa1BzwF7ItcQwTdzno6b1jAMiAl0_87K1No9PHjvKwdK6WbPbG7-ZbHK0l457We52xuOWhPXdkXefImK8onC2WpSzArBbNiXM-IJ-iiAGMzJZwTSwWCbgIZjlo-2h3U77A4ShdvajPcQAk1fSjpGA/s1600/75094.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Only my dad knew I was coming. First stop: mom's place; with the house being remodeled, I grabbed a paint can and tools, then waltzed right in through the garage and pretended to work. I know I was chancing giving her a heart attack, but she took it like a champ.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcB-T8JNhsMe3GZ0ozpY6CMkpwj0VDRuCfSvkoKmfOcf6lp-6L9I8FNua58yXUdVi9KUXkRsT23nuZLk5kfOuSvSRyETe7Wb9E8DzVGhG4fJVKIukSD-t3kdTROpUTUAfSQo9af16bc3-p0diO-QNrTL4FYXQ32qZ4Jpb7I6SGCfDZTnKGu1zrCc-miQ/s4032/20221004_160052.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcB-T8JNhsMe3GZ0ozpY6CMkpwj0VDRuCfSvkoKmfOcf6lp-6L9I8FNua58yXUdVi9KUXkRsT23nuZLk5kfOuSvSRyETe7Wb9E8DzVGhG4fJVKIukSD-t3kdTROpUTUAfSQo9af16bc3-p0diO-QNrTL4FYXQ32qZ4Jpb7I6SGCfDZTnKGu1zrCc-miQ/s320/20221004_160052.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I proceeded to spend 3 quality days pigging out.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The days were warm, so warm that a pretty snake greeted us on the hike in Larose Forest.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLsGeMuZMj1pFFstB-DerPvUYHM1hpdpOfwLDLUvWG9s2Yo7pqvOgPxMBWuFm2b-UrLcyViwB_rNtEovvlDVSKNUUvU3G2uGU8Uudypxjky3Yx1kz-ymlBZ2XcRWjVg7y5IF9IT8R2QvOaWrIY4Qyxnliwh95Quw1fn1NS7EUeb1VL_fk47MRGdpZklw/s4032/20221005_110841.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLsGeMuZMj1pFFstB-DerPvUYHM1hpdpOfwLDLUvWG9s2Yo7pqvOgPxMBWuFm2b-UrLcyViwB_rNtEovvlDVSKNUUvU3G2uGU8Uudypxjky3Yx1kz-ymlBZ2XcRWjVg7y5IF9IT8R2QvOaWrIY4Qyxnliwh95Quw1fn1NS7EUeb1VL_fk47MRGdpZklw/w640-h480/20221005_110841.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2LveF6kNMpMB_MKj8IcJV5VN0fs8852iszKSJR7hopacCba7gwcDM8sxl6GIbuJ6I5LkzkQQXlkT2HapIs9JAK6wqIhAzDbsSvr0sxxHI57NTpqF4Gf5L-UKBUPktWOutdpdOAdYbGbR0Yo6YXFP7ZHFUx9CAk4cg2evuA7E1A5_vVstUwk2K7p75g/s4032/20221005_114739.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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When I walked across his lawn, he yelled out: "No bums allowed".</span></p><p>I went from my mom's sleepy Ontario village, to my Dad's Quebec lakeshore Summer abode to Northern Quebec. All in one day. Dad and I put some serious miles on the rental car.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZyEosav-rY-EsUfBio2XnwCv5KAhEJ2MEsJ_sXJ8SMknROostB7fEoJHAkuC-NaSEsMuLYHwHcQ24A2ppiIGnvDz_AgLGGpmxuqvBv9ceOD3A7Uu4oPMzg8CeLH6fjXILxbouXtPOKF-bobwp4ZCNiGOiT3K5t1tEg96U5268hdenKqgBbaDykNS8CQ/s3615/20221006_121803.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1996" data-original-width="3615" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZyEosav-rY-EsUfBio2XnwCv5KAhEJ2MEsJ_sXJ8SMknROostB7fEoJHAkuC-NaSEsMuLYHwHcQ24A2ppiIGnvDz_AgLGGpmxuqvBv9ceOD3A7Uu4oPMzg8CeLH6fjXILxbouXtPOKF-bobwp4ZCNiGOiT3K5t1tEg96U5268hdenKqgBbaDykNS8CQ/w640-h354/20221006_121803.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFJG3FvHo2NYT4i8kZa0vq0U3emJJwdOEk3ANQtYdUoJww9jX3EwSvIhw5bx7ZS67fewtShUskSKO6hG0SnjK799A2YTow2z02liLokki_ISP3f4AKZR3WVlJhEKesTD7M1D2SWtinr9vlwOpTn_3w9brcnIDxXz_tDnB6DVwl1O8n7rf4XQWV-LQ3tw/s3648/20221006_144700.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFJG3FvHo2NYT4i8kZa0vq0U3emJJwdOEk3ANQtYdUoJww9jX3EwSvIhw5bx7ZS67fewtShUskSKO6hG0SnjK799A2YTow2z02liLokki_ISP3f4AKZR3WVlJhEKesTD7M1D2SWtinr9vlwOpTn_3w9brcnIDxXz_tDnB6DVwl1O8n7rf4XQWV-LQ3tw/s320/20221006_144700.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>We even surprised a cousin who was working in their yard at their lakehouse. I love this covert travel business. Our trip back to my aunt's house took us by our old lakehouse. 22 miles of dirt roads, the same roads I drove when I was 14 (rules weren't different in the 70s; parents were, I was the dedicated driver once we got out of Ottawa city limits). </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdM7ArP38MDWtkpoSNWfZCTfmx8zKEtkkfE31CtLcXkq-GGyPfgcfbO8fqV0BKjTeepx7w129oP9S25zKqSpTYgDpbN8bhSR0JLjx-QqHXj9hAF8zapkMZAxqYmLUyI_L7FJJUqZpQJpY1PABeYAe4xM18Zlx9_1JByKm7OyzDBk3B_UXBo_ZfwjWNjg/s4032/20221006_151923.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdM7ArP38MDWtkpoSNWfZCTfmx8zKEtkkfE31CtLcXkq-GGyPfgcfbO8fqV0BKjTeepx7w129oP9S25zKqSpTYgDpbN8bhSR0JLjx-QqHXj9hAF8zapkMZAxqYmLUyI_L7FJJUqZpQJpY1PABeYAe4xM18Zlx9_1JByKm7OyzDBk3B_UXBo_ZfwjWNjg/w640-h480/20221006_151923.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I'm not a lake person, I'm a field person. I stopped to stare at this in wonderment. I could picture 4 horses here.</p><p>Daddio and I ended up in another quaint Quebec village from my youth: Wakefield. The old grist mill that was a run down derelict building in the 80s has become a 5 star spa and restaurant. We splurged, it's not everyday you turn 51.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg98SdqVQwdWWpEokWg3_G8dqkkUnJX7GlgVrS_xRRjQvuO3s-eWYjNJr1uc1GnW1v8Z6finv-RlnAHgM4lv0jOMTIStnN4i5OMb6uM2p8p1__YXlfJfAo7SSyo1wTuW69EbW9Zm4BH_8NT7A9qpp4ny6SNDyh2jgv1gdpQ604ncAD9-jTpxEYOjTHc0A/s4032/20221006_191116.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg98SdqVQwdWWpEokWg3_G8dqkkUnJX7GlgVrS_xRRjQvuO3s-eWYjNJr1uc1GnW1v8Z6finv-RlnAHgM4lv0jOMTIStnN4i5OMb6uM2p8p1__YXlfJfAo7SSyo1wTuW69EbW9Zm4BH_8NT7A9qpp4ny6SNDyh2jgv1gdpQ604ncAD9-jTpxEYOjTHc0A/w300-h400/20221006_191116.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmCy3HEBz6vSy8KeQUC18EK-APhRpdVuAJt2RkxtihAB3RP75MGrQU9OPgAWFlnpKJpgq-dQV-NWLjIgMkmA4kKX6Rmca-IiavXKRvTCx90ezSlIutEdeUKvkTnR644NFgTKZw1KZRaXIgVqrYY_pL0yA8L880J07RU7DDdlvI1fgfFZd0GPUUxQzW7A/s4032/20221006_191126.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmCy3HEBz6vSy8KeQUC18EK-APhRpdVuAJt2RkxtihAB3RP75MGrQU9OPgAWFlnpKJpgq-dQV-NWLjIgMkmA4kKX6Rmca-IiavXKRvTCx90ezSlIutEdeUKvkTnR644NFgTKZw1KZRaXIgVqrYY_pL0yA8L880J07RU7DDdlvI1fgfFZd0GPUUxQzW7A/s320/20221006_191126.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE2s_GprDQzuop7iUTZelMPn4Anme98I4Pqg2EafKXnlVlTGRKOQTH3e3xq8bIT_R_w2sCNrIOvFN56s5ILbHhC_ssIeElSUQUZYw7Wnc_JsH46kTKkt1f3DYCE8GvFwEh4PTeO3kP2E28x3MTYdi2FIIZK3WEhqwIf00KfZklrgSrtWLWHZdwHe1New/s4032/20221006_192536.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE2s_GprDQzuop7iUTZelMPn4Anme98I4Pqg2EafKXnlVlTGRKOQTH3e3xq8bIT_R_w2sCNrIOvFN56s5ILbHhC_ssIeElSUQUZYw7Wnc_JsH46kTKkt1f3DYCE8GvFwEh4PTeO3kP2E28x3MTYdi2FIIZK3WEhqwIf00KfZklrgSrtWLWHZdwHe1New/s320/20221006_192536.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Best seat in the house overlooking the falls. I appreciate the presentation of my entree, even though it still looks like they almost dropped the plate. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZMYlin2KUEFqBeAByz2snaCsqrTLJXCu-F-gy4E5VoXVXzSFrPbeKSaduHigKxiWX4NPcKPWr8KiczwspemJN0NgMtr8_JMer0zqFaIRmd21xkuINsYZFj-MgFxlwWhjWzkOiQfUy2666qqLJlM_PWe1ap15Iuh5-cmU9LjzUiETApUVtNUZsZGA8yg/s2051/20221007_150307.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="2051" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZMYlin2KUEFqBeAByz2snaCsqrTLJXCu-F-gy4E5VoXVXzSFrPbeKSaduHigKxiWX4NPcKPWr8KiczwspemJN0NgMtr8_JMer0zqFaIRmd21xkuINsYZFj-MgFxlwWhjWzkOiQfUy2666qqLJlM_PWe1ap15Iuh5-cmU9LjzUiETApUVtNUZsZGA8yg/w640-h284/20221007_150307.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>My next victims: Uncle Bob and Aunt Mary. They knew my dad was coming, but didn't realize he had brought a package from Alabama.</p><p>Life isn't about money and how much stuff you have, it's about the moments. I will treasure the 3 days of memories spent with 6 members of my family. My boss was right, this recharged my batteries.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsPcmLBGN-3JZUHhps5DMKMiKcV5ucmvyeaNmglNKEwQpDYzTwOCkdkbkJJJR02jTyNSskEmRiqBaBmp9RUkFUAjL0Joe9DmUevvKuNvFADlcdzjxppBICDskSJiZOGbwTYh44gxCe2IripMFVkIKr5hZgsL-RKiITGbDlWe2Ub2mg5R-G8EFOu62H1w/s2983/20221009_194354.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="2983" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsPcmLBGN-3JZUHhps5DMKMiKcV5ucmvyeaNmglNKEwQpDYzTwOCkdkbkJJJR02jTyNSskEmRiqBaBmp9RUkFUAjL0Joe9DmUevvKuNvFADlcdzjxppBICDskSJiZOGbwTYh44gxCe2IripMFVkIKr5hZgsL-RKiITGbDlWe2Ub2mg5R-G8EFOu62H1w/w640-h556/20221009_194354.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>The glorious sunsets at the farm look just that much more beautiful now. I was glad to see all my babies again, even if there was a new face in my yard.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihvoiA-lhNY9uu_F5rdKlcNII6UO8yEfUWvHx7-_ooP7t7TssKsvPKoLxHL2bhprfJv0CvlDEZE858K9RXMBtW5Fo02sIfBEKoHTHUbJ5KWcGf6N48re7f21ePA7S5vvkGk4_4upUORTAX6_tznlCyg__5dnYv8cIjhVZZXwzvIbbsfZNfkklUnbhlUw/s2064/20221009_093547.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1909" data-original-width="2064" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihvoiA-lhNY9uu_F5rdKlcNII6UO8yEfUWvHx7-_ooP7t7TssKsvPKoLxHL2bhprfJv0CvlDEZE858K9RXMBtW5Fo02sIfBEKoHTHUbJ5KWcGf6N48re7f21ePA7S5vvkGk4_4upUORTAX6_tznlCyg__5dnYv8cIjhVZZXwzvIbbsfZNfkklUnbhlUw/w400-h370/20221009_093547.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I can't make this up: a stray dug dug under the fence to join my pack in my absence. Sweet Aussie mix boy needs a forever home (not my home, I'm overbooked here with 8, plus Pippins is going blind and is requiring extra care). Anyone need a little lovebug?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_t7Msi9QXsXgMoWk9W6x6Ooj6CEtSLku-6DXW22uBUvZar-PIOXm_RAOe5ZwydnAflS1OSNRITJPjDRMb9PDfzq1gTeGDReiH7rlFR_sUBXMpbGzBCID253RcDtBZGtyguMLEtZmQBe_QPRCXEcRqxXktuf6WBcPaZO6h0xFM9pGyNMuYEAfU9nCmxw/s4032/20221009_181022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_t7Msi9QXsXgMoWk9W6x6Ooj6CEtSLku-6DXW22uBUvZar-PIOXm_RAOe5ZwydnAflS1OSNRITJPjDRMb9PDfzq1gTeGDReiH7rlFR_sUBXMpbGzBCID253RcDtBZGtyguMLEtZmQBe_QPRCXEcRqxXktuf6WBcPaZO6h0xFM9pGyNMuYEAfU9nCmxw/s320/20221009_181022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Wn3orwbbH0skinmbqApqIs3GtWYqlv1m4RaED_eL8sx01e5tS1nwNlCjxiDLN8ik1uMtnyPNJjCGJe1atMz_TDnj9NG3rp5M9mzvUfrJe-AT39CtAooyc-uJQCgcKChctyFbb5HRrj0l9V-82WckB-skKFiNR7FoWcLLjKYdN-kw6unOEVKAyAwhpQ/s4032/20221009_181044.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Wn3orwbbH0skinmbqApqIs3GtWYqlv1m4RaED_eL8sx01e5tS1nwNlCjxiDLN8ik1uMtnyPNJjCGJe1atMz_TDnj9NG3rp5M9mzvUfrJe-AT39CtAooyc-uJQCgcKChctyFbb5HRrj0l9V-82WckB-skKFiNR7FoWcLLjKYdN-kw6unOEVKAyAwhpQ/s320/20221009_181044.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Serious inquiries only, background checks applicable, adoption contracts sealed with the blood of your first born. You know the drill.</p>My Life According To Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03394359883556578583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360074397154097577.post-56258647768056039742022-10-02T04:15:00.000-07:002022-10-02T04:15:30.229-07:00Cody-Pooh<p> <span style="font-family: trebuchet;">For months I agonized about the fate of the farm's horses after the sale. One in particular worried me: Cody.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghzCmmohy1o6-098jr_OzRtV67-J7haSuZKYdZWNpaXw3wEfNskTRqXrxawd7Vdnq8uTqOKOeErup7CgazL-7TP78HNKLEyYHtacEVkvxd4lj4temSNKnnPsXneiKARgnOkaq3BJNwZi56zJBSTGpRlNnGjtIOGRkeH7evpghQ340TC2xOEf4rgAv8Uw/s3053/_20160727_194302.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2530" data-original-width="3053" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghzCmmohy1o6-098jr_OzRtV67-J7haSuZKYdZWNpaXw3wEfNskTRqXrxawd7Vdnq8uTqOKOeErup7CgazL-7TP78HNKLEyYHtacEVkvxd4lj4temSNKnnPsXneiKARgnOkaq3BJNwZi56zJBSTGpRlNnGjtIOGRkeH7evpghQ340TC2xOEf4rgAv8Uw/w320-h265/_20160727_194302.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Also known as Asthma-Boy. Not everyone's favorite patient.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUpRPNPjJ6tvJ5oKzA8xOLaq7hlP9qVR0zi3xOzoxYwdunnA2b_yv8jd_VDYqiyCnjywt5NpiCGbkG3BWdQpasmvFWs5r17wvnS_onQfjAU9AmxRpI92y60gSgqn24DQPAokwf6y7OHHxnapZu4_xCVjaCqrpU-uF-YCECiDT7ZmCarMaf44V0o5b_CA/s5248/_20160607_180632.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2193" data-original-width="5248" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUpRPNPjJ6tvJ5oKzA8xOLaq7hlP9qVR0zi3xOzoxYwdunnA2b_yv8jd_VDYqiyCnjywt5NpiCGbkG3BWdQpasmvFWs5r17wvnS_onQfjAU9AmxRpI92y60gSgqn24DQPAokwf6y7OHHxnapZu4_xCVjaCqrpU-uF-YCECiDT7ZmCarMaf44V0o5b_CA/s320/_20160607_180632.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Cody was retired from riding almost as soon as he'd been brought to the farm 10 years ago because of his unpredictable nature. I should've been suspicious when the previous manager told me I was welcome to try riding him. He was visibly disappointed when Cody returned to the barn, with me still on his back.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcpEtPS2Q4pYwu2hmT061iU1WBFaK9mFLLl03-qHkbMjTaEkjVO4EF9xL_p0gEHUqBzRPStaaWfwk1O5UtIVsAHp28qeLKXeFhV86o22r9Vd4KUMc-N4j_CWn9lhMP4V9prOC18_g4ZfRhxxo5NBneZW7olapyEaENxCaditfY44qCaJdYzuoYU9g-BA/s3705/IMG_20170108_095751.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2952" data-original-width="3705" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcpEtPS2Q4pYwu2hmT061iU1WBFaK9mFLLl03-qHkbMjTaEkjVO4EF9xL_p0gEHUqBzRPStaaWfwk1O5UtIVsAHp28qeLKXeFhV86o22r9Vd4KUMc-N4j_CWn9lhMP4V9prOC18_g4ZfRhxxo5NBneZW7olapyEaENxCaditfY44qCaJdYzuoYU9g-BA/w400-h319/IMG_20170108_095751.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">A kinship was born. If you were consistently kind and quiet with him, encouraged him, protected him from other bully horses, he gave you his heart. If you rushed him or scared him, he'd ruin your day. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6KvnQ-rOheBWWnXq5KmywExKXeyXVBEeWxpPrBWJnkx95ufm0bfqpR_LpTUACyuSq_6YaA-jfGtnOnTRg2KsQnwUFEZb6BAbyU86lQS-TuX_PZxrV6iImKrNBXiI57K3izAoW36dh8RBUCZM2zhRIIGVZre1DEX68wyaiwn14bBiyx0Y5QGqDFm-G6Q/s2151/426.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2151" data-original-width="2045" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6KvnQ-rOheBWWnXq5KmywExKXeyXVBEeWxpPrBWJnkx95ufm0bfqpR_LpTUACyuSq_6YaA-jfGtnOnTRg2KsQnwUFEZb6BAbyU86lQS-TuX_PZxrV6iImKrNBXiI57K3izAoW36dh8RBUCZM2zhRIIGVZre1DEX68wyaiwn14bBiyx0Y5QGqDFm-G6Q/w380-h400/426.jpg" width="380" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">He had the biggest heart. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Ck167xbaOVijDa25xmfvzVwZ2Ye-IMxJ5Yk23VgMM76Nexk6wSnOycbz5nlNag3428LBEd71iqNE2XjCEN3yRkl96EV_R7lELVVsT0jvh48GSbV_PTSoZ4QTfqFVCnC2Py3r9l0CDI7fXU_7H6a2aQMhV6Ks0zk2nqKyBFql_n9MrqTcdVQE8e0qGg/s1928/_20160826_153421.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1180" data-original-width="1928" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Ck167xbaOVijDa25xmfvzVwZ2Ye-IMxJ5Yk23VgMM76Nexk6wSnOycbz5nlNag3428LBEd71iqNE2XjCEN3yRkl96EV_R7lELVVsT0jvh48GSbV_PTSoZ4QTfqFVCnC2Py3r9l0CDI7fXU_7H6a2aQMhV6Ks0zk2nqKyBFql_n9MrqTcdVQE8e0qGg/w640-h392/_20160826_153421.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">When he developed asthma, we aggressively altered barn protocol to lessen dust, molds, pollen. We vacuumed the hay lofts and rafters, built him an air conditioned stall for the summers, never cut grass around him, he received daily breathing treatments. And he kept trucking along, getting better every Fall after the grasses had died and the humidity stops wreaking havoc with his sick lungs.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpzxQ2Z-RoOg9xrxUWA0rxbYBYLtVjRLkZdXcnwPzDL88GFiYh9oX3pw_pA8I5ebL_viDPSa5EqmulG0RZ7yRgtAo43t0O5WvU6XNebQ8hv9ZYhycEfUEUjFuEJ479tzI1tgA20tZaXD3lQGQyeCnW8pvvh9hS2CcfBOJmefDxvmfDYS77-bLYXxw5tA/s4032/20200805_164939.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpzxQ2Z-RoOg9xrxUWA0rxbYBYLtVjRLkZdXcnwPzDL88GFiYh9oX3pw_pA8I5ebL_viDPSa5EqmulG0RZ7yRgtAo43t0O5WvU6XNebQ8hv9ZYhycEfUEUjFuEJ479tzI1tgA20tZaXD3lQGQyeCnW8pvvh9hS2CcfBOJmefDxvmfDYS77-bLYXxw5tA/s320/20200805_164939.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOcOMDyrrG6pP6IuvDHJE-NKDAcborphZ4gtO5gwaS2Ta1RMNjpoMLlbax27roVq1ZMdVp1glM4X1GZ9QlXv9GCaleqk7ACbGHb3qK7QloAEDSrotFO9BKvuPbN9AyllMzV6lwu6m0-u0oH_ss2bBaVrFpG5dg4eEdVKT-uYxUG8dbSA-sITncLatOcA/s4032/20200805_165047.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOcOMDyrrG6pP6IuvDHJE-NKDAcborphZ4gtO5gwaS2Ta1RMNjpoMLlbax27roVq1ZMdVp1glM4X1GZ9QlXv9GCaleqk7ACbGHb3qK7QloAEDSrotFO9BKvuPbN9AyllMzV6lwu6m0-u0oH_ss2bBaVrFpG5dg4eEdVKT-uYxUG8dbSA-sITncLatOcA/s320/20200805_165047.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2TRyF5jKYFrW2tzW28LyCsGUaheapAmJQpDJQe8sAo0tpLTD_99Tc6Cov-XR_-nDMkp-ctgHlM8-FFqgCXL3RYYd8ILtdLiPiMq---VaghJC41ZRckBVfa5TfCwOrEfQyfrJuy8K5H40QFR2VQYTUtIHLPGEsMELtyGUIwotb_2v6SnAITg-mbWIyGQ/s4032/20200805_170553.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2TRyF5jKYFrW2tzW28LyCsGUaheapAmJQpDJQe8sAo0tpLTD_99Tc6Cov-XR_-nDMkp-ctgHlM8-FFqgCXL3RYYd8ILtdLiPiMq---VaghJC41ZRckBVfa5TfCwOrEfQyfrJuy8K5H40QFR2VQYTUtIHLPGEsMELtyGUIwotb_2v6SnAITg-mbWIyGQ/s320/20200805_170553.jpg" width="156" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Then he could run, albeit not great. More like the fat kid in PE who wheezes. But quality of life shouldn't be measured by what you can't do anymore, it should be enjoyed for what you can still do.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCLQSx1aS4QYVf1fh0tWSzwM0WrmeJt1jfHlZPJLbtGrEmKuQIhPY37DIDgVF3tE2AWy6uf6RplmCNusoM4TQQ__lU16-5GUf_0QULIItqgecyTW9-ePKbDQ-R2_dZzVHT1F1J_6yaXXSE3y5z_CKuwsyzmOvC0UpXwycdMG_9cDATFc5i0ifbqXm-Bw/s4032/1047.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCLQSx1aS4QYVf1fh0tWSzwM0WrmeJt1jfHlZPJLbtGrEmKuQIhPY37DIDgVF3tE2AWy6uf6RplmCNusoM4TQQ__lU16-5GUf_0QULIItqgecyTW9-ePKbDQ-R2_dZzVHT1F1J_6yaXXSE3y5z_CKuwsyzmOvC0UpXwycdMG_9cDATFc5i0ifbqXm-Bw/w312-h640/1047.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Swimming was one of his favorite things. Snacking definitely in the top 5. Being the last one to the barn for supper, #1 fav thing to do.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbH2DubE6cKmY8wox8gWit7y0q5TWJzfxeq8FiML1jGxDskMlqCU-pwvwvZBypHn5BlFJC4V8AdyXQ0sKE6Rzy8WjOFTrP0YApmxtqCJ-X-rc96_-_kO6vhl31OL7czp5vvilQkoM4JvO5VMne3fw2Svx96AR1FBTlEAkyczVD4Hub8PF4xpUCPa-ilg/s3224/_20160619_143859%201.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3224" data-original-width="2952" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbH2DubE6cKmY8wox8gWit7y0q5TWJzfxeq8FiML1jGxDskMlqCU-pwvwvZBypHn5BlFJC4V8AdyXQ0sKE6Rzy8WjOFTrP0YApmxtqCJ-X-rc96_-_kO6vhl31OL7czp5vvilQkoM4JvO5VMne3fw2Svx96AR1FBTlEAkyczVD4Hub8PF4xpUCPa-ilg/w366-h400/_20160619_143859%201.JPG" width="366" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRwK8kpNq3vPkwN21aj2wmHrpplXhf9n8ddrkK0zQdMWhQ5mTtjLGsWNnhVbEo_c3R5e-y40ZtNLp2AoBBe627icvBSvDidexa9gjnTTTHU6o7bdTDN8ABVK1K6O5gjvfs_YpVHvvcwOlTtQSb2Bf20q8w8Qkb_y59MHE57kJqGnoR_tChekO5dwF_6A/s2952/_20160619_143919.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2561" data-original-width="2952" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRwK8kpNq3vPkwN21aj2wmHrpplXhf9n8ddrkK0zQdMWhQ5mTtjLGsWNnhVbEo_c3R5e-y40ZtNLp2AoBBe627icvBSvDidexa9gjnTTTHU6o7bdTDN8ABVK1K6O5gjvfs_YpVHvvcwOlTtQSb2Bf20q8w8Qkb_y59MHE57kJqGnoR_tChekO5dwF_6A/w640-h556/_20160619_143919.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I rehabbed broken down draft horses when I had my own rescue, I had some who were obliging, others resigned to the treatments, one particular 2400 Belgian mare was murderous, but most tolerated being saved. Cody was different, he was grateful. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRj4WUiSBYuWcweeuiL5cLCv60n67wLI5SJCPPPkx0WFUjPHUo7P1qFyhGd4h-fuQcvLACn5tPD2GP5DX_-Uu7K6_4oUTiq3qlDmOTPY-KERzh2XGlclTLybupz-jJSRXSLqT-Qt_vW34eGxFrU0a3ZA6uM0ATjo1Fuxi55tG1EOpouuMMf7q_NXNJ3Q/s4032/2168.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRj4WUiSBYuWcweeuiL5cLCv60n67wLI5SJCPPPkx0WFUjPHUo7P1qFyhGd4h-fuQcvLACn5tPD2GP5DX_-Uu7K6_4oUTiq3qlDmOTPY-KERzh2XGlclTLybupz-jJSRXSLqT-Qt_vW34eGxFrU0a3ZA6uM0ATjo1Fuxi55tG1EOpouuMMf7q_NXNJ3Q/w400-h195/2168.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Instead of starting to improve as this Summer wore down, he started a downward trajectory. It was with the heaviest heart that I kissed my baby boy for the last time on September 19th.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggsl_EKbxDaCnM940gXYIffpsOrNttHA443zLbuZGgYJgsM5TF2UvU9fsVXmG_uG9NSSByQW85p6kJznHPRJAdMCbwXO-TS-JKB1tE2xQKEugsOCyyDkOwQDzo5703n-YTQQVNxf6pDNXWKJuypku6RGmHqjvY8XgI9crb9NVyPrSTK_Y7AXNrb7NTRA/s2840/1062.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1753" data-original-width="2840" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggsl_EKbxDaCnM940gXYIffpsOrNttHA443zLbuZGgYJgsM5TF2UvU9fsVXmG_uG9NSSByQW85p6kJznHPRJAdMCbwXO-TS-JKB1tE2xQKEugsOCyyDkOwQDzo5703n-YTQQVNxf6pDNXWKJuypku6RGmHqjvY8XgI9crb9NVyPrSTK_Y7AXNrb7NTRA/w640-h396/1062.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Some horses look into your soul and you can see theirs. He wasn't even my horse, but when it's my turn, I'll not head towards the white light, I'm making a bee line for the Rainbow Bridge. That's where my peeps are, and I know there will be a chubby grey quarterhorse waiting on the other side.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdbUYO3ssz9ME5BmoabarNA25IsiHNtVsdAdIaty5E_5TUFvbZwaa4xrpr-2RiYnMt67cyXbZTDijAHMAdY-B9JFlr6KtMBOpMePi-r_b8Kyr1tZfOxqWv26phBfUWLbU8s9hHRR9s1mlSzd3mmeg3TqagA3Z38M8-oxB-v1-MCXGUVSfW9eX1akEBHg/s2048/1077.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1229" data-original-width="2048" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdbUYO3ssz9ME5BmoabarNA25IsiHNtVsdAdIaty5E_5TUFvbZwaa4xrpr-2RiYnMt67cyXbZTDijAHMAdY-B9JFlr6KtMBOpMePi-r_b8Kyr1tZfOxqWv26phBfUWLbU8s9hHRR9s1mlSzd3mmeg3TqagA3Z38M8-oxB-v1-MCXGUVSfW9eX1akEBHg/w640-h384/1077.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> Cody</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> 2002 - 2022</span></p>My Life According To Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03394359883556578583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360074397154097577.post-46078052818828249752022-09-23T17:59:00.000-07:002022-09-23T17:59:46.481-07:00It's Official<p> It's official.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXr0q8J85NtwLTwsiYL1CbfIHC9FMDhDuDK60bksRXGkinm0RCTI49RviCkkzlB55pehxUDOpXm3Sgu36SUqtF44s663k1dXqE8dHJXbem9oKqC1jka8xIo6zGVncyFnlEXTEeZAViSqwLaDUPsQACx0uy-uu7FDzURpIz0LEinEEtehziHdFicnK3_g/s640/66111.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXr0q8J85NtwLTwsiYL1CbfIHC9FMDhDuDK60bksRXGkinm0RCTI49RviCkkzlB55pehxUDOpXm3Sgu36SUqtF44s663k1dXqE8dHJXbem9oKqC1jka8xIo6zGVncyFnlEXTEeZAViSqwLaDUPsQACx0uy-uu7FDzURpIz0LEinEEtehziHdFicnK3_g/w400-h300/66111.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>This guy is now a Smith. I've been taking care of Peter for 8 years for my boss, but today, he's mine. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnJ_8KJURvrVyCJK4k4rewqFAQXwzApnWvBPOMTcor4Pu_c3ESMC-nOU5ISf19q-EHBYheOkzk6OIizXgAe6Me7YhH6ezZ8dGbGbdmOjWg0gg78WOkkxrMHifo4Wyd8gjT9MY7eSiOmFptLEy5I6yvafx6HAIqhTsTrDtLPiz0wElqHRJi_f7YHB3ugw/s405/july1709.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="405" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnJ_8KJURvrVyCJK4k4rewqFAQXwzApnWvBPOMTcor4Pu_c3ESMC-nOU5ISf19q-EHBYheOkzk6OIizXgAe6Me7YhH6ezZ8dGbGbdmOjWg0gg78WOkkxrMHifo4Wyd8gjT9MY7eSiOmFptLEy5I6yvafx6HAIqhTsTrDtLPiz0wElqHRJi_f7YHB3ugw/w400-h350/july1709.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Why? Because the farm closed today. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpUtcjJt8XSMQcsb6jnj0-YAMfn5PEDY1gSlGyI1dyEzXAdHiDcY06XFewfx0lDDBY8bSwiuO0SiaWDaW9aqdd2TtzePfSzQgrp-TE8E26yXyaonJnoQGE6kG_XV_KS9VIBNmoo7iUd5V25Ql1ed143R-xU6Gyzk1CzA_o_K3iwhK6CdDik2p1KPvBqA/s808/60732.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="568" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpUtcjJt8XSMQcsb6jnj0-YAMfn5PEDY1gSlGyI1dyEzXAdHiDcY06XFewfx0lDDBY8bSwiuO0SiaWDaW9aqdd2TtzePfSzQgrp-TE8E26yXyaonJnoQGE6kG_XV_KS9VIBNmoo7iUd5V25Ql1ed143R-xU6Gyzk1CzA_o_K3iwhK6CdDik2p1KPvBqA/w450-h640/60732.jpeg" width="450" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>16 years old and still mischievous. He graduated from 3 years of physiotherapy with his BFF, Liz. Video of Peter hard at work :</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GqRqEEemoeM" width="320" youtube-src-id="GqRqEEemoeM"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Peter is easy to love, he's ever so grateful.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ZToVO6bP-sBZHAIcVYJ2q-abPDVrMTX_ovIDZFWk0AJq5xVKTN0qSNtaDqQp7_LdhoW3BGZgnhTTs6HVoSqP4nUoX8NuuDc3HmW2zZMZu4HMw3Fq9NdS396N4ifGccg7OhS9N3NsrFFItTQ-OrXVCacG73FkgIACJUQnRzW5dulFsapUSN7RtE1eHQ/s2048/60804.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ZToVO6bP-sBZHAIcVYJ2q-abPDVrMTX_ovIDZFWk0AJq5xVKTN0qSNtaDqQp7_LdhoW3BGZgnhTTs6HVoSqP4nUoX8NuuDc3HmW2zZMZu4HMw3Fq9NdS396N4ifGccg7OhS9N3NsrFFItTQ-OrXVCacG73FkgIACJUQnRzW5dulFsapUSN7RtE1eHQ/w240-h320/60804.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB8rpOrDQKhqDDGeJInczf_hhbgBMTnTsTQ762ITXe2Lb7GYiw5BxWPSVU-qILGzczXD_sG58SRCFjI-iqzJIb3oSMSIjNepc1unnzolVWrtQaQourpoAcw0TzSf7SLPQJRwC3MzUPNVUGgWhUJgKkcIfszOvZbISqCFSKw7TQfSpg3-2ro86us7Ic-w/s2489/20220707_154223.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2489" data-original-width="1196" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB8rpOrDQKhqDDGeJInczf_hhbgBMTnTsTQ762ITXe2Lb7GYiw5BxWPSVU-qILGzczXD_sG58SRCFjI-iqzJIb3oSMSIjNepc1unnzolVWrtQaQourpoAcw0TzSf7SLPQJRwC3MzUPNVUGgWhUJgKkcIfszOvZbISqCFSKw7TQfSpg3-2ro86us7Ic-w/w193-h400/20220707_154223.jpg" width="193" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>We're celebrating this Gotcha Day 8 year in the making. He's been mine in my heart since day One. Instead of leaving him behind when Cole and I traveled, he joined in. He became our protector. Between Peter and Garrett, nobody messed with us on the trails. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw1CM-e2shR3UemmH5nQcR0GMvlJ0OhaQxfsF6LLWDd3ol8yH21y0G7j7YG_3aZ-hD212i2mf5BBmukXsxiGp8uUgPgoEd1JbfAI15JguM21NHdWst7unakWlNQ1F073Hevs18Sb4dLoKsmL6xugrdmS55S1UFJBK9cz0gkSvZ8Vce3JTwJ3wiC3xrIw/s3290/_20160913_192440.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3290" data-original-width="2746" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw1CM-e2shR3UemmH5nQcR0GMvlJ0OhaQxfsF6LLWDd3ol8yH21y0G7j7YG_3aZ-hD212i2mf5BBmukXsxiGp8uUgPgoEd1JbfAI15JguM21NHdWst7unakWlNQ1F073Hevs18Sb4dLoKsmL6xugrdmS55S1UFJBK9cz0gkSvZ8Vce3JTwJ3wiC3xrIw/w334-h400/_20160913_192440.JPG" width="334" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Px7-7gyNvCurXlBuDAOb2Rl1VngevTSc7SRgI__AzaaUPes5Cfzk24eL5MRatQbuWVguvHmjyLpWZLbhDs4IBezek5TVo3T_kuMSFPT4jMDNK-2qXLlwYhXMNBwI14qcChAtTNRPLrUqGz-hHUVYN29wp9E9qSWGuB6rzTOHDzRAcDmpx0dZh5up9Q/s3131/_20160913_193459.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3131" data-original-width="2952" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Px7-7gyNvCurXlBuDAOb2Rl1VngevTSc7SRgI__AzaaUPes5Cfzk24eL5MRatQbuWVguvHmjyLpWZLbhDs4IBezek5TVo3T_kuMSFPT4jMDNK-2qXLlwYhXMNBwI14qcChAtTNRPLrUqGz-hHUVYN29wp9E9qSWGuB6rzTOHDzRAcDmpx0dZh5up9Q/s320/_20160913_193459.JPG" width="302" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_maUxpKCr9nX5EJXX5L9bP-UhCGeqjt56yqKvKWLfMi2usLSznUQstNekwYjYbe8n4LrtceJi_-7hdSGp06OUbk2EXugttRX1LsN3qKkFJlQm2gK0xctD8iVvstDUIvLek9cSlTJ7ktNlLEt0Hu1Z2d4enCOCzYjG6lbItUiww-LOcEw9wcT4FueJcA/s3967/_20160913_193606.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2621" data-original-width="3967" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_maUxpKCr9nX5EJXX5L9bP-UhCGeqjt56yqKvKWLfMi2usLSznUQstNekwYjYbe8n4LrtceJi_-7hdSGp06OUbk2EXugttRX1LsN3qKkFJlQm2gK0xctD8iVvstDUIvLek9cSlTJ7ktNlLEt0Hu1Z2d4enCOCzYjG6lbItUiww-LOcEw9wcT4FueJcA/s320/_20160913_193606.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddHPI1v-L2uuxu8RvGEk9yVSlE7hU73Cgc-Bo0wqd6H9gbTMNVe-RxgqkdOxBZtZ1LWmWp7Ib8HVIFXdMILftLRN4VM14aYxskcPECpywGfbdkLxVXK9Tk44JvQjo7-WtJhPucUqS0IBrHHjzV6PlRVzrnQsUWsCKMAE4F8ZJTCrJtQRLfevvj6F1qA/s1775/_20160913_194047.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1479" data-original-width="1775" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddHPI1v-L2uuxu8RvGEk9yVSlE7hU73Cgc-Bo0wqd6H9gbTMNVe-RxgqkdOxBZtZ1LWmWp7Ib8HVIFXdMILftLRN4VM14aYxskcPECpywGfbdkLxVXK9Tk44JvQjo7-WtJhPucUqS0IBrHHjzV6PlRVzrnQsUWsCKMAE4F8ZJTCrJtQRLfevvj6F1qA/w640-h534/_20160913_194047.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS9oBBhu29ck4hkst1I6DAnYE6v9ASfzxp8KNcF9NpRChLVWvb_pIlCKqVIDdAaiwRkA5KoVaon_hPhj8ITK6u8ddNkwm42kTcywu0wdSFNmxONHmc06Hz1EwfGhck7yC2JWvl58mVrdumpG7WwJj6akm6tFsF87CEDa7kAWdVM0G70Ikf0wDLt7E62Q/s2952/_20160925_110037.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2546" data-original-width="2952" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS9oBBhu29ck4hkst1I6DAnYE6v9ASfzxp8KNcF9NpRChLVWvb_pIlCKqVIDdAaiwRkA5KoVaon_hPhj8ITK6u8ddNkwm42kTcywu0wdSFNmxONHmc06Hz1EwfGhck7yC2JWvl58mVrdumpG7WwJj6akm6tFsF87CEDa7kAWdVM0G70Ikf0wDLt7E62Q/w640-h552/_20160925_110037.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>This old farm dog has been to Canada, he's played in the Pacific, he's hiked up in Maine, skied in Montana. Peter has run trails in 35 states and 2 Canadian provinces. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBYtjEOS423-Vy_kC6gdUnbigi9U7pfs1QpECsMPeHxPjJgldSqAwVkaX79UvwSd-V2Vz05tI2GslnRCD-aDU6oIlXDTCpwYKj9vBbhJS-LWbGL2glxeeOX4W59tVgf_OI65gT6fImny__EHvpFsp7Pj-4WrEsae3bMw7KD_Jpga4lJMuub0lo_p3cnQ/s2214/IMG_20170223_114039.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1317" data-original-width="2214" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBYtjEOS423-Vy_kC6gdUnbigi9U7pfs1QpECsMPeHxPjJgldSqAwVkaX79UvwSd-V2Vz05tI2GslnRCD-aDU6oIlXDTCpwYKj9vBbhJS-LWbGL2glxeeOX4W59tVgf_OI65gT6fImny__EHvpFsp7Pj-4WrEsae3bMw7KD_Jpga4lJMuub0lo_p3cnQ/w640-h380/IMG_20170223_114039.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>The dog with the heart of a lion, Cole's protector, Dax's mama, Emmett's favorite granny, I watch him sleeping in an armchair next to my desk late at night, twitching and running in his sleep. I wonder which adventure he's dreaming of. </p><p>The adventure isn't over.</p><p><br /></p>My Life According To Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03394359883556578583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360074397154097577.post-74913065372185846552022-09-09T16:05:00.002-07:002022-09-12T17:42:03.346-07:00Changing of the Guard<p> <span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Big news at the farm yesterday: it is sold. It was put up for sale back in May, but my employers requested I not blast any news about it online.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">The shroud of secrecy has been lifted. Here is the listing with the promo video. Me and the horses are featured after the fishing. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cIM04oPmofI" width="320" youtube-src-id="cIM04oPmofI"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">The video editors chose to highlight the more low key videos of our day of shooting. I've had to beg and plead for some of the footage of what ended up on the editing floor. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2CS1nboi9upEePYIuMPx9qFmEwQdZw-g5oKJqtK-WIqhGeb0KNvX3tfmRYpKU3WRwYOujWlBliK3gWwWLtwR22l_K4sr-eA5vTehhaatjVwshoBjEMiXxOxW7b3PbPTHh2W2Tyxek8ZUUnK0fEsPLPdZ4xozYAQa3qudUz5f__NWb-uvzN26z8NreHw/s8256/JLL_6576.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5504" data-original-width="8256" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2CS1nboi9upEePYIuMPx9qFmEwQdZw-g5oKJqtK-WIqhGeb0KNvX3tfmRYpKU3WRwYOujWlBliK3gWwWLtwR22l_K4sr-eA5vTehhaatjVwshoBjEMiXxOxW7b3PbPTHh2W2Tyxek8ZUUnK0fEsPLPdZ4xozYAQa3qudUz5f__NWb-uvzN26z8NreHw/w640-h426/JLL_6576.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moi and my boy, Jones</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">None of the exciting stuff ended up in the promo. So here's some of the good stuff.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5VO89eN7Rarqv8M9cvOP0UgLRhcggDHRnDdlJoItKOa2QbtWqzDndq4_cGbFcod_FDDhJ6ASh3m_fwYAvrhz-zAb8mJFNOkul_2YyE9h2jnR7uZXYYN0DVaGFV7xmTTRW1Ont3FeXD41gXdaBlWexxJtCsleBqgYa4KOGIf7mkHK3zoGQzeYMIXIofg/s8256/JLL_6578.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5504" data-original-width="8256" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5VO89eN7Rarqv8M9cvOP0UgLRhcggDHRnDdlJoItKOa2QbtWqzDndq4_cGbFcod_FDDhJ6ASh3m_fwYAvrhz-zAb8mJFNOkul_2YyE9h2jnR7uZXYYN0DVaGFV7xmTTRW1Ont3FeXD41gXdaBlWexxJtCsleBqgYa4KOGIf7mkHK3zoGQzeYMIXIofg/w640-h426/JLL_6578.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For those who think a Tennessee walker can't jump, y'all haven't met my riding instructor, Erin, who is also a steeplechase eventer</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Heather dazzled on her mare.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoN89OvkOPXH3LZTwPhHwaxo8rzW0zHRrVYTeXZIkBa4sc6DpMm4CFKDZpCksreM_8xRiPOX53jjekKisz3z0IfvAq3dRpoHJAtf516m13A2a2T0QNSKdx-anNi4RmZGrIE9iPHXWgNjkLRX0FRcTDdG8bJm1hS4ctDa3wgV0UULcQrXpRA2lG1kB59w/s5986/JDW_1914.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3983" data-original-width="5986" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoN89OvkOPXH3LZTwPhHwaxo8rzW0zHRrVYTeXZIkBa4sc6DpMm4CFKDZpCksreM_8xRiPOX53jjekKisz3z0IfvAq3dRpoHJAtf516m13A2a2T0QNSKdx-anNi4RmZGrIE9iPHXWgNjkLRX0FRcTDdG8bJm1hS4ctDa3wgV0UULcQrXpRA2lG1kB59w/w640-h426/JDW_1914.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heather and the Mustang she trained</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">As we begin our mock day of fox hunting:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kaq2pPzSHIw" width="320" youtube-src-id="kaq2pPzSHIw"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">When Jones tries to jump into Heather's back pocket.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/py8LTjogyM8" width="320" youtube-src-id="py8LTjogyM8"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Heather used her own horses, this is her on her other horse demonstrating Western pleasure riding with Luke.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CetAcGBPTQY" width="320" youtube-src-id="CetAcGBPTQY"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Jones and I provided most of the comic relief. As we cantered up the hill, Jones decided the cameramen were out to eat him, so he galloped off side into the bushes. They believed I was doing it on purpose to add drama to all the footage. Nope, just me not able to control my hot horse.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UQtLMFwPKGU" width="320" youtube-src-id="UQtLMFwPKGU"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">The work here is intense and never ending; the creatures that are out to get me are always lurking, but as I've said in the past, this piece of land is a jewel. I knew if the new owners drove in with their bulldozers to put in subdivisions, you'd be reading about me in the obituaries. I would have a major coronary on the spot. The new owners plan to use the property as a family compound, no development, no logging, no hunting club. My little Jurassic Park is safe for another generation. It is my legacy, I healed it and protected it for 8 years. I don't know if I have a job or a place to live, but my work was not in vain.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Lu1v58sYLiyH-X1JxbJwqLAOebyyZKZaKTNSIJNMstpsv0Iru9I528dOonoHRbo7ja_M8BTbw5Q_bR6o_bbbWQ6rPW8yl12c7FfJXHb9iGZ0Bqd-f1vHX2QfWhAyNlTE4KhEYVsOaoM0NLTxiuOK1V3tr4gaZcibGNS42ELSrgevyeljbV-6KlrCCA/s4032/20220902_151313.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Lu1v58sYLiyH-X1JxbJwqLAOebyyZKZaKTNSIJNMstpsv0Iru9I528dOonoHRbo7ja_M8BTbw5Q_bR6o_bbbWQ6rPW8yl12c7FfJXHb9iGZ0Bqd-f1vHX2QfWhAyNlTE4KhEYVsOaoM0NLTxiuOK1V3tr4gaZcibGNS42ELSrgevyeljbV-6KlrCCA/w300-h400/20220902_151313.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUipw7U6VtSeS_ejUfAxkP1DjjOBKx5KVjAniPaZ3A_unzwFGJW8VFq-lPYHEsnV2cBMhqAphHg8cpRK_E9y1bH_SWTq3-07BtU9utBLmRVhy6FS5J3kXD8sSsP0JyOfnUIOuH3IKCMXEi38qdzAj4-QoRv2o-2AwUdCy__vUPHvJLnsYLQRKmXJ8vGw/s2944/20220905_175238.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2944" data-original-width="2208" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUipw7U6VtSeS_ejUfAxkP1DjjOBKx5KVjAniPaZ3A_unzwFGJW8VFq-lPYHEsnV2cBMhqAphHg8cpRK_E9y1bH_SWTq3-07BtU9utBLmRVhy6FS5J3kXD8sSsP0JyOfnUIOuH3IKCMXEi38qdzAj4-QoRv2o-2AwUdCy__vUPHvJLnsYLQRKmXJ8vGw/w300-h400/20220905_175238.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p>My Life According To Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03394359883556578583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360074397154097577.post-71208840901283431052022-09-04T04:12:00.000-07:002022-09-04T04:12:02.039-07:00The Grind<p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">On Friday, I bush hogged miles of trails..</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTqS2TdiKBY5jkZmpUzQ7I4lOepuf9C8UwmSXZRd5YtO0v7tjR6X-bdCuEN1j0ZF0iKoBgy_KJbgOsRbsLH6l8jczuYiDCTqpA1aIGFU6_Hr8IRVamVE-d4VnSxpA4qSf1FilL0mRHljGXOH9M0AhUzWxtVneVYJLq9BFfR3upzplSZPN3HwEGgGB86g/s4032/20220902_151313.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTqS2TdiKBY5jkZmpUzQ7I4lOepuf9C8UwmSXZRd5YtO0v7tjR6X-bdCuEN1j0ZF0iKoBgy_KJbgOsRbsLH6l8jczuYiDCTqpA1aIGFU6_Hr8IRVamVE-d4VnSxpA4qSf1FilL0mRHljGXOH9M0AhUzWxtVneVYJLq9BFfR3upzplSZPN3HwEGgGB86g/w300-h400/20220902_151313.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>My batwing cutter and I make a great team.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg26sMHNfIA6B7Vc1zpKYtLo-8Q0VTBQz0ZxpTLEdwduZK3hpus0AM8C0bpQRHfptKj3JXD56dWUJ7vQUL00WHzbX4jbIYe9YV_OulY86jhZ50TOLFIrBCat53RBYMu0RYGFGou6B8l19-V1DBP_HqRrKnUiYDWL8t5o20gNV6kZJHatT3HUuQ6T2auNQ/s4032/20220902_174347.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg26sMHNfIA6B7Vc1zpKYtLo-8Q0VTBQz0ZxpTLEdwduZK3hpus0AM8C0bpQRHfptKj3JXD56dWUJ7vQUL00WHzbX4jbIYe9YV_OulY86jhZ50TOLFIrBCat53RBYMu0RYGFGou6B8l19-V1DBP_HqRrKnUiYDWL8t5o20gNV6kZJHatT3HUuQ6T2auNQ/w300-h400/20220902_174347.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p>That night, the manager from the neighboring farm came by looking for me at 8 PM. He found me doing chores in the barn. He gave me a lecture about working too much. After his monologue, I told him I'll be home 20 later because of him and I handed him a pitch fork. </p><p>Saturday was a 14 hour nonstop day. A friend told me I'd forgotten how to have fun, I work too much. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi819gcyzZfbwg4ywt-zIwLa5zEk8vxrJ1bYad_S6owqpFcdeBimffToAgLeze2dPhUGGQygXzcVk4KC5Vm3gQCd-0_ys6Vy7oDG1TsNUTK8-mf7j2ANanCn-5-OT8eg_Hfr-UuDZkT-5fLr7-jSxYZAO_3jjIARL_jGGxiRntPOwvaU4BBbPoNAmIIEA/s2308/20220903_212048.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2308" data-original-width="1560" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi819gcyzZfbwg4ywt-zIwLa5zEk8vxrJ1bYad_S6owqpFcdeBimffToAgLeze2dPhUGGQygXzcVk4KC5Vm3gQCd-0_ys6Vy7oDG1TsNUTK8-mf7j2ANanCn-5-OT8eg_Hfr-UuDZkT-5fLr7-jSxYZAO_3jjIARL_jGGxiRntPOwvaU4BBbPoNAmIIEA/w270-h400/20220903_212048.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Coming home at night is my fun. Trying to pick my way through a throng of dogs in the dark, less fun.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOOZO68Vc_uH54_5N7l9YNHnreLv4a_V68-Er1gNKBUxnapH70COThk1lnX4abwRujZmTxSX6OMexk39NSpAcJsvc9hme4U6MDjcdT_1_2IgLwoNKIy8amqh4xDbKXK4flun7Pc9q1JuOmbldZlfN9itbiHSTnjU-I_WGG9JUZzw4TQmKtIifaj5GodA/s4032/20220903_213039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOOZO68Vc_uH54_5N7l9YNHnreLv4a_V68-Er1gNKBUxnapH70COThk1lnX4abwRujZmTxSX6OMexk39NSpAcJsvc9hme4U6MDjcdT_1_2IgLwoNKIy8amqh4xDbKXK4flun7Pc9q1JuOmbldZlfN9itbiHSTnjU-I_WGG9JUZzw4TQmKtIifaj5GodA/w400-h300/20220903_213039.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Every time I come home. Video:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LDnOMfWTL3Y" width="320" youtube-src-id="LDnOMfWTL3Y"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>First duty: make supper. Why do you have 12 hens, they ask. Because I have 8 dogs and WE prefer organic eggs.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGCh6AC6-S7bYtoWWPNRIbe0uz1HGbXYMc9Hidq0VbfC6oFfuQWWZWNMhQKDAuk_EyTB8cOTPKBM7H7iLAxBrddXXHoHlTQvyYsixBDWGHmtxBpXvI3BDUophyiDcEm-cCbNfkCH69SRA9Bxi0HH4GTObMk9DjSNMYoUoN95Ch5-stLj6ALDj4FZVhfA/s4032/20220903_220436.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGCh6AC6-S7bYtoWWPNRIbe0uz1HGbXYMc9Hidq0VbfC6oFfuQWWZWNMhQKDAuk_EyTB8cOTPKBM7H7iLAxBrddXXHoHlTQvyYsixBDWGHmtxBpXvI3BDUophyiDcEm-cCbNfkCH69SRA9Bxi0HH4GTObMk9DjSNMYoUoN95Ch5-stLj6ALDj4FZVhfA/w300-h400/20220903_220436.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I'm either 16 hours late for breakfast or 8 hours early. It's been my MO for the past 3 years: starve during the day and consume 3000 calories nocturnally.. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO_C0jnlnML2c2OfQaupB6mqU2FDaX_nNsYZnEiXXyisM3E88nrB-LaquYC2btgkrxqIyDDkNI5001EYmkxw6iv-AYGKsHbzmXgkMM1RxIr9vvbaEwbOj0_2t-3r26hJ09lNxAn-Dz5qI-HjW6yFbpOEZxxEicsileD4dvVE5wC1BmnWvCz3GKdZg6CQ/s4032/20220903_221235.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO_C0jnlnML2c2OfQaupB6mqU2FDaX_nNsYZnEiXXyisM3E88nrB-LaquYC2btgkrxqIyDDkNI5001EYmkxw6iv-AYGKsHbzmXgkMM1RxIr9vvbaEwbOj0_2t-3r26hJ09lNxAn-Dz5qI-HjW6yFbpOEZxxEicsileD4dvVE5wC1BmnWvCz3GKdZg6CQ/w300-h400/20220903_221235.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Kids are fed.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidfbm0FnJDfNv112ERM1SpKKA68xK63DdcPC68UEPM0-Rzu2r2iNeRaqShdV78DQtpwJwapKDdI_tUT97shYPtwZbsWy7FiWbTnUe3qbfruveL35mG4CyYM_URZttf6jGrWcJXdY3fay_N_Ii1LkFBmAtapSLXzV_QUxcuaAXuOruF071wW84BHNV5OQ/s4032/20220903_221635.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidfbm0FnJDfNv112ERM1SpKKA68xK63DdcPC68UEPM0-Rzu2r2iNeRaqShdV78DQtpwJwapKDdI_tUT97shYPtwZbsWy7FiWbTnUe3qbfruveL35mG4CyYM_URZttf6jGrWcJXdY3fay_N_Ii1LkFBmAtapSLXzV_QUxcuaAXuOruF071wW84BHNV5OQ/w400-h300/20220903_221635.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>My turn. No shower, no putting on pyjamas, I'm already behind on 2 lectures and I have homework due by midnight. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSLuVnetpYhojiAh75xG__4bhn4f0CskRdmmsngw-RYqaC5QiLVbQu6SzDdDl84nfBEKX-fcDJeGsWVPhp_EKam71KlnJ5UXUClQPz3CZ5Ivkqm5OJO1a6J-SN8dRhBA1oY2sGOAbpaS24KhakB2KJfLmSg0BgPbV8HPOqAUPDKyLhkxCDUgZhcZQH_A/s4032/20220903_221333.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSLuVnetpYhojiAh75xG__4bhn4f0CskRdmmsngw-RYqaC5QiLVbQu6SzDdDl84nfBEKX-fcDJeGsWVPhp_EKam71KlnJ5UXUClQPz3CZ5Ivkqm5OJO1a6J-SN8dRhBA1oY2sGOAbpaS24KhakB2KJfLmSg0BgPbV8HPOqAUPDKyLhkxCDUgZhcZQH_A/w640-h480/20220903_221333.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>My daily bedtime is between 1 and 2 AM. Back up at 6. Keeping my eye on the prize.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWVEX0b3oPi3WGcAfzm3velEiCLGpOdAacZFO4Qx8YNpgIoRCovgCmKwjA4ZQeVIVHs1nGgEBrgasZQXPNr7ItYCgeOxjwjsIdDpuKjKD43R6qriGrhBhiyDirhWRbfV1B3Dl3rgavAcbwc7Wn0Z9vh-9y7c4EEufVhjTY9GR_tFlvTOvwLo4CBqJ4HQ/s2299/20220903_230714.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1687" data-original-width="2299" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWVEX0b3oPi3WGcAfzm3velEiCLGpOdAacZFO4Qx8YNpgIoRCovgCmKwjA4ZQeVIVHs1nGgEBrgasZQXPNr7ItYCgeOxjwjsIdDpuKjKD43R6qriGrhBhiyDirhWRbfV1B3Dl3rgavAcbwc7Wn0Z9vh-9y7c4EEufVhjTY9GR_tFlvTOvwLo4CBqJ4HQ/s320/20220903_230714.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>My Precious.</p>My Life According To Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03394359883556578583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360074397154097577.post-63646845900309483712022-08-31T14:59:00.004-07:002022-09-01T19:18:59.397-07:00Connor's Last Season<p> <span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Jan 27th, 2021, an old Florida dog came to become a Smith.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQYr515kMJOCeHgOm4t-DkB6E8xIremU2MCmk83I1d2CxYkh2EVPYSc2ij4DZxqpHhFuUeceIfcXlyxGK0_QrdBsYVcWUV-zv5kmqdXqmM1b2UbleEOW5PEVTkeYqmns4MI9sS7jpmcGUIJZq61tm0sbD1xCkbrWE8PnvWFpUCVIrGoTTrbjzW9kbjQA/s400/connor5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQYr515kMJOCeHgOm4t-DkB6E8xIremU2MCmk83I1d2CxYkh2EVPYSc2ij4DZxqpHhFuUeceIfcXlyxGK0_QrdBsYVcWUV-zv5kmqdXqmM1b2UbleEOW5PEVTkeYqmns4MI9sS7jpmcGUIJZq61tm0sbD1xCkbrWE8PnvWFpUCVIrGoTTrbjzW9kbjQA/w400-h400/connor5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Picked up by animal control, he weighed 33 lbs at intake. This is two weeks later. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJbTlScnM5dGHYWKqWllDdPe2C4VOjPdZSxsQYFpqbGyN2u1-Dbj5KWfH-P9Us0z27jUE1BOOJdG_B6aK8iJYGG9rbvL6eOyBvZRHNUNQDyxoA_xMviWHz_P13rWTDT5ezb7vcIBa-oSrivtVvG5kM4LI9qufCZYwp_gpu500vym3Py5OSIkx25kGXUw/s400/connor7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="194" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJbTlScnM5dGHYWKqWllDdPe2C4VOjPdZSxsQYFpqbGyN2u1-Dbj5KWfH-P9Us0z27jUE1BOOJdG_B6aK8iJYGG9rbvL6eOyBvZRHNUNQDyxoA_xMviWHz_P13rWTDT5ezb7vcIBa-oSrivtVvG5kM4LI9qufCZYwp_gpu500vym3Py5OSIkx25kGXUw/w194-h400/connor7.jpg" width="194" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">His first night at home, he crawled up into my guest bed, peed and pooped, then laid in it for warmth. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Whoever turned him out at the rip old age of 12 gave him no chance of survival.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">His teeth had been mechanically filed down, he couldn't grasp any potential food or defend himself. Top and bottom incisors and canines ground right to the gum line.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF86cCOXAO4XylqrSHsjZsbEVyBG0GuAgcGqsTEYR3zBxVHiWY1FAnqWSDybH6I5h_cswb_OCUoYXbIF8Qe1ZNuIq7FVylVfNe-c1lCfcoHg827yb1BqRH3Cbv3E45UanLOZQ80ZkR9ThvlikkiSYfQAkni6sTNuvREyhrAEfIxXC19HltOfh71IdTPg/s400/connor1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="358" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF86cCOXAO4XylqrSHsjZsbEVyBG0GuAgcGqsTEYR3zBxVHiWY1FAnqWSDybH6I5h_cswb_OCUoYXbIF8Qe1ZNuIq7FVylVfNe-c1lCfcoHg827yb1BqRH3Cbv3E45UanLOZQ80ZkR9ThvlikkiSYfQAkni6sTNuvREyhrAEfIxXC19HltOfh71IdTPg/w572-h640/connor1.jpg" width="572" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">My Dewalt grinder and I would love, love, love to have some alone time with his former owner.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX2Ogbh5HfXqHGG0l3gZ5aht_RiNeS1hVTrcf3WO4S3D1V5wd1oqkhluD4yCivXtcnJ2kudA1OQt-DO56vshp-TRPU1RkD3ORYRZWwPJu9l5ZgGPJ8lKXfJFod3ERE-RvfXOc0I-cWQuPvqFurgrYq9Gdhkrb1LNlb8aWs1ODH2grMkR1mbOx8i4EBLw/s400/connor4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="400" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX2Ogbh5HfXqHGG0l3gZ5aht_RiNeS1hVTrcf3WO4S3D1V5wd1oqkhluD4yCivXtcnJ2kudA1OQt-DO56vshp-TRPU1RkD3ORYRZWwPJu9l5ZgGPJ8lKXfJFod3ERE-RvfXOc0I-cWQuPvqFurgrYq9Gdhkrb1LNlb8aWs1ODH2grMkR1mbOx8i4EBLw/w400-h390/connor4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Eventually his fur grew back, we whacked off some tumors, he put on over 45 lbs and bloomed into the most beautiful soul.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-uRPQwYP-FGbCrAo-D_QKpWZm-FMS2mCBor9q1XWdIFL9TGV0G_tVOwaThbD8_WK1HD4yjKIxcgsPFW3lw2ql6ZjGFyXSxNZEmp2st51JoM2tFfMOz_IYeqAEIloORjoyzC123YMzToMsfGryN8SsKKjTzNGa_yoM5zXV29iED7Go5OMx08-Q5BV_Q/s400/connor6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="400" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-uRPQwYP-FGbCrAo-D_QKpWZm-FMS2mCBor9q1XWdIFL9TGV0G_tVOwaThbD8_WK1HD4yjKIxcgsPFW3lw2ql6ZjGFyXSxNZEmp2st51JoM2tFfMOz_IYeqAEIloORjoyzC123YMzToMsfGryN8SsKKjTzNGa_yoM5zXV29iED7Go5OMx08-Q5BV_Q/w640-h310/connor6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">This is what I live for: their eyes. The journey from dead to joyful.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5TG8hleCuLKoPlApVcl1uAB1Xgn1rbGXG8kKCSjiGt3T4LI2gzdg6Vp9d8sKI-mFIf1X_DjU0W9H6gl8DbjuFf-ouacXln63uP44llV3L6oKfbZh5pWg_2ZKU1LoXaK3h6zGs6-6yOxJjFsRVTOCwBODo7JZn1JfMmnb3tr0irAJgzzEdvQQ-yQtwXQ/s4032/connor2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5TG8hleCuLKoPlApVcl1uAB1Xgn1rbGXG8kKCSjiGt3T4LI2gzdg6Vp9d8sKI-mFIf1X_DjU0W9H6gl8DbjuFf-ouacXln63uP44llV3L6oKfbZh5pWg_2ZKU1LoXaK3h6zGs6-6yOxJjFsRVTOCwBODo7JZn1JfMmnb3tr0irAJgzzEdvQQ-yQtwXQ/w400-h195/connor2.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">My Lab X American Foxhound was given a fitting retirement. </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRAAitbBNfQSpFMRUAOcF5gikh9yFRPGnpjnHcOFIbQudTU3-_OVGkbYbZ-7GPoITuhtATcIdyHOp_jceUcwK05F7FQzVnbYwSJZmFPnkIP7viIowV6vqIw1ViHsKIGHMZ7MS1fhz3XltiNbTGX3ezZ5Zs0JgphrnNyjoR6XBgCoPgCZnG8hfMTgJA4g/s320/connor8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRAAitbBNfQSpFMRUAOcF5gikh9yFRPGnpjnHcOFIbQudTU3-_OVGkbYbZ-7GPoITuhtATcIdyHOp_jceUcwK05F7FQzVnbYwSJZmFPnkIP7viIowV6vqIw1ViHsKIGHMZ7MS1fhz3XltiNbTGX3ezZ5Zs0JgphrnNyjoR6XBgCoPgCZnG8hfMTgJA4g/w400-h300/connor8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Couch potato who loved to carry around his purple dinosaur.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiksk24scV6N3zzvC092j0RN3nURKvzSDZET836TCJhyJhBmnsBfDc8MMHknT5sgHhXvXin3QGBH1fvqrEGKU42I5_ITTsbCrS17g7pImHSklhhg19Qryuv1tq-d7pJXZXmfIFXFp8BdQo5SVOyqQMsvA_EXwsi1jvcxv1GpOGJll9tC--6TWZF2ibyvg/s3816/20220126_102440.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2284" data-original-width="3816" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiksk24scV6N3zzvC092j0RN3nURKvzSDZET836TCJhyJhBmnsBfDc8MMHknT5sgHhXvXin3QGBH1fvqrEGKU42I5_ITTsbCrS17g7pImHSklhhg19Qryuv1tq-d7pJXZXmfIFXFp8BdQo5SVOyqQMsvA_EXwsi1jvcxv1GpOGJll9tC--6TWZF2ibyvg/w640-h384/20220126_102440.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-9GiCeVUQArxJOTwC-q0JUhs6u51q3ftM0QkDGI693KmYgUEP0yip2kANY61VgfEcv3jaTUe1bulwI82SsG_UvS4_IOcCA1yTCWt8JYHeJWmiVZViehF_L5LTK0WZv0tbO-vy0FADTVIwCtotAPp1PRrntAWhXjQbhgDYSOQ9PYcimyb9JeeOW0HykQ/s4032/20220125_205334(0).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-9GiCeVUQArxJOTwC-q0JUhs6u51q3ftM0QkDGI693KmYgUEP0yip2kANY61VgfEcv3jaTUe1bulwI82SsG_UvS4_IOcCA1yTCWt8JYHeJWmiVZViehF_L5LTK0WZv0tbO-vy0FADTVIwCtotAPp1PRrntAWhXjQbhgDYSOQ9PYcimyb9JeeOW0HykQ/w480-h640/20220125_205334(0).jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">When cancer struck in January 2022, the pathologist gave him 3 to 6 months to live. He lost his spleen, but not his desire to live.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHJwa79f8ruy-0Es_VLou0IhvtE2kAegocUo1f2atX5_FL3bJkXq0-MTVmZ-R-uUPI4UVVnpnaXpdU50WNSDFXxX8XwmqJp7uSLExyfhCmgj1CODTq7W2kULegsww0Kl104DLCDtQbMNGpPCAPPZ57rEgbrUFgddWAeQ_zIzGDToPIQkxvfMKCjP17kw/s1214/20220401_112134.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1039" data-original-width="1214" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHJwa79f8ruy-0Es_VLou0IhvtE2kAegocUo1f2atX5_FL3bJkXq0-MTVmZ-R-uUPI4UVVnpnaXpdU50WNSDFXxX8XwmqJp7uSLExyfhCmgj1CODTq7W2kULegsww0Kl104DLCDtQbMNGpPCAPPZ57rEgbrUFgddWAeQ_zIzGDToPIQkxvfMKCjP17kw/w640-h548/20220401_112134.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMLg4-tz_D2q0beNqVfjuQGHj5FQ4TwzIRYsyh2VSoS-5p1nNRDx87lj3e_UQcusXpFO112SzivZBtUItvEHy9Ux4AKdasYcKz4IvlX9Tyh-0CNaZs1I8I2WVqRYQUcyDF8GpknJnCa4NAPuxY6TQmVmbER9KBxVkJapkwibpGC3szkEy3HDknHUTUWw/s4032/20220415_181444.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMLg4-tz_D2q0beNqVfjuQGHj5FQ4TwzIRYsyh2VSoS-5p1nNRDx87lj3e_UQcusXpFO112SzivZBtUItvEHy9Ux4AKdasYcKz4IvlX9Tyh-0CNaZs1I8I2WVqRYQUcyDF8GpknJnCa4NAPuxY6TQmVmbER9KBxVkJapkwibpGC3szkEy3HDknHUTUWw/w400-h300/20220415_181444.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Sorry, ain't got time for dying, we had places to be, naps to be had.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1_suRHM2bOZhi_Bzdjlwd7Jbb8ksVde8trGrr0Htiu0BN8dO10WQaIH8RsAoBzX9G5PVDkNuBvOATsed0Yc3msE_VfzrqM4NzlBbGb6NapfnjDisKWJlpO7yimMJ1s6VrK5_qRa1pVA7JfXCHqT99PS_K6q7GqVwgoEoIdYJplUx2xa0zdszEvAymaw/s4032/20220822_205104.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1_suRHM2bOZhi_Bzdjlwd7Jbb8ksVde8trGrr0Htiu0BN8dO10WQaIH8RsAoBzX9G5PVDkNuBvOATsed0Yc3msE_VfzrqM4NzlBbGb6NapfnjDisKWJlpO7yimMJ1s6VrK5_qRa1pVA7JfXCHqT99PS_K6q7GqVwgoEoIdYJplUx2xa0zdszEvAymaw/w300-h400/20220822_205104.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Another large tumor was removed in mid August.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl9wI4ZglIwzZTU2zIAi0m6jeF65JfTe00jYo6neu0bDy5tLQe-n_frQY_ueGVIHdAS2qTaoY8fzxyUaRxE_WLgtdffVxY5e3uW88RQ5lTBUNpma6Bd9xNhYhinmQe_N7UY1AJekcQ29BhQi7Df9ChMDESEWG2uAFRm9LA65cBKG4W2o05URMSe4_wBA/s4032/20220819_183938.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl9wI4ZglIwzZTU2zIAi0m6jeF65JfTe00jYo6neu0bDy5tLQe-n_frQY_ueGVIHdAS2qTaoY8fzxyUaRxE_WLgtdffVxY5e3uW88RQ5lTBUNpma6Bd9xNhYhinmQe_N7UY1AJekcQ29BhQi7Df9ChMDESEWG2uAFRm9LA65cBKG4W2o05URMSe4_wBA/w300-h400/20220819_183938.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">He rallied for a week, convincing me he was going to live until 20.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4B2ATh-F0oYTVmJM92AFLgGbyn6HO6z6XRLIot6zL3DERqMGFH_XQD6P_Pr6wFcnliVEcsPSSqtxo29CjusgwQ4DKd4IxWAQOMIUw3v8JObjtX1sYo_PJfifULG4q6gGSQL6txBnRrc6FNC1vKOKRdHh8BymVyaKDbJwgrwN1-vwDCdofkLhxfWCZyA/s4032/20220827_110310.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Cancer from within was calling, no outrunning it this time. I made the call, he'd had 3 bad days in a row. My motto: maybe a day early, but never a minute too late. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Saturday morning, Connor Smith went over the Rainbow Bridge. It never gets easier. They live with me, sleep in my bed, we study together, they come to work with me. It's an amazing feeling to have a pack, it's utterly destroying to lose a member. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Then the Universe stepped in and a friend brought a Great Dane puppy in need of new digs.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7z8QbzV8-r4c8YaciAbOdPpQPuh8a7yM8BS4L6j3jbG0Xf-NxgWeCs_00HRb4p0GigAN9hRMom2WuAWipNNtFA1XlqZ0TFB6sO6Du5uQ-Vl40O1_Fm_4kY2dsnu2AWBsDpLswAgmn-ErQadN4IDSIoiytHDy7s_B8Be9Rx9-J-8qQGILcvbwmRGXcTg/s3766/20220828_171529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3766" data-original-width="2824" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7z8QbzV8-r4c8YaciAbOdPpQPuh8a7yM8BS4L6j3jbG0Xf-NxgWeCs_00HRb4p0GigAN9hRMom2WuAWipNNtFA1XlqZ0TFB6sO6Du5uQ-Vl40O1_Fm_4kY2dsnu2AWBsDpLswAgmn-ErQadN4IDSIoiytHDy7s_B8Be9Rx9-J-8qQGILcvbwmRGXcTg/w300-h400/20220828_171529.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Could he look anymore like Connor? This little 16 week old nugget graced my life for only a day before going off to his new home.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizX0mYicfWP95GppqwIGDW8Kfv3X29woBGwxlaB30Q7fjZHCqyXLaCLjen_Z2-JOpL54pamkN8TOYFNua0gK7JJ219WcpvwGE3aoZbqoQGJW9BlpwXH9bM0CKgkoI0AvwemqDn4YSQPMyQc66WrZiB3qTGV2ybqu-um1_1OX-V_FQd1dGJWKgcjPQzXg/s4032/20220828_173907.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizX0mYicfWP95GppqwIGDW8Kfv3X29woBGwxlaB30Q7fjZHCqyXLaCLjen_Z2-JOpL54pamkN8TOYFNua0gK7JJ219WcpvwGE3aoZbqoQGJW9BlpwXH9bM0CKgkoI0AvwemqDn4YSQPMyQc66WrZiB3qTGV2ybqu-um1_1OX-V_FQd1dGJWKgcjPQzXg/s320/20220828_173907.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBLuYh0pO3iY9pyjXaemNtETB0JuleRoYnLQZNsZdPFXnmnFEBkhPi_ORHRsxeol3LR2nCuk1ZmeJ7MJz0oWZf9XpUtfIBwWfhUdAubfb8aWrIFquCK1jIou35Oqw-EUmVgHXvp-6d2636N8RIqCKyKRdGLaOEFpC0DmhHhqolW-_PHftB0cnQDg0eHg/s4032/20220828_173507.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Let it in.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisFUGG-Ijg8Gd846DONnpMdoQHVsFDKWlFtkt5SMNpXMTavQfBrM2Uapy3_wcIiuF4F_xyOeQtBMguAwXRVAKmopuN3_XnJrZF5oYhi5iMYR-r2m8UsWprQRmsRfDjnpRpozC-seIkir31DDVx6VqG925yGOjue2K8pAPbGuBl4q6KJuzIBbzKZ4njiA/s4032/20220828_172658.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisFUGG-Ijg8Gd846DONnpMdoQHVsFDKWlFtkt5SMNpXMTavQfBrM2Uapy3_wcIiuF4F_xyOeQtBMguAwXRVAKmopuN3_XnJrZF5oYhi5iMYR-r2m8UsWprQRmsRfDjnpRpozC-seIkir31DDVx6VqG925yGOjue2K8pAPbGuBl4q6KJuzIBbzKZ4njiA/w480-h640/20220828_172658.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p>My Life According To Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03394359883556578583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360074397154097577.post-13461130402107656522022-08-20T18:56:00.000-07:002022-08-20T18:56:44.287-07:00Legacy<p> <span style="font-family: trebuchet;">At some point in everyone's life, you wonder what kind of legacy you'll leave behind when all that's left of you is dust.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Z4ki32x4TiGGE92d3l2uPP8OMU9d9rrzGvhEuC1B8YEWoGm3twbVKM9ds6Efhz_nyNwoCSOp9CcvOBtydPjd5D7Kabeqsm3O8UkJJX81uV1U6TIZ6ewkQeSA9n5vX4h0lJOwjAoRyKq1frhZnCzh3U9k7C26AJzq53eLvTZyy2jddyKWsJcwUA3sNQ/s668/Screenshot%20(215).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="668" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Z4ki32x4TiGGE92d3l2uPP8OMU9d9rrzGvhEuC1B8YEWoGm3twbVKM9ds6Efhz_nyNwoCSOp9CcvOBtydPjd5D7Kabeqsm3O8UkJJX81uV1U6TIZ6ewkQeSA9n5vX4h0lJOwjAoRyKq1frhZnCzh3U9k7C26AJzq53eLvTZyy2jddyKWsJcwUA3sNQ/s320/Screenshot%20(215).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">For those who have kids, your legacy comes prepackaged in a drooling DNA bundle that you're supposed to mold to become a better person than yourself.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJK-DGOy3yC7POhZQSNtPvz1h9u5Ri05b7GdQ_ZOuAwsNALBHlajlMbIqDp_iT96s2ikYjRRnl_1Be7ttn8k2-o5Trg2DZHoOV-LbKfIyp_yianc5qXCliFM4Xglt-3F9g2PAlRQqIP3dz3D-iQQM-22SCHsjmMxMBXe828rdsNPUX2nv4sBGO0KyAYg/s595/Screenshot%20(213).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="303" data-original-width="595" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJK-DGOy3yC7POhZQSNtPvz1h9u5Ri05b7GdQ_ZOuAwsNALBHlajlMbIqDp_iT96s2ikYjRRnl_1Be7ttn8k2-o5Trg2DZHoOV-LbKfIyp_yianc5qXCliFM4Xglt-3F9g2PAlRQqIP3dz3D-iQQM-22SCHsjmMxMBXe828rdsNPUX2nv4sBGO0KyAYg/s320/Screenshot%20(213).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Absent of progeny, you kick the can around for a while until you can create your own path towards a legacy. I didn't have to kick the can far, for as soon as I had my own apartment, I'd taken in dogs, cats, rabbits, snakes, I was even hiding a pig in my apartment. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio1U6TqCtRIRvuLJuwHXdJUodgrChBhQKn2PBeQBdUda6fGvQY8hcCcY6eudL4oH5ny-w0odkhq9S-s_kJUBpswXarNuOdY6spcuOoH5tcEmUU245VPLno2sF7a3j-ZaF_RW0il4pcH7GpYq2Q7QyjlwqxVygCgfA5Lh42TGeQ4LjLy-u2vuxYxb5Qcw/s1024/100-0002_IMG_LI.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio1U6TqCtRIRvuLJuwHXdJUodgrChBhQKn2PBeQBdUda6fGvQY8hcCcY6eudL4oH5ny-w0odkhq9S-s_kJUBpswXarNuOdY6spcuOoH5tcEmUU245VPLno2sF7a3j-ZaF_RW0il4pcH7GpYq2Q7QyjlwqxVygCgfA5Lh42TGeQ4LjLy-u2vuxYxb5Qcw/s320/100-0002_IMG_LI.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Rescue is what I do. I took a break from companion animal rescue for a while when I had my draft horse rescue (first rule is not to spread yourself too thin).</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_2Yc1Qq8Ae5cuZypdbir-cKQk4W8GJ_nUmiJCqBRdN3a1kTQD0B2cHcEKhqLBpv9sViMhrUk0rcHfvU7yf7cqA0h956FoLPipJZ9mlzuceo8gs3fVNpTGE-R17_D3cbW7JzIh53Vs-4VIAda5L0D89D69IlXvbWwuXMyz_9uvFQd0QtaPW2ITRiPDQ/s2816/thieves!.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_2Yc1Qq8Ae5cuZypdbir-cKQk4W8GJ_nUmiJCqBRdN3a1kTQD0B2cHcEKhqLBpv9sViMhrUk0rcHfvU7yf7cqA0h956FoLPipJZ9mlzuceo8gs3fVNpTGE-R17_D3cbW7JzIh53Vs-4VIAda5L0D89D69IlXvbWwuXMyz_9uvFQd0QtaPW2ITRiPDQ/w400-h300/thieves!.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I have no intentions of ever stopping. It doesn't bother me that I've had the same old truck for almost 20 years, don't give a flip that all my clothes are hand-me-downs or thrift store bought, not ashamed at all to get my groceries from Misfit Market, I cut my own hair to save money. One day, if my Social Security check is so tiny that I can't take more in, I'll ride my powerchair to the local shelter and clean cat boxes.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">A friend so tactfully said: "You don't owe anyone an explanation for what you love until the world can explain hate." </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4IGKQR8Ec1iqIARi31B20q_m0btLArjZC6eH5KluOZt3xb12hPYqADoT5Q0tPHU_rOVZ3WXjSMiCxXHJQQtOZYqLQlKyPFj-hDogxCyHgvVYKudNTkT3cXkciSVzYe4aQtAvxndCB4KPb6oGZLg--fr2m7c5Y3ZFUI7YeF9BM6hpA5rpJRb3nCgB0QA/s4032/20220811_190828.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4IGKQR8Ec1iqIARi31B20q_m0btLArjZC6eH5KluOZt3xb12hPYqADoT5Q0tPHU_rOVZ3WXjSMiCxXHJQQtOZYqLQlKyPFj-hDogxCyHgvVYKudNTkT3cXkciSVzYe4aQtAvxndCB4KPb6oGZLg--fr2m7c5Y3ZFUI7YeF9BM6hpA5rpJRb3nCgB0QA/w640-h480/20220811_190828.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">It's been over 3 years since I've seen anyone in my family, I mean no one, not even a 3rd cousin once removed. Thank you covid. I feel like I'm off in Alcatraz for a crime I didn't commit. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">This is the family I made. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirrZrv9tiH6uJUoMvdctMd8CIjFwfIJ9Bd5BCEOu58Z_dKxFnCGCrNHZkfUUx4ISAgraU7l33pDdHgv0BiMPbLQdliM5jJQOlEP8CH0gPnjPIu9puuPHHA272Wb-TFdkJ2ZUpMllUpGcWKPcZrcJim65BqO8nMalZzTM1QdTgOPgz-ZUqdyo0mZOa2Dg/s740/VideoCapture_20220818-155250.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="452" data-original-width="740" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirrZrv9tiH6uJUoMvdctMd8CIjFwfIJ9Bd5BCEOu58Z_dKxFnCGCrNHZkfUUx4ISAgraU7l33pDdHgv0BiMPbLQdliM5jJQOlEP8CH0gPnjPIu9puuPHHA272Wb-TFdkJ2ZUpMllUpGcWKPcZrcJim65BqO8nMalZzTM1QdTgOPgz-ZUqdyo0mZOa2Dg/w640-h390/VideoCapture_20220818-155250.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Two of the heathens were bought as puppies when I still held unrealistic hopes that I could overcome health issues and resume being the little phenom endurance runner I once was. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhteoWGswLrvJoNfGqjk7AkJDEIlPKA59hG-hVAC1vHOvnGeOQ-Gu7avq4WQ0r0mw_xrUkPYHl-Y9ITSXvOJxdOtjzMa0dBB7PNGruHjiachknZM2OJNEMsjCCnrVmzGyMK_j2vbNlgX9lpiqQ1wLTUTYGeF7VRyqDn_tYQEASwHeaKcs3A2lhXh3p0zg/s380/All%20done.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="380" data-original-width="363" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhteoWGswLrvJoNfGqjk7AkJDEIlPKA59hG-hVAC1vHOvnGeOQ-Gu7avq4WQ0r0mw_xrUkPYHl-Y9ITSXvOJxdOtjzMa0dBB7PNGruHjiachknZM2OJNEMsjCCnrVmzGyMK_j2vbNlgX9lpiqQ1wLTUTYGeF7VRyqDn_tYQEASwHeaKcs3A2lhXh3p0zg/w612-h640/All%20done.jpg" width="612" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Dax is almost a rescue--because no one else would've handled the spawn of Satan. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijw1SHhtmrcdsAbJLUySzCBJo9QvOvZtdPM2KkZShtaVJkcFv0_Vz_hR82-EMp6ZYTV0ia2BI84q3qWBdn6mDEkIFVOYQqi3JUpe9VZ9s4j5bkXmLun4GySWImKlfs4iCKQzjHxgtX4VfSHU_lN5tkuAJ_Fwl6Z2V5Qwb1avrnDkRshFNUUdUEaZhJ3A/s4032/20220728_214254.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijw1SHhtmrcdsAbJLUySzCBJo9QvOvZtdPM2KkZShtaVJkcFv0_Vz_hR82-EMp6ZYTV0ia2BI84q3qWBdn6mDEkIFVOYQqi3JUpe9VZ9s4j5bkXmLun4GySWImKlfs4iCKQzjHxgtX4VfSHU_lN5tkuAJ_Fwl6Z2V5Qwb1avrnDkRshFNUUdUEaZhJ3A/w400-h300/20220728_214254.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Micah is perhaps the second best dog I've ever had (Cole will never be displaced from 1st Place).</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZ7Jh2-eYVeCteFWZfJDcerkD5pjwFMZ7KW8GW612J6im88qp9fq0fC_3nq9JhpFZo_qho5FzQ3-Ib2V5vkXitJXAvB0-09MNCUn-HxPGsKPv2sbyPnVzN8NnUr2p3Uvrr_LvsENhR5ugzEv6JbL9x2H-LLyVy4zEISkGgqKLuJLKGvsyKrxkyFJg2g/s4032/20220711_083532.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZ7Jh2-eYVeCteFWZfJDcerkD5pjwFMZ7KW8GW612J6im88qp9fq0fC_3nq9JhpFZo_qho5FzQ3-Ib2V5vkXitJXAvB0-09MNCUn-HxPGsKPv2sbyPnVzN8NnUr2p3Uvrr_LvsENhR5ugzEv6JbL9x2H-LLyVy4zEISkGgqKLuJLKGvsyKrxkyFJg2g/w400-h300/20220711_083532.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Peter is Mother Goose who dotes on everyone, stands at the door and stops any dog coming in from the rain to lick them dry (only makes matters worse, but he tries).</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTWD8HUuX8uFT98C15Bh0s7nhL6EOmGnyrLt0qBCahSyPqUSPYMnDzpCEAml9rXzNCrj1e2lMabEDVTrN5veW_2JKYV7kSKe1TPtMIru9nQcGNhyCapZsjTCji2BU1sKG4y53EY314o9m642_CMci0ZRliPMSfeXMZzWMNrE2R4C5d0XFc7FfDWMzGsw/s960/63564.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTWD8HUuX8uFT98C15Bh0s7nhL6EOmGnyrLt0qBCahSyPqUSPYMnDzpCEAml9rXzNCrj1e2lMabEDVTrN5veW_2JKYV7kSKe1TPtMIru9nQcGNhyCapZsjTCji2BU1sKG4y53EY314o9m642_CMci0ZRliPMSfeXMZzWMNrE2R4C5d0XFc7FfDWMzGsw/w300-h400/63564.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Connor was a junkyard dog who outlived his usefulness and was kicked to the street with his teeth brutally grinded off. He is ever grateful and loves his purple dinosaur toy.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf4bJ3trqa0wDxbn4JRMUFZt4HPTUfb62YudDQ8rF6Epnnplg9ukAwANObU-tRETKG1c8q6iFXJwIcZ1qprgx_JThwZgVHWF51H7r7LBijo3rEYnL-ERbm78SlFKCKbLhujGoUJvr3A_6Bp8c-X1nbpZqiJKbG2maSlv-lcBCy87_Y0y9ZXbGpn_wepg/s4032/20220818_201709.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf4bJ3trqa0wDxbn4JRMUFZt4HPTUfb62YudDQ8rF6Epnnplg9ukAwANObU-tRETKG1c8q6iFXJwIcZ1qprgx_JThwZgVHWF51H7r7LBijo3rEYnL-ERbm78SlFKCKbLhujGoUJvr3A_6Bp8c-X1nbpZqiJKbG2maSlv-lcBCy87_Y0y9ZXbGpn_wepg/w300-h400/20220818_201709.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Pippins lived almost 4 years locked in a laundry room with very little contact, and it still shows, bless her little savage heart.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1lCNPNKzAUI8JOgeUcuppxJX5_8J5HwXHNrgNioi0g1yH-x-UTXqITzcEck40Yq0oFAgJCBxT8pJa6fvKyWAM--SJIPXUiE95XOs-IGJIGl30dh0AuF5ixN8H0T3xaiiG7Ek0YACgbL8-owmls3U811Win5lue3MU_JaN3aHModEf-VibBDNsu9fJug/s2344/20220727_113648.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1968" data-original-width="2344" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1lCNPNKzAUI8JOgeUcuppxJX5_8J5HwXHNrgNioi0g1yH-x-UTXqITzcEck40Yq0oFAgJCBxT8pJa6fvKyWAM--SJIPXUiE95XOs-IGJIGl30dh0AuF5ixN8H0T3xaiiG7Ek0YACgbL8-owmls3U811Win5lue3MU_JaN3aHModEf-VibBDNsu9fJug/w400-h336/20220727_113648.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Emmett was carried out of the woods by a hiker who found him so emaciated, he could no longer stand.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzxkfi6A6_8fc5mArafON6l7K7gYliyU2QR7YaU05sKFkwpHmcAS-cw0DIOeMdi3XAwBZTBOdPMjNBqOb0lmG2PQ7TD4bf49IWHSVKG6_JrOhHB2NP0Ng9TmOEGcdBX8kENvsIXPDiHtkQ1XYgczDdsvhNGz98Ifnh3XNKHtuBG-JbXxuapNwnOPlTaQ/s4032/20220807_115857.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzxkfi6A6_8fc5mArafON6l7K7gYliyU2QR7YaU05sKFkwpHmcAS-cw0DIOeMdi3XAwBZTBOdPMjNBqOb0lmG2PQ7TD4bf49IWHSVKG6_JrOhHB2NP0Ng9TmOEGcdBX8kENvsIXPDiHtkQ1XYgczDdsvhNGz98Ifnh3XNKHtuBG-JbXxuapNwnOPlTaQ/w480-h640/20220807_115857.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Stella was a mess, and still is, but she's my mess.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi44CUPCPe7gH3ImMcFVlE_vGR1-UogL1oXIIWogLyoDaw42DP5Ccf1U7n9nP4UZk8QcNW8U_Y0LOAkLEUsK31uhH7Ss7yjlSj3sHyOBOufp9CIJCAxxUFfQAqhlx1vkgJj0BNPJwf1qnQChTlpYrHYsqVPA8LREQsJJNiEbbKbtizjd7MIw3yyM4iPiA/s1085/20220725_180239.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="801" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi44CUPCPe7gH3ImMcFVlE_vGR1-UogL1oXIIWogLyoDaw42DP5Ccf1U7n9nP4UZk8QcNW8U_Y0LOAkLEUsK31uhH7Ss7yjlSj3sHyOBOufp9CIJCAxxUFfQAqhlx1vkgJj0BNPJwf1qnQChTlpYrHYsqVPA8LREQsJJNiEbbKbtizjd7MIw3yyM4iPiA/w472-h640/20220725_180239.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Fergus is just a baby. I fell in love with him when he was hours old.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxyqxoxPn562WRCo47gT8l_Npu4EOJAJZshryTpONP6IkxhfuGAQPCit-fu9J1kdSWiXZLl2QpVr9Ul8sRMsb7ZeMntDP_3LSp4m6pMnPCS8PS--cZm-4cixnKXUaLR7-iNtmfhal3AA_AQY7qKqhuY9XMFZ3h-hxwgEM4VYOXkLUn6fmQGAJItWvIQ/s4032/20220812_211523.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxyqxoxPn562WRCo47gT8l_Npu4EOJAJZshryTpONP6IkxhfuGAQPCit-fu9J1kdSWiXZLl2QpVr9Ul8sRMsb7ZeMntDP_3LSp4m6pMnPCS8PS--cZm-4cixnKXUaLR7-iNtmfhal3AA_AQY7qKqhuY9XMFZ3h-hxwgEM4VYOXkLUn6fmQGAJItWvIQ/w400-h300/20220812_211523.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Cash was damaged goods that had lived as a stray for 10 years before a no-kill shelter took him in for 2 years. Still bald over large patches of skin from previous mange, scars galore, chronic heartworm infection, one damaged eye and pretty sure he's deaf. He deserves a quiet place to come spent his last year or two. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKSCd2AAzpF9i9A0oIC7pfggWu4zz_BNHARaBTslIi6wka6srcgELFgxw-sZo9ItL8-5Br3VrKuV_1MC0DDPw27mI6qkVvE4WTgGkC98GJMlHXoXSEGaUMei3QjFqWnjlwN9yUVhB2nN9OHNblY7FvyUOyxinaoSR4jHT9AknpQGp15Rn6Ppybxw_h0Q/s960/64720.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="443" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKSCd2AAzpF9i9A0oIC7pfggWu4zz_BNHARaBTslIi6wka6srcgELFgxw-sZo9ItL8-5Br3VrKuV_1MC0DDPw27mI6qkVvE4WTgGkC98GJMlHXoXSEGaUMei3QjFqWnjlwN9yUVhB2nN9OHNblY7FvyUOyxinaoSR4jHT9AknpQGp15Rn6Ppybxw_h0Q/w296-h640/64720.jpeg" width="296" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzNe1qaOpeyti0WJEsLPfCQDzr6E43TlZA-6y_wNgmLJ4MOJHQOP0cPVxrK45VGujpQ4vUsDqRlI0zNjyigpyOfDMgJKL_MUrLHKIXM6Ea8z4zBBZ6dLmm1xiCBUcUfjOeydya_Mr5Cp8iQeXLTED__tl-xNlXtjzE9i2QtqJkGGMKxVKcguYvDbG_4A/s2321/20220810_174731.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh79OHEobzSIpZaWCA9UCu-KCG6Q4umX6TWMlWRc005dkSTUZNUmYLcUsiwSanmaswTt-hhRDglBS66J4H22QndtbScylSNpY618NieCmpi6cKbB9Ylxfn2akC2q86SHyFeHZAxWHDaUMabmHGZOXqKtyfxc0G-VrVud9_JIauc67AN3peUi_3KVUvRHA/s4032/20220812_170251.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh79OHEobzSIpZaWCA9UCu-KCG6Q4umX6TWMlWRc005dkSTUZNUmYLcUsiwSanmaswTt-hhRDglBS66J4H22QndtbScylSNpY618NieCmpi6cKbB9Ylxfn2akC2q86SHyFeHZAxWHDaUMabmHGZOXqKtyfxc0G-VrVud9_JIauc67AN3peUi_3KVUvRHA/w480-h640/20220812_170251.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">So, when this little number shows up at my house, the neighbor tells me to ignore it, "you can't save them all". </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5XB6aYbO94Z0xP_oBoOkoIJBZg2uxhsO6xzKOR6qQKWmvvW4NjU31v_7oIqA00TjlHF_XlCkkUQ4VpZqkZWBRgvpFFQHPTsojdSmB-rW7Wa5w5_AEAQfinaMXWFU_0UZIy_iVLTvEELbPAJXb82dHopchE8ebdrOlz911lPkdDCRNTHjPh6P0J58fOg/s4032/20220820_131301.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5XB6aYbO94Z0xP_oBoOkoIJBZg2uxhsO6xzKOR6qQKWmvvW4NjU31v_7oIqA00TjlHF_XlCkkUQ4VpZqkZWBRgvpFFQHPTsojdSmB-rW7Wa5w5_AEAQfinaMXWFU_0UZIy_iVLTvEELbPAJXb82dHopchE8ebdrOlz911lPkdDCRNTHjPh6P0J58fOg/w400-h300/20220820_131301.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">True, but you can be part of the problem and ignore an animal who so obviously is asking for help, or be part of the solution. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi932jo0ZjwqdCy5oZlR1Z90flNyWSdNF8erjkuhmug3LfOzlh_M0cyC4gh62MB-mEAetM_srKLQTgS_4xvwzd5XI0kayhc1qX6pnqP0IKygZSmnr8AQqJZ8J4jbw_PqHfgZRxrMiMWI-2GDGd5Y7WW7YtXvl-Nu7W44qTAwbR1tr2vH4gXW5LkZPCp-w/s4032/20220820_131116.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi932jo0ZjwqdCy5oZlR1Z90flNyWSdNF8erjkuhmug3LfOzlh_M0cyC4gh62MB-mEAetM_srKLQTgS_4xvwzd5XI0kayhc1qX6pnqP0IKygZSmnr8AQqJZ8J4jbw_PqHfgZRxrMiMWI-2GDGd5Y7WW7YtXvl-Nu7W44qTAwbR1tr2vH4gXW5LkZPCp-w/w400-h300/20220820_131116.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I choose the latter. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGk4Y5GxmGISw_NYigi9v-8PeO5RiS-qfsfpmW2b9w3EXdoSXVZkZhrGgSvLOlB-oihnwUNWs3oIGuvJuqozKR9lfXDy1gAvxZBNGs4QK5Crno1UEB1I0bVLPWMKedga0pE-mSDWXXcDJRaTLHBcZMzxb7cNPlE98Tip91KJYMG0iXXMF3efx-tfG7jw/s4032/20220820_133143.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGk4Y5GxmGISw_NYigi9v-8PeO5RiS-qfsfpmW2b9w3EXdoSXVZkZhrGgSvLOlB-oihnwUNWs3oIGuvJuqozKR9lfXDy1gAvxZBNGs4QK5Crno1UEB1I0bVLPWMKedga0pE-mSDWXXcDJRaTLHBcZMzxb7cNPlE98Tip91KJYMG0iXXMF3efx-tfG7jw/w480-h640/20220820_133143.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">It doesn't take much time at all to feed, bathe, give him a Capstar for fleas, Benadryl for the flea dermatitis, do a quick temperament test and make some phone calls to my network of rescuers.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1tDlxbik6pYQUS8NgLw1_d7NOMCN9Fk8QL6nWnMm0Ag-mbX97ypxSoPXEUO3E103hAUSjsVfUy8ETk9ZERrlKW8hONWlcyI_L7ZazaTdqZ1JfKqQ2XFlwqMRfyiZClUzCtrLZv0Lx8bwnK7i4Co4JYlekQPYvfv5lBH0VteDqk2kmNyreHAalmExfMQ/s4032/20220820_133317.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1tDlxbik6pYQUS8NgLw1_d7NOMCN9Fk8QL6nWnMm0Ag-mbX97ypxSoPXEUO3E103hAUSjsVfUy8ETk9ZERrlKW8hONWlcyI_L7ZazaTdqZ1JfKqQ2XFlwqMRfyiZClUzCtrLZv0Lx8bwnK7i4Co4JYlekQPYvfv5lBH0VteDqk2kmNyreHAalmExfMQ/w480-h640/20220820_133317.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Legacy, it's built one brick at a time. </span></p>My Life According To Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03394359883556578583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360074397154097577.post-78133951342050848832022-08-18T09:54:00.001-07:002022-08-18T09:54:43.386-07:00My Covid Journey<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_mKl_CWcq7Sr_g7_X0JsiIaklFrrDLq6VXZwly2VZ-7s9W_I6sa8LVVdd-1_3U5x9wcTQeoztPC2mXTzm9c4g80RVaXK71uIsXdYEJpktjCO3-7CNGdCcc1UHiide1AbFnnpx0T5eFeEGBQynrZTc0nM-pAxFltcchUHXWJwWE-nMr7BH-944_23-w/s2944/20220817_205756.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2944" data-original-width="2208" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_mKl_CWcq7Sr_g7_X0JsiIaklFrrDLq6VXZwly2VZ-7s9W_I6sa8LVVdd-1_3U5x9wcTQeoztPC2mXTzm9c4g80RVaXK71uIsXdYEJpktjCO3-7CNGdCcc1UHiide1AbFnnpx0T5eFeEGBQynrZTc0nM-pAxFltcchUHXWJwWE-nMr7BH-944_23-w/s320/20220817_205756.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I used to roll my eyes when I'd hear people talk about their weight loss journeys, their addiction recovery journeys. A journey, to me, was something you did with a backpack while travelling. I've since broadened my definition. I tested positive last week for covid and it went from bad to worse. Yesterday's hospital visit, coupled with previous doctor visits and prescriptions will end up costing me the equivalent of a long weekend in Paris, minus the pain au chocolat, visit to the Louvre and mandatory people watching from a trottoir cafe. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">This week in between semesters at Auburn was supposed to be spent bush hogging at work and painting at my other house in the evenings. Neither of which happened. Undeterred, I thought in the least, I could catch up on scanning farm receipts. Splitting headache and high fevers for days killed that idea too.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ohIgcgQFQhJyK-VlMBkmQ5omj4irYHkMsnuienul8yINL3g2Gbec04Yo6Ue4bgsHZx3gaq5smCaUf-AqEUsQHQ83zbXFrUjQY7TsGCBcy9nj5cNl3LirWywxahsVXauNfpOJveJ8V1aoTrBPV2gQl1i56ghOGBDyHz4Z9tc6PKjOhx7QE8C70Z36FA/s3975/20220814_035300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2529" data-original-width="3975" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ohIgcgQFQhJyK-VlMBkmQ5omj4irYHkMsnuienul8yINL3g2Gbec04Yo6Ue4bgsHZx3gaq5smCaUf-AqEUsQHQ83zbXFrUjQY7TsGCBcy9nj5cNl3LirWywxahsVXauNfpOJveJ8V1aoTrBPV2gQl1i56ghOGBDyHz4Z9tc6PKjOhx7QE8C70Z36FA/s320/20220814_035300.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Next insult was the viral pneumonia diagnosis. They sent me home with an antiviral inhaler, I felt better.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBDsHzW0mmaGP1usM7qQWoasUim0xS0eBndX4AIZqSbDopKQ665ACDMkQwoAt7IPOFrgHO58Q0nmAqAW6PrcH7EZ7jmuh2Cq6iW-Hrz4ZqFYT0VEqORpvmJpcPy3Xcci_9oTqUmD_PagEd0BNXyybdDEpPTp97_CKYtMwOoaBjwprEwgbNtvHaprLHaQ/s4032/20220816_060901.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBDsHzW0mmaGP1usM7qQWoasUim0xS0eBndX4AIZqSbDopKQ665ACDMkQwoAt7IPOFrgHO58Q0nmAqAW6PrcH7EZ7jmuh2Cq6iW-Hrz4ZqFYT0VEqORpvmJpcPy3Xcci_9oTqUmD_PagEd0BNXyybdDEpPTp97_CKYtMwOoaBjwprEwgbNtvHaprLHaQ/w300-h400/20220816_060901.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">So good in fact, that I decided to go through with the preplanned hay run to northern Tennessee on Tuesday. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I left at midnight Monday night, breezed through Atlanta, tip toed across Knoxville before morning rush hour, arriving early at the farmer's mountaintop hay fields.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiENXb0IX6kZr4ggfvS34ZTeEZgi3cSTK45ouGrqX7DsvwV9PpHzyEgkg9go2_rzAHDcw0kpw3cCN7ZJP8hgdb72qheo6bqaY-_iGQsGSzXisEv2rNGQA2RYdDQ4ABzGY3M_-L2T2ZRBELOj-_w3uovnyj0QfIjxyB5TyQlpMWPKt6SCnnbQzZ9hp0uow/s4032/20220816_085031.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiENXb0IX6kZr4ggfvS34ZTeEZgi3cSTK45ouGrqX7DsvwV9PpHzyEgkg9go2_rzAHDcw0kpw3cCN7ZJP8hgdb72qheo6bqaY-_iGQsGSzXisEv2rNGQA2RYdDQ4ABzGY3M_-L2T2ZRBELOj-_w3uovnyj0QfIjxyB5TyQlpMWPKt6SCnnbQzZ9hp0uow/w640-h480/20220816_085031.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I'd been told that CDC quarantine times have been reduced to 5 days, and I was past Day 5. Usually, it an take every bit of 4 hours to load the 220 bales because the older farmer insists on helping and he's in possession of so much lore that it spills out at every occasion.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3CnfY0bfNmCAqmtGXgWh9Pj-I2Qpp2PJY5oIaZ7aV42cIuJMncG76gq5WF6dT4aigHNWmdnuTlbKFKmNxQiFUBwbvVpPmI-mS1AXsVyIe5dNIAFNqFZDGoEiu_scVS74fCfx1wJtaRvzvvsP4685-BU8C4H5DZdzA3VDpohObhJJWm54LykJ5RjGKvg/s4032/20220816_085038.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3CnfY0bfNmCAqmtGXgWh9Pj-I2Qpp2PJY5oIaZ7aV42cIuJMncG76gq5WF6dT4aigHNWmdnuTlbKFKmNxQiFUBwbvVpPmI-mS1AXsVyIe5dNIAFNqFZDGoEiu_scVS74fCfx1wJtaRvzvvsP4685-BU8C4H5DZdzA3VDpohObhJJWm54LykJ5RjGKvg/w400-h300/20220816_085038.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">This time, I refused his help. He disapproved of my new stacking method and would jump in the van to restack the bales. I watched him struggle with the heavy bales, his little flamingo legs buckling under the weight; I finally forcefully told him I didn't want him in my air space. And I managed to squeeze 13 more bales into the the Uhaul thanks to my unsanctioned stacking method. 233 bales total.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTap22ZifB4YJ-xLOAQEx7CIvQv-_2nBQnrALFAHPe_knuDuD3sxv1Yh65zkfnr9_oDKONO8dzcPHGipCopk7fgY10_9q8PHLkO09c78BrxvpsVPj1LvZwV23rbAHre89iXyBXOICJW4CrJetkS99p0C0VCRTWEUDf9XqQMHcGyN_sQNV3kRmJOHshJw/s2944/20220816_094126.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2944" data-original-width="2208" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTap22ZifB4YJ-xLOAQEx7CIvQv-_2nBQnrALFAHPe_knuDuD3sxv1Yh65zkfnr9_oDKONO8dzcPHGipCopk7fgY10_9q8PHLkO09c78BrxvpsVPj1LvZwV23rbAHre89iXyBXOICJW4CrJetkS99p0C0VCRTWEUDf9XqQMHcGyN_sQNV3kRmJOHshJw/s320/20220816_094126.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">The farmer would bring me 8 bales at a time with his grappler, then sit in his tractor, like an old wet hen, shaking his head in disapproval that a woman was doing the physical work. Granted, I did look like shit, still do, but I'll never be useless!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcbjFRQ6QeXKUT4bgHBoItx-BC9P1YAeHTxx3DFzXUGFM-a9R_TldiGepbtSD6Ys43ikc7cRc4jCIRSkLIqa0cKkI7KOKg7jnZF72GFbYCtcxlLkvqLNLKG1Ia86AUy3Jxj4p16DI6VfTLcfZjqCSJ2VKJUMPGP008YWqaZ8LSvJkn7TKU7DaD5-DQQg/s4032/20220816_083422.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcbjFRQ6QeXKUT4bgHBoItx-BC9P1YAeHTxx3DFzXUGFM-a9R_TldiGepbtSD6Ys43ikc7cRc4jCIRSkLIqa0cKkI7KOKg7jnZF72GFbYCtcxlLkvqLNLKG1Ia86AUy3Jxj4p16DI6VfTLcfZjqCSJ2VKJUMPGP008YWqaZ8LSvJkn7TKU7DaD5-DQQg/w300-h400/20220816_083422.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwgfcWnOtHvSCPSAGj5oWaP_8kEnsFe1ZjHZTDb8KU35m0rNrUtZLH5S69fRR8ojVqJ011sfGRS8UB5jf6dd5jp_r9lg__JkWRyLpCyWo4r8zapwKqYNDjfvstvqw9zPHLnfo2eML0oeNm3m3iH8WU5vHv1Q98FZhGM6pZKM1ts19wfphBswmv0K3mmQ/s4032/20220816_083447.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwgfcWnOtHvSCPSAGj5oWaP_8kEnsFe1ZjHZTDb8KU35m0rNrUtZLH5S69fRR8ojVqJ011sfGRS8UB5jf6dd5jp_r9lg__JkWRyLpCyWo4r8zapwKqYNDjfvstvqw9zPHLnfo2eML0oeNm3m3iH8WU5vHv1Q98FZhGM6pZKM1ts19wfphBswmv0K3mmQ/w300-h400/20220816_083447.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I left with a full belly of hay and the optimism that I might actually make it past Atlanta before 4 o'clock rush hour. In spite of only 2-1/2 hours sleep the day before, I kept the pedal to the metal. Record breaking 16 hour roundtrip, 3 hours shorter than my previous 19 hour record. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWzkxxIftBY_sE7wnzh1bF7612yusWLyONEtIF-GifyugcoIXRiEKZf3CEdvWADx2-xVTfX0Z8UhXZD5NcfqTSwZ3kYp9HYUoqA7zoZs7K6iZLFhywBZ5SR6NZl7K3zJuMckPHvOSaBt1wrzGmxR4JF_pXAy16FY6Z7_Fm7mFbXxEQJ41ux4UnuePLOQ/s1906/20220816_111203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1417" data-original-width="1906" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWzkxxIftBY_sE7wnzh1bF7612yusWLyONEtIF-GifyugcoIXRiEKZf3CEdvWADx2-xVTfX0Z8UhXZD5NcfqTSwZ3kYp9HYUoqA7zoZs7K6iZLFhywBZ5SR6NZl7K3zJuMckPHvOSaBt1wrzGmxR4JF_pXAy16FY6Z7_Fm7mFbXxEQJ41ux4UnuePLOQ/w400-h297/20220816_111203.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Adjanie had sustained my spirit by sending me pictures of all the dogs and horses. She has an artistic eye for composition and lighting. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_YWxl0qclwUaZOtP5_sJfjzssplni8Ye2N5m8o1TsCGVkoRZT7JuDHZfe6r0m_fWoyjRWg9-rsqw-rWFdm-KTeKBJp13MsUDiqWCvezdEVA-wmEBT-G9ORXboLZl1lhkBEUvilIa_g8CL1WzosixDdA0RWH5xTDZ6Z-OdgpA-19BbgcnufsM4GpyGhg/s1024/66124.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_YWxl0qclwUaZOtP5_sJfjzssplni8Ye2N5m8o1TsCGVkoRZT7JuDHZfe6r0m_fWoyjRWg9-rsqw-rWFdm-KTeKBJp13MsUDiqWCvezdEVA-wmEBT-G9ORXboLZl1lhkBEUvilIa_g8CL1WzosixDdA0RWH5xTDZ6Z-OdgpA-19BbgcnufsM4GpyGhg/s320/66124.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeuXCBzobMnHWVbmLeVY8KnW7A5trvUU2lEZmSpSBgYM8na2CRg315Nw6rHShv9g3bHU1or0PoH-69vbvOfSzoqsbQN8u5VLaUA6COb0Xh50kheKtwxHMNiyVuNnveclURWdKAJVQZJ3XhLTpyM3nTvbll1RSAY5jr-qVSLNJFA-GHRHRRgxf_67hlhQ/s1024/66107.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeuXCBzobMnHWVbmLeVY8KnW7A5trvUU2lEZmSpSBgYM8na2CRg315Nw6rHShv9g3bHU1or0PoH-69vbvOfSzoqsbQN8u5VLaUA6COb0Xh50kheKtwxHMNiyVuNnveclURWdKAJVQZJ3XhLTpyM3nTvbll1RSAY5jr-qVSLNJFA-GHRHRRgxf_67hlhQ/s320/66107.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_2kXD1pkO7Pz8sWP5sNfDGJoQds2_egqvx5pCScdwd9AnElQTyJ_RomCPzRQf3IWtpUcbwRPP6YBuuH8aquRT4rLa0RKbZhUkA2Eih9NauvmpEOb1FVgT0d6AuQlDLWirYBQ2RrvWjclHQ3sTmJORVWFmEtdOLJ06zXD98DlHcfKJAnl69VlJbXdlA/s640/66111.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_2kXD1pkO7Pz8sWP5sNfDGJoQds2_egqvx5pCScdwd9AnElQTyJ_RomCPzRQf3IWtpUcbwRPP6YBuuH8aquRT4rLa0RKbZhUkA2Eih9NauvmpEOb1FVgT0d6AuQlDLWirYBQ2RrvWjclHQ3sTmJORVWFmEtdOLJ06zXD98DlHcfKJAnl69VlJbXdlA/s320/66111.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio9OdzUTOo3je31w_j3ir0p0BppeHf3_tjtcHShQl0JdjLX8kAWlTZB29awtl40KwjY0v6SvKZ_RBPYwgzOXNAnPuSls9ccFAj_RjHf33NdbMttC4EgBMycFaupVPJl1Oc1n3bPI7_gQxIx4I3FTOk7mPpeDxOOzmVQkFQ6vGk1Gn4z1D-oMKW9RgsEw/s800/66108.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio9OdzUTOo3je31w_j3ir0p0BppeHf3_tjtcHShQl0JdjLX8kAWlTZB29awtl40KwjY0v6SvKZ_RBPYwgzOXNAnPuSls9ccFAj_RjHf33NdbMttC4EgBMycFaupVPJl1Oc1n3bPI7_gQxIx4I3FTOk7mPpeDxOOzmVQkFQ6vGk1Gn4z1D-oMKW9RgsEw/s320/66108.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXpAbE8y2D5cX1MyhtY6HI8pVcE6eq9fgKXJZ48mWakxQx6Qm2sIQ0PsACX0nW_paQFgz9MorgTmgALmgzOW7DowLj6Ldbh4FUyQs6eRDE1swCarn-bALHAcFY2Dbc5eJ0ofP03OpZ87GALH_9sO3TkYMpxy-sObvxa9-ANe3e6obRUrKeMotGnOL9bg/s1280/66086.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXpAbE8y2D5cX1MyhtY6HI8pVcE6eq9fgKXJZ48mWakxQx6Qm2sIQ0PsACX0nW_paQFgz9MorgTmgALmgzOW7DowLj6Ldbh4FUyQs6eRDE1swCarn-bALHAcFY2Dbc5eJ0ofP03OpZ87GALH_9sO3TkYMpxy-sObvxa9-ANe3e6obRUrKeMotGnOL9bg/s320/66086.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfslS5-luCryIBzaCYYhBRGqMylnV6B4kpetD0skZRwQswB0vQjUFgFIUugemOs-UuYnPlC_x7s6K52Yeda6A-87fGs2XHVN-wZGvO82OxpFLQhYkOxERbUf1q1AqZsHaNYQIRpYdESjc-NnUxdTjV5Ukw-pqIB4K8Fh65bXdKkymXRok9tk0yRE6zdA/s662/66350.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="659" data-original-width="662" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfslS5-luCryIBzaCYYhBRGqMylnV6B4kpetD0skZRwQswB0vQjUFgFIUugemOs-UuYnPlC_x7s6K52Yeda6A-87fGs2XHVN-wZGvO82OxpFLQhYkOxERbUf1q1AqZsHaNYQIRpYdESjc-NnUxdTjV5Ukw-pqIB4K8Fh65bXdKkymXRok9tk0yRE6zdA/s320/66350.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I had McGyvered a cut up waistband from my shorts to allow the dogs to come and go out the front door during my absence. The strike plate had been taped over. I had enjoyed the security camera footage of what looked like a saloon door opening and shutting a million times.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEbGHe8f9CTr6lMchSBmbZtPdPeREM6OYzYaC6DQOznNiXHJL50WK1lorpL1JNSDJWJj898dDKtSvkbj0R52qJEY4uIOsjNRS2iL_F3LIHJmqi6oJYbym6NouRUY8hPoR16m43-q1saULtidt9DS1lLu8XPBaW7MimzzJCVMk4Nor10RhO8a4hkyktRg/s2453/20220815_204207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2453" data-original-width="1222" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEbGHe8f9CTr6lMchSBmbZtPdPeREM6OYzYaC6DQOznNiXHJL50WK1lorpL1JNSDJWJj898dDKtSvkbj0R52qJEY4uIOsjNRS2iL_F3LIHJmqi6oJYbym6NouRUY8hPoR16m43-q1saULtidt9DS1lLu8XPBaW7MimzzJCVMk4Nor10RhO8a4hkyktRg/w199-h400/20220815_204207.jpg" width="199" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">We unloaded the hay the next morning, despite the hay elevator chain hopping off its track twice. (Murphy)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9upzpLzig3TWgBfQEakZbIRqStBo0XuTm3U8wTkOU-SJf0hYvydC2N_ou9e_J7Dta_RWboW7r4kUud67RC3tjtyrSInVTRmQZ1tgXV6P3ykGLLgCezJKjTe9lV-_bP8NG3EUqk7tlXgnvm6_btyqc12cGGKbxMC1Zt5AXGK6TM2wGBYOazveSbnTw2g/s1024/66260.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9upzpLzig3TWgBfQEakZbIRqStBo0XuTm3U8wTkOU-SJf0hYvydC2N_ou9e_J7Dta_RWboW7r4kUud67RC3tjtyrSInVTRmQZ1tgXV6P3ykGLLgCezJKjTe9lV-_bP8NG3EUqk7tlXgnvm6_btyqc12cGGKbxMC1Zt5AXGK6TM2wGBYOazveSbnTw2g/w300-h400/66260.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqG0FDnDG3OUx-IYtKdh8sqP9mo1GXmQ6di76hDDAn2l6ziSf6Vf_OPGJxRcDCm6uftyVvG3RdmMLGl83qM-0Z5YcfPkCQOdDD59LPtfdaAdwIOpty2raTJXjRXFqYob6yErAqVQBOEBLU3JyyGv2ZFRp59JsZEMAV_msoyzOCgx8WlXDqLvu3F3w1Vw/s1280/66261.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqG0FDnDG3OUx-IYtKdh8sqP9mo1GXmQ6di76hDDAn2l6ziSf6Vf_OPGJxRcDCm6uftyVvG3RdmMLGl83qM-0Z5YcfPkCQOdDD59LPtfdaAdwIOpty2raTJXjRXFqYob6yErAqVQBOEBLU3JyyGv2ZFRp59JsZEMAV_msoyzOCgx8WlXDqLvu3F3w1Vw/w300-h400/66261.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Tip of the hat to Adjanie and Bri who have been manning the ship and forsaking their weekend off to cover my shifts.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Upon returning the Uhaul, I dropped back in at the doctor office for a quick recheck. From there, I was mandated to the ER. Covid causes blood clots and with my holey heart and previous stroke history, a blood clot in my lungs was suspected.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxuSfT0dAvcjYkvQaOo1J-4cneVF4Xam0kP11LAv9zrx4KP_FOLkC7A6v-T5ZcQTzGVJ_vmNaOpV7eCuTkEa5n3AaYsdLdq52dCIv7CYPy3EgkdtLDBAktc2ogCtjZ5UHIksbe0lgVRGjR6PY5xr45hjjauC_K4iJ0K8B9FKmTBMROdp94XAymIHrfYg/s3952/20220817_193420.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3952" data-original-width="2604" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxuSfT0dAvcjYkvQaOo1J-4cneVF4Xam0kP11LAv9zrx4KP_FOLkC7A6v-T5ZcQTzGVJ_vmNaOpV7eCuTkEa5n3AaYsdLdq52dCIv7CYPy3EgkdtLDBAktc2ogCtjZ5UHIksbe0lgVRGjR6PY5xr45hjjauC_K4iJ0K8B9FKmTBMROdp94XAymIHrfYg/w264-h400/20220817_193420.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I think my picture is next to the word 'comorbidity' in the dictionary. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">The doctor's thick accent made understanding questions difficult. When he tapped at my chest, I assumed the metal clasps of my bra were an issue, so I struggled and pulled my bra out my sleeve. Tada. Apparently, that wasn't what he had requested. Also lost were the names of the drugs they piped into me or any discharge instructions. I did catch the fact that I would need to go back to my regular doctor for a recheck on Friday. That's about it. Oh, and the fact that if I cut myself, I can bleed to death. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I had attempted to complain about my lost sense of smell; how I'd rather go deaf than lose my sense of smell. He seemed uninterested, I guess they have bigger problems in whatever war torn country he left than Karens who can't sniff their precious posies. My entire flower garden is one of fragrances. I can smell when I'm close to a snake long before I can see it. I know the smell of each of my dogs individually. I hate covid for making people scared to hug each other anymore. I miss the smell of all my friends. I mourn the loss of smell, I cling to the hope that it will return. A neighbor close to 3000 feet away uses a nauseating fabric softener. He does laundry on Sunday nights, like clockwork. I thought I could smell a ghost of it, excited, I tested my theory. I produced the best fart I could muster, looked over at Emmett who winced from it, yet I smelled nothing. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIW5NNEAn_buAwcADlZe6429tB2aQ8-HFW5-jLcAG37yy_4Hv63D1WQtoMGXMCUUJAh6MGVDHOkuAFJw-lcaJlRKWth3xKIjpakqlDEasMjuuKv8zDzgFnxyoB2uXFQXG6cauKOPUR9mKakwDlZ5nA9eGyiv_sM0DZ1pN8Qcsak3GVXQzEaJ0e991Yrw/s4032/20220811_190830.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIW5NNEAn_buAwcADlZe6429tB2aQ8-HFW5-jLcAG37yy_4Hv63D1WQtoMGXMCUUJAh6MGVDHOkuAFJw-lcaJlRKWth3xKIjpakqlDEasMjuuKv8zDzgFnxyoB2uXFQXG6cauKOPUR9mKakwDlZ5nA9eGyiv_sM0DZ1pN8Qcsak3GVXQzEaJ0e991Yrw/w640-h480/20220811_190830.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">If there's anything I learned this past week is that my life isn't worth living without good friends, dogs and horses.</span><p></p>My Life According To Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03394359883556578583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360074397154097577.post-46286501339367733372022-07-24T09:10:00.000-07:002022-07-24T09:10:04.545-07:00Looney Bin Morning Routine<p> You can't change genetics; deal with the hand you're played. But, environment is all on you, baby. It's where nutrition, exercise, medical marvels, love and enrichment can turn a life not worth living into joy. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj644jXKFwBdJ9fdDMObMaiJLWtcMPPk0JnYKkVH-zx9VcSY_V3RzYZtrNqDgvywbvxPbbYzG5z4S4WqUqK1kqPu4CoQV1UmEgrekbr5xuOzYn_Oh5CGeLKQivZx7tks04P8FDOT8SwXDViYr2RP3k1iaDV7u5zyQNJUd9hQHNx_sKq2TyT4S0y8SwoRQ/s4032/20220724_112100.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj644jXKFwBdJ9fdDMObMaiJLWtcMPPk0JnYKkVH-zx9VcSY_V3RzYZtrNqDgvywbvxPbbYzG5z4S4WqUqK1kqPu4CoQV1UmEgrekbr5xuOzYn_Oh5CGeLKQivZx7tks04P8FDOT8SwXDViYr2RP3k1iaDV7u5zyQNJUd9hQHNx_sKq2TyT4S0y8SwoRQ/w300-h400/20220724_112100.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Peter may be 16 and suffering from hip dysplasia, advanced arthritis and had 3 surgeries to remove cancerous masses, had eyelid surgery, a toe amputated, but he's still cruising. Three times a week, we drag him to the lake for 15 minutes of cardio.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGUfKRApSXf-qePxbjEFyk1hunzfPc0Ayi1TNLBk0RcWNf1uy7Dpn9_Zif-X8yyuxZwhvcF5qw5DiVlLlUnUo3CLkRAXaV7F6ediWYE0RkOPQ_WkUjDB65UadhP93GjOCrB6oq9Pdxod3ndUkKerMfGnkyhdbWLGaT1Vtj2LT9v1OyJAUcN9ovuCi1ng/s2489/20220707_154223.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2489" data-original-width="1196" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGUfKRApSXf-qePxbjEFyk1hunzfPc0Ayi1TNLBk0RcWNf1uy7Dpn9_Zif-X8yyuxZwhvcF5qw5DiVlLlUnUo3CLkRAXaV7F6ediWYE0RkOPQ_WkUjDB65UadhP93GjOCrB6oq9Pdxod3ndUkKerMfGnkyhdbWLGaT1Vtj2LT9v1OyJAUcN9ovuCi1ng/w193-h400/20220707_154223.jpg" width="193" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Getting old ain't for sissies, Connor can attest to that too. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigJRvviMN8wgoGDqzwHi5NFrWoPE3yUlGX38CizEi609ZKguRaBtrjERGLfIq24Q7twLfE1Sl097S0cNl9xi-eWuqY4_GvXvm-SnDOm57Y6nzGhvEVFbhCSEKdLmofYtYLUQBJXAimJ81Kpga9l-83U8vNfgvdlHWyiTqp2mf6pYs7_XjkYCCGrPqGtA/s4032/20220709_232453.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigJRvviMN8wgoGDqzwHi5NFrWoPE3yUlGX38CizEi609ZKguRaBtrjERGLfIq24Q7twLfE1Sl097S0cNl9xi-eWuqY4_GvXvm-SnDOm57Y6nzGhvEVFbhCSEKdLmofYtYLUQBJXAimJ81Kpga9l-83U8vNfgvdlHWyiTqp2mf6pYs7_XjkYCCGrPqGtA/w400-h300/20220709_232453.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>He had a splenectomy 8 months ago. The pathology report gave a grim prediction of 3-7 months life span left. Thank God Connor is illiterate. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6t6Z7eadNSAJOoWoloLT7WLtYCo3lxY9KnlIXeRcdl5_N6nOwQ8QkbRcLuFibaG-_nFfjq2jdcRvAOYfCqNH3j5DuZeLo3QGactkFXVvWLX9T94d_kymvR-QRPyWkVuwSB9RDPDh2jJXX_bYryftT0GPhFdnCGaFpQlzpo_CiEPEkZHNgyDHjpS038w/s4032/20220626_115546.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6t6Z7eadNSAJOoWoloLT7WLtYCo3lxY9KnlIXeRcdl5_N6nOwQ8QkbRcLuFibaG-_nFfjq2jdcRvAOYfCqNH3j5DuZeLo3QGactkFXVvWLX9T94d_kymvR-QRPyWkVuwSB9RDPDh2jJXX_bYryftT0GPhFdnCGaFpQlzpo_CiEPEkZHNgyDHjpS038w/s320/20220626_115546.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>13 year old Connor still plays like a puppy, when he's not on his docking station. Month 8 and counting...</p><p>Pippins had cataract surgery two years ago, despite the success of the surgery in one eye, her vision has begun to fade due to advancing inherited retinopathy and now glaucoma. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim54O6Tl9fUCOhNaoCf84fOuKROAF4fDoG3m3fJhqCixFxFTgIogwDRV3Z9xB4mKFqJXUHTk9K1XHmBmVePtAJGztLCr2VYVyYwP78hvlfNuRQsWpM-jBuLhKq7UeITjWsUtwsXjOcVx6USO8jRhccWVH8zej3b8Y2s79ByRjhPpJHe17KfZkyV3pbcw/s4032/20220724_111918.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim54O6Tl9fUCOhNaoCf84fOuKROAF4fDoG3m3fJhqCixFxFTgIogwDRV3Z9xB4mKFqJXUHTk9K1XHmBmVePtAJGztLCr2VYVyYwP78hvlfNuRQsWpM-jBuLhKq7UeITjWsUtwsXjOcVx6USO8jRhccWVH8zej3b8Y2s79ByRjhPpJHe17KfZkyV3pbcw/w300-h400/20220724_111918.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>She's only 6, but a genetic mess. We've been on a 3x a day drops regiment for almost 3 years, we've successfully slowed the progress of the diseases, anything to buy her more butterfly chasing time.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmPErK4IXXNInFQh1IjVO0OEQOInWDaguO_fRRNXACOuNL9BaHukcWbns69YlgGvdP0xrB-g_q0TAUIGfyDkv57dTJuF2pO_cfJY2VLUdnQkZflX1FioJivpNVMNZ1A4mx1ZGzL85AGXYB0dpO6Lp8d_oU3up701G3tzUUvH1V6gJgoVZI61LD-1f07g/s1083/20220703_095321.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1083" data-original-width="1022" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmPErK4IXXNInFQh1IjVO0OEQOInWDaguO_fRRNXACOuNL9BaHukcWbns69YlgGvdP0xrB-g_q0TAUIGfyDkv57dTJuF2pO_cfJY2VLUdnQkZflX1FioJivpNVMNZ1A4mx1ZGzL85AGXYB0dpO6Lp8d_oU3up701G3tzUUvH1V6gJgoVZI61LD-1f07g/w378-h400/20220703_095321.jpg" width="378" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Life isn't measure by the numbers on each end, it's what you make of the dash.</p><p>Stella is the newest rescue. Inbred English pointer came to me in dire condition, which only continued to deteriorate. She definitely saw the bright light and it was just by Dr. Carattini's help that she didn't die. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAG-2DkGMaRBnPBC_bwB51Nz7yK69eWDyY2MKe_g9rT250KQA2IPSR56WeX1U3E9qMvl5_mxYgp9wVkqAA3OYmWU9npQUTTJuaPDGS91rKGhMNPcHmkzIsPgrk_mFFA_8tcsdeqQtiZJw-dcmGRxU9sTWDF_EFsrJi_Y3dILcjDDKIjNBgneGbhjv7AQ/s4032/20220418_164030.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAG-2DkGMaRBnPBC_bwB51Nz7yK69eWDyY2MKe_g9rT250KQA2IPSR56WeX1U3E9qMvl5_mxYgp9wVkqAA3OYmWU9npQUTTJuaPDGS91rKGhMNPcHmkzIsPgrk_mFFA_8tcsdeqQtiZJw-dcmGRxU9sTWDF_EFsrJi_Y3dILcjDDKIjNBgneGbhjv7AQ/w480-h640/20220418_164030.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>It's been an uphill battle since she arrived with a host of parasites, infection, heartworms, dog aggression issues and the inflammatory bowel syndrome that made her poop her intestinal lining before we could get her stabilized. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRABAF57f_sAOa1ub9v8dfZ3JevgTYd3bwHR_RagADmMxe11Xo1t0VouXeQMbhOHNqIYaN0DA6zv_N3Hp0G2jyaxwqqvxK-klADskPtsEjkOo7jSmJnoAOGVDFVASHzdVDXGVt-6atU_WNYtqVfR9YsEqZTW7QaFdLvhJseGUkcTnKipOBLmKw6Jr74A/s4032/20220511_031854.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRABAF57f_sAOa1ub9v8dfZ3JevgTYd3bwHR_RagADmMxe11Xo1t0VouXeQMbhOHNqIYaN0DA6zv_N3Hp0G2jyaxwqqvxK-klADskPtsEjkOo7jSmJnoAOGVDFVASHzdVDXGVt-6atU_WNYtqVfR9YsEqZTW7QaFdLvhJseGUkcTnKipOBLmKw6Jr74A/w300-h400/20220511_031854.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Medical problems in check, her attitude was then adjusted by Theresa Nichols of Barkbusters who provided her services pro bono to adjust her to pack life.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU1JlvN1eT9p9Ov01LcSa_bzZCKV3DnbkJ0rfUFWAJfMp6HGWdW2DjAFKlGetvQ779V4wdmyU2uHd_KhNkhSU-d4nOfPwMHHJxppTl5gpJDEvtfoy128LKEbFYQtAzXEGKU2sF8UoiveeF0D0_XsSBqV9c7W_AUznmYGjpeBB6IkYDPyygjTTW92Qy-Q/s4032/20220617_212307.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU1JlvN1eT9p9Ov01LcSa_bzZCKV3DnbkJ0rfUFWAJfMp6HGWdW2DjAFKlGetvQ779V4wdmyU2uHd_KhNkhSU-d4nOfPwMHHJxppTl5gpJDEvtfoy128LKEbFYQtAzXEGKU2sF8UoiveeF0D0_XsSBqV9c7W_AUznmYGjpeBB6IkYDPyygjTTW92Qy-Q/w400-h300/20220617_212307.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I'd say it was a success. </p><p>It is a lot of work, yet I get such profound joy sharing my life with these heathens; it's beyond worth it. I simply need to find a way to add more hours to the day, then I'll be OK. I study after work from 9 to 1 AM, so 6 AM dog breakfast chores take a while since I'm half awake. </p><p>This morning, I was relieved of horse feeding detail at the barn, a more leisurely morning meant I could answer a friend's query: "what do you feed Fergus???"... since he tried to assault a boogeyman outside last night by breaking down the door. Yes, I was standing in the kitchen at 10 PM, finally having breakfast (stop judging), munching on eggs and toast, when Fergus barreled through the kitchen, never slowing down before hitting the door. Busted out the strike plate and door hinge screws. He's 8 months old and over 90 lbs, who needs an alarm system with him around.</p><p>Here's a condensed version of my daily morning routine for 8 dogs' breakfasts. Video:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/h04BvY2D6uE" width="320" youtube-src-id="h04BvY2D6uE"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I'm posting more on youtube now that I have Starlink and it doesn't take 8 hours to upload a 30 second video. Feel free to subscribe to my channel. I try to post short video a few times a week of the furballs.</p>My Life According To Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03394359883556578583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360074397154097577.post-80107618799483513632022-07-15T19:06:00.003-07:002022-07-15T19:08:58.546-07:00Three Sisters Farm<p> A couple weeks ago, my only fulltime help was asked to take a permanent vacation. I kept my head down and stayed on task.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUBM-fGqfGA4itOaZxvAqrgt2uttlZKuAgCPHfTU2IqAcWqiFpv8tBLQrJRYToiiK18qqNXWqsDBKWXyd6OBB3vD4NQOmaVTY5KpWzwKH9VUt1uarTaep8uHT2MM77O_M0SoxbxjngyhcqdOEh8CavsquYXBSD_NaXQHQ4CJ9NlbCSXc0FBk7e3To6ag/s2311/20220715_124323.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2311" data-original-width="1097" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUBM-fGqfGA4itOaZxvAqrgt2uttlZKuAgCPHfTU2IqAcWqiFpv8tBLQrJRYToiiK18qqNXWqsDBKWXyd6OBB3vD4NQOmaVTY5KpWzwKH9VUt1uarTaep8uHT2MM77O_M0SoxbxjngyhcqdOEh8CavsquYXBSD_NaXQHQ4CJ9NlbCSXc0FBk7e3To6ag/w190-h400/20220715_124323.jpg" width="190" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>The road in life is always under construction, don't panic.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEDk2jblFNqAGFUqZIGiTQ-eY8VxqqQK7tuDFiPIF0txVT-teokJkAb9sCzrITFrXsREVkt9HHoS1hZJeo3ZCMBeGbYSQ0CdlGL0fSELGN_egDovtH1qWMcLe8tsuW2skMlRsVv_ny-Lxh0WYqzZB_s50dCGreAawyCLgKXT-OfafvN5MCxRAzebuBnA/s4032/20220715_132435.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEDk2jblFNqAGFUqZIGiTQ-eY8VxqqQK7tuDFiPIF0txVT-teokJkAb9sCzrITFrXsREVkt9HHoS1hZJeo3ZCMBeGbYSQ0CdlGL0fSELGN_egDovtH1qWMcLe8tsuW2skMlRsVv_ny-Lxh0WYqzZB_s50dCGreAawyCLgKXT-OfafvN5MCxRAzebuBnA/w480-h640/20220715_132435.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Adjanie volunteered to step up from part time status to full time.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCpRBI1w0u5d-mpargMpvXHRc0tIy9HsgqVpPlng2800xeVCtVM6nneYWQnFb2lupDJsOjCrlN1ohdv13nS8jGThShB1iB9kfRVHO0dek4VT5kerzqh7ive3AIkaGC6zCHZJ_7yGEQyJ5xnBME6GholV8cMZVZVJneQfnKH6PxYbp5hvSuhawjmX7U3g/s4032/20220715_164150.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCpRBI1w0u5d-mpargMpvXHRc0tIy9HsgqVpPlng2800xeVCtVM6nneYWQnFb2lupDJsOjCrlN1ohdv13nS8jGThShB1iB9kfRVHO0dek4VT5kerzqh7ive3AIkaGC6zCHZJ_7yGEQyJ5xnBME6GholV8cMZVZVJneQfnKH6PxYbp5hvSuhawjmX7U3g/w480-h640/20220715_164150.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Bri, for the past 6 months, has been the glue that brings everything together in the evenings. </p><p>+1000 acre farm run by three women.</p><p>On Friday, Adjanie started at 8 and ran the barn and other chores til past 4.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3X6xvf-6MO-VX3X9OXWZjX089tJ1CavhcJS0jaEBAKbn6ZUuBrGoK3kI7hMIqVxUgOGDfa6kLbyqxFR-xnNYdk4k0rK9a64797KSyo1eEPMj0NR426UKS7E3tZHFhIjv1279Z_CG9uUXcFV0PgGw8er0cVyvj9XZczzzST2cre075kN90HGmCsoqJTQ/s4032/20220714_151335.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3X6xvf-6MO-VX3X9OXWZjX089tJ1CavhcJS0jaEBAKbn6ZUuBrGoK3kI7hMIqVxUgOGDfa6kLbyqxFR-xnNYdk4k0rK9a64797KSyo1eEPMj0NR426UKS7E3tZHFhIjv1279Z_CG9uUXcFV0PgGw8er0cVyvj9XZczzzST2cre075kN90HGmCsoqJTQ/w400-h300/20220714_151335.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I started at 8:30, and was able to cruise through all my tasks without so much as a hiccup.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnTD--L1M0u-Q5edgXS-p_vRgnoDgIJNfj83-pnGTLbi5BEByC2qGQov5FXR8yw_Wj977ItCn3brnIUvu3s4AZRrHZyItAJhj33icox3evCLIbAVnGRHVTKZCGlkR8Ai0_wkmQVXdyDv9U1ebOJIwvRcXPlgJHe2fEOMD-FBpqv1a5_qaUJJF2HYx1bQ/s1435/20220715_165738.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1435" data-original-width="1310" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnTD--L1M0u-Q5edgXS-p_vRgnoDgIJNfj83-pnGTLbi5BEByC2qGQov5FXR8yw_Wj977ItCn3brnIUvu3s4AZRrHZyItAJhj33icox3evCLIbAVnGRHVTKZCGlkR8Ai0_wkmQVXdyDv9U1ebOJIwvRcXPlgJHe2fEOMD-FBpqv1a5_qaUJJF2HYx1bQ/s320/20220715_165738.jpg" width="292" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Bri came in at 4:30 and went about her business until 8:30.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRYvRWqTLYswiyGwyrRTP45JF8wBas99FZC6Lw7L-Kvi7ak8lHGiFn6cEmm8DQFClMjhFrlMweeB122MiK4EQo3t2_y_U0MKUwbsNdy3ES42tiP3r9jVD1u4K3RlpgnVPzGkNdFm2jPHOeHTXdwEExVA2UXKoSDOyBVUAVkfGCzwfHJVDmV6SKSsjU5A/s1080/Screenshot_20220715-200411_Jager%20Pro.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="863" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRYvRWqTLYswiyGwyrRTP45JF8wBas99FZC6Lw7L-Kvi7ak8lHGiFn6cEmm8DQFClMjhFrlMweeB122MiK4EQo3t2_y_U0MKUwbsNdy3ES42tiP3r9jVD1u4K3RlpgnVPzGkNdFm2jPHOeHTXdwEExVA2UXKoSDOyBVUAVkfGCzwfHJVDmV6SKSsjU5A/w400-h320/Screenshot_20220715-200411_Jager%20Pro.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Bliss. This is what work is meant to be. </p><p>I wanted to stay out until dusk cutting grass, but after being poured on for 30 minutes and the mower clogging up, I had to return to home base at 7. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgch5ATqWFJabfi6GKphRwYnT22LUGA_rEnENerFo1ysuTWUiIXwS1RoDhiUG6nJoKnK27tEUTeXwFyray-9TH_yIz152_XKNBlCzJJKhV8fNz2RpLuDwR11RMHmyRfkwF8KjNqty89KIeAP27VHznpsJMJh5b74aqP0ZhkEtcEYNm-9JtVOePVFM9y0g/s3007/20220715_190545.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3007" data-original-width="2665" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgch5ATqWFJabfi6GKphRwYnT22LUGA_rEnENerFo1ysuTWUiIXwS1RoDhiUG6nJoKnK27tEUTeXwFyray-9TH_yIz152_XKNBlCzJJKhV8fNz2RpLuDwR11RMHmyRfkwF8KjNqty89KIeAP27VHznpsJMJh5b74aqP0ZhkEtcEYNm-9JtVOePVFM9y0g/w568-h640/20220715_190545.jpg" width="568" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>This greeted me as I came back to the barn.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibi7j0KdzT_KQ5AiTRWZqzblpT7MDQeYZdFwdfqDbgtnMgGc-fY88E8D7AHWtNVX2ACUpAG1PMEL8jD2VP0wPSDWq_WtqswXr3DfLb1RVjB3R73S4pYe3rmEJreZ9zCAZ5N7KbgxzQJIO5ObsM8DT_8zlM00y-pZ1EhZ3xpjjWEnw1LrbhUn_KL3gL2A/s3527/20220715_190647.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1897" data-original-width="3527" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibi7j0KdzT_KQ5AiTRWZqzblpT7MDQeYZdFwdfqDbgtnMgGc-fY88E8D7AHWtNVX2ACUpAG1PMEL8jD2VP0wPSDWq_WtqswXr3DfLb1RVjB3R73S4pYe3rmEJreZ9zCAZ5N7KbgxzQJIO5ObsM8DT_8zlM00y-pZ1EhZ3xpjjWEnw1LrbhUn_KL3gL2A/w640-h344/20220715_190647.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>A double rainbow.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia8JECCtJo2ZEFlKcgIqohnKG-LBW3ZJ-1Hyxx_dWxM8oSfNGN_K2IJykpYtPqno7gDgRVfKE50L8Nkke9XKOBCWDbymhC9oPecQ7QGuTigOEJJItRdoM-GsKevU3hpuftOSkf05f_Rj5jhGIL3qHsCmBhSCQlIQSFy7fmVkVRI9uFaO5xz2bpv_0AyA/s3685/20220715_191249.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2599" data-original-width="3685" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia8JECCtJo2ZEFlKcgIqohnKG-LBW3ZJ-1Hyxx_dWxM8oSfNGN_K2IJykpYtPqno7gDgRVfKE50L8Nkke9XKOBCWDbymhC9oPecQ7QGuTigOEJJItRdoM-GsKevU3hpuftOSkf05f_Rj5jhGIL3qHsCmBhSCQlIQSFy7fmVkVRI9uFaO5xz2bpv_0AyA/w640-h452/20220715_191249.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>This day keeps getting better and better.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiXWoz-yvM2ygxoS8DueyOfGSCF1oFz0zDVjj3g0aQH8InPEopYU5LVJoM8FEYw2nIMbk2-71XyX8jjdMoGctVzDKx79y3nGkKmkapEbKov0lqXNiC92CvhAWUFPMvXwPWI4F1iOCkVI7BS6Jg95K3-ce-BjP0ZQs8vip8HZc43Qg6jxj_ZBmeW0ezHw/s3804/20220715_191312.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2912" data-original-width="3804" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiXWoz-yvM2ygxoS8DueyOfGSCF1oFz0zDVjj3g0aQH8InPEopYU5LVJoM8FEYw2nIMbk2-71XyX8jjdMoGctVzDKx79y3nGkKmkapEbKov0lqXNiC92CvhAWUFPMvXwPWI4F1iOCkVI7BS6Jg95K3-ce-BjP0ZQs8vip8HZc43Qg6jxj_ZBmeW0ezHw/w640-h490/20220715_191312.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Standing in my shoes hasn't felt this good in a while.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkWN5zSHMwccqIYEuJ-gUK2FU72QuO3kbaX5JoZjbkeD8c53Ecj7QSLDUf7Y8vFEyOWqiXq84KLFUI97hWSwMAwv8mTb9X1di3zYMIo28_2daIy44d-Lrm-EETvgIQS2kiexq_5tAfBX_rP85Lp571dp7GzZEGrz8uLHLeJ5HWMMge21_PaK-f2abXGg/s4032/20220715_191646.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkWN5zSHMwccqIYEuJ-gUK2FU72QuO3kbaX5JoZjbkeD8c53Ecj7QSLDUf7Y8vFEyOWqiXq84KLFUI97hWSwMAwv8mTb9X1di3zYMIo28_2daIy44d-Lrm-EETvgIQS2kiexq_5tAfBX_rP85Lp571dp7GzZEGrz8uLHLeJ5HWMMge21_PaK-f2abXGg/w400-h300/20220715_191646.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Viva Las Tres Hermosas! </p>My Life According To Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03394359883556578583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360074397154097577.post-37379719722690327282022-07-12T20:45:00.001-07:002022-07-12T20:45:14.752-07:00Calamity Jane<p> They call me Calamity Jane.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-u5wW3rdL2bSPTaVjz520T27b3PHwLHcyg4nZ3nElL00mw3l8N1Q05iocFcCrDkTYnjlJpNmibuQik0yQ_vt1aRVrs3yBEMvkK0CCTJeN_pw5MVlf7suZV1JB4E-Z06Qdi3WDuERLkXHmKaYSCZnSgUUny0ehMfeBG-_thlpzxRoFyOye2v1cAXxhKQ/s2944/20220711_125254.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2944" data-original-width="2208" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-u5wW3rdL2bSPTaVjz520T27b3PHwLHcyg4nZ3nElL00mw3l8N1Q05iocFcCrDkTYnjlJpNmibuQik0yQ_vt1aRVrs3yBEMvkK0CCTJeN_pw5MVlf7suZV1JB4E-Z06Qdi3WDuERLkXHmKaYSCZnSgUUny0ehMfeBG-_thlpzxRoFyOye2v1cAXxhKQ/w300-h400/20220711_125254.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p>I've been weed eating for days and still haven't caught up. I'm a walking Chia Pet.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihRkUk7ZcpObADSJKJApzdLO44eVPYHjrDQhLIx3bfLjtCZLMID5m6DxxdWEmQYerG629sdYFf98r6DIUKGgZu8zOdfqW8-uO5blp6ycfK_Y3NxMrg1L03ME9WxtY8SpsFFxEBBk2hxsLTaQ-ViJDW5gQsE85i9_D8v3V2Im1dV7MGy3i83dtxx7Zu6A/s2944/20220711_125402.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2944" data-original-width="2208" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihRkUk7ZcpObADSJKJApzdLO44eVPYHjrDQhLIx3bfLjtCZLMID5m6DxxdWEmQYerG629sdYFf98r6DIUKGgZu8zOdfqW8-uO5blp6ycfK_Y3NxMrg1L03ME9WxtY8SpsFFxEBBk2hxsLTaQ-ViJDW5gQsE85i9_D8v3V2Im1dV7MGy3i83dtxx7Zu6A/w300-h400/20220711_125402.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p>Lately, the days have gotten out of hand before 8 AM, causing a ripple effect to last through till I leave the barn after 9 PM. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmWHbnnO0jmLtCNv8du3dRvN5QgM6xZfPGjrx2zsAQs83Zy1uP5q68CuXSjXTdiIVWTLOOmydwXM87MF0aC1pxvvdq1MRYtpttjt8fIwt84zyJfezqGFusPfNhbpj8BjHcSSi3iU1y0zjI51WatD5UN5EW28SomT6ipqcXpL1UU53-OYTF43lpY_CwtA/s2944/20220711_210230.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2944" data-original-width="2208" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmWHbnnO0jmLtCNv8du3dRvN5QgM6xZfPGjrx2zsAQs83Zy1uP5q68CuXSjXTdiIVWTLOOmydwXM87MF0aC1pxvvdq1MRYtpttjt8fIwt84zyJfezqGFusPfNhbpj8BjHcSSi3iU1y0zjI51WatD5UN5EW28SomT6ipqcXpL1UU53-OYTF43lpY_CwtA/s320/20220711_210230.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Take Monday. After two straight days of being so busy that I forgot to eat breakfast, lunch and supper until after 10 PM, I was going to turn this bus around; take the dogs for a run before work, slip in at one of the houses, check the pool and prep for a contractor... all before 8 AM. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtXN9fH1zsWxO7f_9eUirPy_43JB5N24tB0ILKL3BF6EZ6Gza1p4_vlqNbvxVfllwhFYcyR-Jt-CS1m2BC7_WbHDiSPzSXMbn3A6V_9gP__L8dN0V7_uXt1W8sgyGVUL1GMUwolYSattVfjhzYlnIKNp0VeRmoJq4FE7LodX_jw0qFZIMCE-b03aDo9Q/s4032/20220711_080000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtXN9fH1zsWxO7f_9eUirPy_43JB5N24tB0ILKL3BF6EZ6Gza1p4_vlqNbvxVfllwhFYcyR-Jt-CS1m2BC7_WbHDiSPzSXMbn3A6V_9gP__L8dN0V7_uXt1W8sgyGVUL1GMUwolYSattVfjhzYlnIKNp0VeRmoJq4FE7LodX_jw0qFZIMCE-b03aDo9Q/s320/20220711_080000.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>This is where my ride decided to overheat and expire. Halfway to nowhere, I hobbled.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicIR1qIToILT4jkO7sFUTwsXBxYb3LHUjkIPWdFCElqHyxFIXOmFago8LEaI8aisUA9O_3CKcY8W4GPQsArjdzJ0JS36OHlHor-sONGcYE2lFSoWmm3kALpog5hR2qCMs2ji-qV6_hIB0hdtO0Oc5f18X0RhdHTcHK9sNxGjDyL3LF2kO-zEgfloiJ4A/s4032/20220711_215456.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicIR1qIToILT4jkO7sFUTwsXBxYb3LHUjkIPWdFCElqHyxFIXOmFago8LEaI8aisUA9O_3CKcY8W4GPQsArjdzJ0JS36OHlHor-sONGcYE2lFSoWmm3kALpog5hR2qCMs2ji-qV6_hIB0hdtO0Oc5f18X0RhdHTcHK9sNxGjDyL3LF2kO-zEgfloiJ4A/w300-h400/20220711_215456.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Only two weeks into wearing my boot cast, I've worn the treads clean off, almost to the plastic frame. I wonder if I can cut apiece of tire to glue onto the bottom. I wore my Fitbit over the weekend to overwhelm myself with data. Since, my foot is broken, I've been slacking, I'm down to 14 miles walked a day. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNgGzgUCgIyTwKB4jplYjfp3cUt0TtMXDI14xmz2dkCWXlrQ-uTqtaQBzzPNJCGBNf05kziH931AXw2oy6MqFvc1HUXxB4wcjVHeCJDBh4uOHOghn0tKfFWpzstVxFlSZnutHW86eOHcd-N41WLzVW-FMHIHGgYaTPL-xorEip_PbaXnQq4lY8Bv2sJw/s4032/20220701_180052.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNgGzgUCgIyTwKB4jplYjfp3cUt0TtMXDI14xmz2dkCWXlrQ-uTqtaQBzzPNJCGBNf05kziH931AXw2oy6MqFvc1HUXxB4wcjVHeCJDBh4uOHOghn0tKfFWpzstVxFlSZnutHW86eOHcd-N41WLzVW-FMHIHGgYaTPL-xorEip_PbaXnQq4lY8Bv2sJw/w300-h400/20220701_180052.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>My future accountant self will miss a job requiring me to shoot hogs in the middle of the night, operate heavy equipment, be outdoors all day, have a work address where the horses outnumber the humans.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJEukWmhl0VioFxKTAyxLFMSYdGCYhiV-5r3UVpSm3yiMwK-TbifuWC1ZjHjY_OHZ198PFseR_RSank26YpIbg25IkjDJgBuszKAypCeTHqrbZMDRHmhlLcAJN_AJa0m1DEX5LJBugcGITuXntiSr1OWADZ-2iTC74wYEeagYxT5N6UFBQqFL-A4Ui5Q/s1280/58956.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJEukWmhl0VioFxKTAyxLFMSYdGCYhiV-5r3UVpSm3yiMwK-TbifuWC1ZjHjY_OHZ198PFseR_RSank26YpIbg25IkjDJgBuszKAypCeTHqrbZMDRHmhlLcAJN_AJa0m1DEX5LJBugcGITuXntiSr1OWADZ-2iTC74wYEeagYxT5N6UFBQqFL-A4Ui5Q/w640-h480/58956.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rainbow photos courtesy Bri Mitchell</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7-nsHKPDQ0fYU4CYgmeoriixboBizE-_tSlAaNbuuRRfK-KwMauaLlZSPLqjvTQLBxUBf4UCCuIf_vbM4-Hxt19h7Xt1oV1PQU85AsyM1oCw3BwEoygIcCwqj95OLWZgvJdaKXznXGb6zPjIudXPZ_35DhdgjG5VzjnxH8JWd9o9djab4sUafGXxjHw/s1178/58990.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqB3_HOWJEPDHCOG6lol4lZ3EB-gIMbPu5n5ej7-BFcjORo5pLLSJ9lyWmFmnvPU-qvN7773JpOUqmylrCSWknTyjHNPbnKDS3hBmVmyLEKGjvrxS9YzY8xyMx9NWrUmpBwoAGSAr-u0KXYlFK_PnPoghBw9tGQDvHl5Mp7YiF2PmHrIw7gf6L2n_j5g/s320/58983.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>But then there are days like Saturday, Sunday and Monday... </p><p>Early Monday, Micah snagged a squirrel on our way to work on the pool. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipV7IUUMshJdBLlRGgf-TbZGF_wWV-t1m143YDcxKE0ZkAb3aNokW3ZdjzXs_TXb8qFpkBHnJr15Z54Drymqa7XCmfZuUW3ZVN2glQD8mExbBzHCQ1FgSddaF7jF4VuLDORKWKcgEymQ93rO0jsLQ7mkeO65dZsp0O1d83h2_keqZFOZSy3CUydiVuXw/s4032/20220711_074925.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipV7IUUMshJdBLlRGgf-TbZGF_wWV-t1m143YDcxKE0ZkAb3aNokW3ZdjzXs_TXb8qFpkBHnJr15Z54Drymqa7XCmfZuUW3ZVN2glQD8mExbBzHCQ1FgSddaF7jF4VuLDORKWKcgEymQ93rO0jsLQ7mkeO65dZsp0O1d83h2_keqZFOZSy3CUydiVuXw/w300-h400/20220711_074925.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Mr. Squirrel didn't check out without a fight.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Foiled again: tech arrives early. How to conceal the fact my day has gone to shit and I'm still in my pyjama top? Modify your .45 holster to double as a sports bra. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQpuTaLTP2_pc9qj4pDvRiVScHVmafXOYV55LzvrQ1ciFYcBr9msfXzd8q_86ZU6D6fAvM3VbN1wZjCpFZT8FJ3zIjEJOxshZVGomxeVCEzXWGT958Nbqr1nr_kMh9m5isJR028Ue5G47m5FSlq6Avy9ncqZSu4Rk-m6vnNCt_26fNI7GZCz51ZLK9vQ/s4032/20220711_080949.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQpuTaLTP2_pc9qj4pDvRiVScHVmafXOYV55LzvrQ1ciFYcBr9msfXzd8q_86ZU6D6fAvM3VbN1wZjCpFZT8FJ3zIjEJOxshZVGomxeVCEzXWGT958Nbqr1nr_kMh9m5isJR028Ue5G47m5FSlq6Avy9ncqZSu4Rk-m6vnNCt_26fNI7GZCz51ZLK9vQ/s320/20220711_080949.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Success: my jammies are overlooked because it appears I've murdered someone. Kudos to him for carrying on a normal conversation when I had blood all over my face from trying to fight Micah who wouldn't let me peer into his mouth.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioc3vuNBQZobLLYwXivM8jHGJeFe1xyuwkdO9TMZqsZBWNbDYh9f04OXBa-M-lFqvKOrfWW2UOVherNR67tZh7C89CMhNd-bkDKmYLvK0WUzRIWVEq4pRw5j3tNNSQ4_1a1iiBdg9o_RnIXUnSTu9gaMvwlfUBz5eEEruoH301-DCjMydI1MAuGzxpFA/s4032/20220711_084910.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioc3vuNBQZobLLYwXivM8jHGJeFe1xyuwkdO9TMZqsZBWNbDYh9f04OXBa-M-lFqvKOrfWW2UOVherNR67tZh7C89CMhNd-bkDKmYLvK0WUzRIWVEq4pRw5j3tNNSQ4_1a1iiBdg9o_RnIXUnSTu9gaMvwlfUBz5eEEruoH301-DCjMydI1MAuGzxpFA/w300-h400/20220711_084910.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Back at the barn, Micah redecorates the office. He gets relegated to priority #2 because the farm's asthmatic mascot is having a moment.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjKGq1MAEJyBmoxvelSzFW3U2ePCMiwiiSr1OGPoWv0TICosdKc8_Q7NS7EXFHTFV2HgGXbk5n2LQ6YElOWOK1WwdQPjIcr_bDsKBpuKlOsyGPndQtoszsz9nyoGRZD18WtMbnQFu8siC2d2DIx343RdVbghDV1z-87gU4CH9zgMwoHrtW_HMn5b-kBg/s4032/20220711_091503.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjKGq1MAEJyBmoxvelSzFW3U2ePCMiwiiSr1OGPoWv0TICosdKc8_Q7NS7EXFHTFV2HgGXbk5n2LQ6YElOWOK1WwdQPjIcr_bDsKBpuKlOsyGPndQtoszsz9nyoGRZD18WtMbnQFu8siC2d2DIx343RdVbghDV1z-87gU4CH9zgMwoHrtW_HMn5b-kBg/w300-h400/20220711_091503.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Inhaler treatments to the rescue.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiguxyNTsOfxqs90Dlb_8r54GqTbQL3SIpPlaM3z2uGyX62uI7VCJMROYXkkSveVDhxwn21Ht8jDApxf2z3_Tlod6k53R0rdaBaMqpp0K_rGNVhCZza2CDYdDYYd28uBBb9b_ULdGphsxDTAZhsK711Oe8nthm0zF5kUnmcuAJbvdmStvQVSk5dJRwcWQ/s474/20220711152510.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="474" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiguxyNTsOfxqs90Dlb_8r54GqTbQL3SIpPlaM3z2uGyX62uI7VCJMROYXkkSveVDhxwn21Ht8jDApxf2z3_Tlod6k53R0rdaBaMqpp0K_rGNVhCZza2CDYdDYYd28uBBb9b_ULdGphsxDTAZhsK711Oe8nthm0zF5kUnmcuAJbvdmStvQVSk5dJRwcWQ/s320/20220711152510.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>As tempting as it is, never give up. Outwork, outmaneuver, resist Murphy . </p><p>Monday night, friends across the road summoned me for supper. Stinky, sweaty and dejected, I stopped in at 9:30 PM for the first meal of the day. Salmon, my absolute favorite. I'm the only 50 year old to have been adopted by a couple 30 year olds. It's supposed to work the other way around, but the powers that be must've known I wouldn't have survived so long out here without my little fam across the road.</p><p>Previous two nights, I made the dogs eggs.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmq_V9yeZmxCFThY0jZL1QSNglk3UOGSGPijHuWjfVTJxH3cWsBe1enRBeP79v2iWxIWGJc5mrLE_yLPW712SBpdwMPL84Q6HDRR5vJw9FQdNNNv3bv8AszXDy7pPXofTe0It-0A8qMQsgZNmvpp0XGU2p_4QCUFcXDfpiNHyyfEB3JlJFBUvNg6HCEA/s4032/20220711_222132.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmq_V9yeZmxCFThY0jZL1QSNglk3UOGSGPijHuWjfVTJxH3cWsBe1enRBeP79v2iWxIWGJc5mrLE_yLPW712SBpdwMPL84Q6HDRR5vJw9FQdNNNv3bv8AszXDy7pPXofTe0It-0A8qMQsgZNmvpp0XGU2p_4QCUFcXDfpiNHyyfEB3JlJFBUvNg6HCEA/w400-h300/20220711_222132.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigSQYnW-LoP9WxoXZzlhLsLGR2Vjdfh97g95WJvmjBqySemFTEHPYHWRiini7Mdjge7qL7wyRxIjiWnGyyR6zDCJ2PHS9GfNTk4MmtYZsm-gdFn-00Z0-3L6RE8v57fJW7VFOntYJHGsAdsEy0X-WsO9145uPOveGksKpqYLxyXHOboGJFJVVo61U91w/s4032/1657675855893.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigSQYnW-LoP9WxoXZzlhLsLGR2Vjdfh97g95WJvmjBqySemFTEHPYHWRiini7Mdjge7qL7wyRxIjiWnGyyR6zDCJ2PHS9GfNTk4MmtYZsm-gdFn-00Z0-3L6RE8v57fJW7VFOntYJHGsAdsEy0X-WsO9145uPOveGksKpqYLxyXHOboGJFJVVo61U91w/w300-h400/1657675855893.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>My chickens finally understood the assignment and are laying.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIyen7l_fNCmNsugs1jeA9epQC8rvXTMXKdHv4qrpjv48WVZsTDcSLpazBWHOQr515Kxn2jb-0Ip4-ub4fsBaVYyl--3EQHp-SdjNxriOaLyQZypAzo_fZvBQ-E2-Bc4qKXPzjrWSuSUdKHmmyKYxjsYom8IhD9m4U1BJ6cpshSaBe69VC1NJktsTeEg/s4032/20220704_204339.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIyen7l_fNCmNsugs1jeA9epQC8rvXTMXKdHv4qrpjv48WVZsTDcSLpazBWHOQr515Kxn2jb-0Ip4-ub4fsBaVYyl--3EQHp-SdjNxriOaLyQZypAzo_fZvBQ-E2-Bc4qKXPzjrWSuSUdKHmmyKYxjsYom8IhD9m4U1BJ6cpshSaBe69VC1NJktsTeEg/w480-h640/20220704_204339.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>In bed by 2 AM with 8 dogs.</p><p>"Murphy, you'd better get some sleep because I'm suiting up to collide with you head on tomorrow and every day. Bring it."</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />My Life According To Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03394359883556578583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360074397154097577.post-9086189454502472612022-06-30T19:54:00.003-07:002022-06-30T19:59:55.147-07:00The Suki<p> January<span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> 2021 Suki, a wild-eyed English pointer came to be a Smith.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMcH8y0CDxaJ-DIvuQ1ba3Do1N9GfQnsKhpRNA3fTJoRIzjVmdEcRh9QBDeNCG_9iHDeegpEG8RFv_uqKt7D4YJHFwqZwscoO2uoNIlytvVmHiblRfeoOguOS7EQ5O4UZQTQrV-mNN3KoNEfXHrGMgcIBfRucr1GDv4XmgNMGaEZIoO305_iScxHNx9g/s2157/20210130_135930.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="2157" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMcH8y0CDxaJ-DIvuQ1ba3Do1N9GfQnsKhpRNA3fTJoRIzjVmdEcRh9QBDeNCG_9iHDeegpEG8RFv_uqKt7D4YJHFwqZwscoO2uoNIlytvVmHiblRfeoOguOS7EQ5O4UZQTQrV-mNN3KoNEfXHrGMgcIBfRucr1GDv4XmgNMGaEZIoO305_iScxHNx9g/w640-h404/20210130_135930.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">House breaking, recall, manners, all EVENTUALLY understood. Chewing and digging, not so much. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgijJhASHyygyl3tmB03MvHRRfXP-YmESupBcw-2fdzNJ9RxBPcn4rs_OWBs2qT_0Dpc4yF21qhWo0S55eHsK0ygjCC-dvR0htle0QIW2NdfS14_FjAneX_U5RRcK-LSa2D7jcvsmxv7wCf5Az7Ym7WJkm-R6SkbyOtCRSCwWI2t9ejuHDPAYwE0tWgpA/s1878/20210203_143744.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1407" data-original-width="1878" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgijJhASHyygyl3tmB03MvHRRfXP-YmESupBcw-2fdzNJ9RxBPcn4rs_OWBs2qT_0Dpc4yF21qhWo0S55eHsK0ygjCC-dvR0htle0QIW2NdfS14_FjAneX_U5RRcK-LSa2D7jcvsmxv7wCf5Az7Ym7WJkm-R6SkbyOtCRSCwWI2t9ejuHDPAYwE0tWgpA/w400-h300/20210203_143744.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I'm on my second set of living room furniture, second guest bed mattress, countless duvets, pillows. Suki... incorrigible.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaXQ4QBIQ6Yj56yZnH0XX9a_wgSuStjDxM1Reg88BngWbUZcbZR1M0Dg8_1LIbZfal2gNPI8jRegWIqt6ovWtowfdRDhs5Q0IK94J5OK6KcWTQcrI0sI2sA2v9fAJdvOViUVVKDSWZWS0W_B7gPLeajtcDDzAf3NmdU6jLrYux_jITtkcTDrxMY7UCXA/s4032/20211029_130742.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaXQ4QBIQ6Yj56yZnH0XX9a_wgSuStjDxM1Reg88BngWbUZcbZR1M0Dg8_1LIbZfal2gNPI8jRegWIqt6ovWtowfdRDhs5Q0IK94J5OK6KcWTQcrI0sI2sA2v9fAJdvOViUVVKDSWZWS0W_B7gPLeajtcDDzAf3NmdU6jLrYux_jITtkcTDrxMY7UCXA/w400-h300/20211029_130742.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOm1fD7Hzu8kx-31oyRYp-2TshHwIKW-cK431mwkD67-tB-7pZtZ4_ymA7VQS6LwVsb23OwaLLUtF7IEyKLTcbzp8F5r-XVOcXyOltGb8v_uc6AGi0_BJhhZOZBBQLHLVAaUzvSCOdecylvgR_Udztf-LkHJzlzHyaaQW0nUeznletqJ328dZdPzW7Xg/s2408/20211024_085404.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1208" data-original-width="2408" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOm1fD7Hzu8kx-31oyRYp-2TshHwIKW-cK431mwkD67-tB-7pZtZ4_ymA7VQS6LwVsb23OwaLLUtF7IEyKLTcbzp8F5r-XVOcXyOltGb8v_uc6AGi0_BJhhZOZBBQLHLVAaUzvSCOdecylvgR_Udztf-LkHJzlzHyaaQW0nUeznletqJ328dZdPzW7Xg/w400-h201/20211024_085404.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">She even tried to chop a tree down. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Kyy4gdzvke1Q4KsQUOiXpha23kZ3t0mEiRl76pFi1bZAuR4KX7XZz9WwLFDlFK5S4FyaRCo7tyshBWRMGXvpoqneEEZqu781OD_Ow-jCMLli3WPMzfsKwbo_stx5owQxXDHuWrT2yK-q8e0qPi85raXah8BLqocK8F4q617m7kpdRzrj5LcCvw_C-A/s4032/20211120_083413.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Kyy4gdzvke1Q4KsQUOiXpha23kZ3t0mEiRl76pFi1bZAuR4KX7XZz9WwLFDlFK5S4FyaRCo7tyshBWRMGXvpoqneEEZqu781OD_Ow-jCMLli3WPMzfsKwbo_stx5owQxXDHuWrT2yK-q8e0qPi85raXah8BLqocK8F4q617m7kpdRzrj5LcCvw_C-A/w300-h400/20211120_083413.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Nothing was enough to quiet her wild side. Run her all you want. She can do 26 miles in 3 hours, by herself! Some of the GPS logs boggle the mind.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbW4R7aznq93h_a_Q21xzZSXZcCNsn1eXTMsVEEDzpeD7Eb_WoatSkMKllq8ckQvYnxFLTaPK-CtJxhlD1btxZjRrVd39w_4NCdSBvFG7P05rkfxNbcirjjSz3UHfeEd6D7GdbEzuo8I3-1EwqPN_D1BjaaUHt_8f_sK3A0i97Zb5oJDlZanhZFhdIJg/s4032/20210616_075633.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbW4R7aznq93h_a_Q21xzZSXZcCNsn1eXTMsVEEDzpeD7Eb_WoatSkMKllq8ckQvYnxFLTaPK-CtJxhlD1btxZjRrVd39w_4NCdSBvFG7P05rkfxNbcirjjSz3UHfeEd6D7GdbEzuo8I3-1EwqPN_D1BjaaUHt_8f_sK3A0i97Zb5oJDlZanhZFhdIJg/w312-h640/20210616_075633.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">The Terminator, nonstop hunting machine. She could follow the birds in the barn for hours.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWfSSPDUmvnsoxIXeJPaHtfLf5nyYznykEhtCunbQgFCn6ue1foZ_s3sxB3k-lr5qPknYeXHmuX03FsJmTFXdOrVAK32-kaeMCYzM3Ans7g7hJEyrBHTUyBPHp7xBMbpN7f986AeVB0rofhFplqs-hKII3iJG6eCo6wJGPIQLY2qseenzIDxwIx0JQDw/s969/20210501_093928.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="928" data-original-width="969" height="383" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWfSSPDUmvnsoxIXeJPaHtfLf5nyYznykEhtCunbQgFCn6ue1foZ_s3sxB3k-lr5qPknYeXHmuX03FsJmTFXdOrVAK32-kaeMCYzM3Ans7g7hJEyrBHTUyBPHp7xBMbpN7f986AeVB0rofhFplqs-hKII3iJG6eCo6wJGPIQLY2qseenzIDxwIx0JQDw/w400-h383/20210501_093928.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Then an hour nap and she'd be ready to rip again. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7YD5_sdhMOyDubANH38cUESmAcMEwgoaB-Xwcvv12EjoelL-s4q9CTVA1A4k5Ox_cocNh_6DlABFp3tn-C8B9gLg5BfbLKnZgBxeJe6KqO8AdbXWWHHBKh1zLTYeB3Y1z0ZyEDlZhQ4p06ymxMdT9O_ahoFzuGXIwnE2IoYgDyZj8-M0uG3kzfzTrQ/s320/20220609_165009.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">In the span of two weeks, she was bitten by a venomous snake and then tore her back open running around the yard. Two sleepless nights at the vet school. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">The heat has been atrocious for weeks and I haven't been letting the dogs out except early morning and evenings. I dragged out Cole's pool and spent a few night supervising. Satisfied that Suki, with her sutures, avoided the pool altogether, I left them unattended while I was at work.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbNyytVU-9i-bL9i8J8-WxQwhTiMedxskIKSapd0yCgmga1vhdfhAOB2d4j5BI84HryUfjniCSTZnOxLDx5HrM7rwXgnaDCNAZOiHVXeqc2ZKRy8G60So8gCWxvlBsbys79wVa0QkPS8i_AchLoyHaUIzP9SSdRCEXmGX3LYxtlJ9lunrVDQkmvE5gzw/s2929/20220616_202317.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1494" data-original-width="2929" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbNyytVU-9i-bL9i8J8-WxQwhTiMedxskIKSapd0yCgmga1vhdfhAOB2d4j5BI84HryUfjniCSTZnOxLDx5HrM7rwXgnaDCNAZOiHVXeqc2ZKRy8G60So8gCWxvlBsbys79wVa0QkPS8i_AchLoyHaUIzP9SSdRCEXmGX3LYxtlJ9lunrVDQkmvE5gzw/w400-h204/20220616_202317.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Around 8:30 PM, I couldn't shake a bad feeling, I left the barn and went home to check on them. Three German Shorthair pointers and Fergus playing in the pool and Suki floating among them. She hated water, I still don't know why she would've jumped in. It's shallow enough for even the shortest one to stand, but the boys play rough... I performed CPR, she had a heartbeat so I performed chest compressions while driving 100 mph to vet's house, then felt her slip away.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I have yet to forgive myself for failing her, not only that night, but by not cracking the code to the reasons for her destructive behavior. The most beautiful, lithe as a friend described her, sweetest dog I've ever owned, slipped between my fingers. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNbUciUyaiYR2phFTkdPIttnl00ibib45tU4N1PfWsj5rBZQxkOYJW5l4H8wpD1PMkFNXVIXb7MTWbSwVXqsSvRcLSOhsBQ9kcri6vMXqdpBwZHcUhtAFc0rHewxe8tFv_jJVSuQaqv_nszWTsIcw9GMRMj11mBWVhlNnlBKRwecU3jPshhRZ6QNP6PA/s2824/20220524_212215.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2655" data-original-width="2824" height="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNbUciUyaiYR2phFTkdPIttnl00ibib45tU4N1PfWsj5rBZQxkOYJW5l4H8wpD1PMkFNXVIXb7MTWbSwVXqsSvRcLSOhsBQ9kcri6vMXqdpBwZHcUhtAFc0rHewxe8tFv_jJVSuQaqv_nszWTsIcw9GMRMj11mBWVhlNnlBKRwecU3jPshhRZ6QNP6PA/w640-h602/20220524_212215.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Maybe she's up there driving St. Peter crazy by chewing up his pearly gates, maybe not. I hope she has found serenity. One in a million girl. </span></p>My Life According To Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03394359883556578583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360074397154097577.post-59137676724069879922022-06-10T19:09:00.001-07:002022-06-10T19:22:01.273-07:00Confessions<p> <span style="font-family: trebuchet;">If parents say they love all their children equally, they're lying. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimwC_dB4ggKeTulSv3FwQ832HTVXdPwJfeDKe5HkngI9UI8KEighrFaNuwVfVuHsHQuurTgHSF1MZMR7CPoBDEQ_ia34leeeLaAGL1k7zIHGcSSGdvXPayP6AuY7Gbjj0bRBM4RjjfWA8TtwkqruXP5pxbmZjjehcdJ56XOkb4Nnd69-szukxlSY5Pww/s4032/20220506_201949.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimwC_dB4ggKeTulSv3FwQ832HTVXdPwJfeDKe5HkngI9UI8KEighrFaNuwVfVuHsHQuurTgHSF1MZMR7CPoBDEQ_ia34leeeLaAGL1k7zIHGcSSGdvXPayP6AuY7Gbjj0bRBM4RjjfWA8TtwkqruXP5pxbmZjjehcdJ56XOkb4Nnd69-szukxlSY5Pww/w400-h300/20220506_201949.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I lack flesh and blood kids, but I do have creatures for whom I'd eagerly commit murder. Or in the least, have completely ended relationships over.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQfFiPYc6qKFWwo_wESsn2gujn_PWaJoIbq0f_J_69ZpDw5lvqy3dO9kN8wNd1ft0FtCkkgj6_K2xL_1VZB2mh_VNTI8mZ--d_IIHIVXjWaxW4wptcDwnB4fsyWnwgqt4jhkGBIq6nTk5GZTH5dGJU_qWy7MMRZFCtCq2CA-zw1jE8CcVNvWtYNYm7Rw/s4032/20220608_173025.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQfFiPYc6qKFWwo_wESsn2gujn_PWaJoIbq0f_J_69ZpDw5lvqy3dO9kN8wNd1ft0FtCkkgj6_K2xL_1VZB2mh_VNTI8mZ--d_IIHIVXjWaxW4wptcDwnB4fsyWnwgqt4jhkGBIq6nTk5GZTH5dGJU_qWy7MMRZFCtCq2CA-zw1jE8CcVNvWtYNYm7Rw/s320/20220608_173025.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1m5jsM7qcEbIa4qmGZTLZqOLPudHWXlePl5GSmz6kpRLfwd3woieBaxfGDZCIe3XOx3ThVPvACZVVwSEy6nfLwMvfxR6CxnPB6R15fobdXnyWC1xujfje68mP-e9_0yXpR3JDEfNidDqWBdF0GHBUU11o6rSHSjwVBLxGrAXrdhdnIdSucFYf_y9ucQ/s3919/20220608_172551.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAIzXUCLoJzJkFgdowI4xg-yJEdDo7cbx_BmznopRu5wLa5gV53xlAtigwRCyLTSafkh3ESOWWNVWIWUNH0B03mg9G-df3jhD-0m5s8ZeVY42YjL8l1Lx9L1vPnusrhfSKwbSPQE8lumh1p3cg28u6ZUJsOsSpj0Y_nuiDRLwkvi9rKW_2rv6gZK2LfQ/s4032/20220520_225730.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAIzXUCLoJzJkFgdowI4xg-yJEdDo7cbx_BmznopRu5wLa5gV53xlAtigwRCyLTSafkh3ESOWWNVWIWUNH0B03mg9G-df3jhD-0m5s8ZeVY42YjL8l1Lx9L1vPnusrhfSKwbSPQE8lumh1p3cg28u6ZUJsOsSpj0Y_nuiDRLwkvi9rKW_2rv6gZK2LfQ/s320/20220520_225730.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I can't wait to get home to these faces every night. Days off... these are the ones I want to spend all my time with.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiA0w-ZMIHIPL_64Wy17j7HNiLx6-e0aYyw__YbKJhfZS0Q3b_axe2Otv_1jGNxsfdQ1EOMua02xHT7Vs6dS4Jy0pkvbE9erRf1bJ2CQeOG8nPodWL63zSfKwWH-Q28r8LxTNU6FX-Gn1XVGO56Sd-DH6zSfvBHip0-yc3nW1kY0OxGc4wRCZpFMJggA/s1280/47860.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiA0w-ZMIHIPL_64Wy17j7HNiLx6-e0aYyw__YbKJhfZS0Q3b_axe2Otv_1jGNxsfdQ1EOMua02xHT7Vs6dS4Jy0pkvbE9erRf1bJ2CQeOG8nPodWL63zSfKwWH-Q28r8LxTNU6FX-Gn1XVGO56Sd-DH6zSfvBHip0-yc3nW1kY0OxGc4wRCZpFMJggA/w640-h480/47860.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo credit Bri Mitchell</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p>Ditto for the ponies. If you're lucky, it's a 30 year commitment. For all y'all who suggested I divest myself of my horses, don't be looking for a Christmas card this year.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJQ9MNeuX_aGts_bk0AWtEXU11onrS6JUlXiFDJJVloxLtKPoAxjjzqRTn0vTWuttgHiesQxm0wnopE6ZxEwDXubwPsc09MS5W_Tp68ET5q5xjbpag-gidsIl4ws2nRPWPfxagro5iMzzwbjvRuLl1OeOjghqa7X7aQUqmQWuBxsWIF6Q2yx1aAggDkQ/s4032/20210408_135828.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJQ9MNeuX_aGts_bk0AWtEXU11onrS6JUlXiFDJJVloxLtKPoAxjjzqRTn0vTWuttgHiesQxm0wnopE6ZxEwDXubwPsc09MS5W_Tp68ET5q5xjbpag-gidsIl4ws2nRPWPfxagro5iMzzwbjvRuLl1OeOjghqa7X7aQUqmQWuBxsWIF6Q2yx1aAggDkQ/w312-h640/20210408_135828.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHi1IZ-sX9mYY5zuOLzjZNhziclzuBuj8ovZu2WO4X54XH5EPwbpsYOpjO7Vj9L7UmYOOFrq4fnT_QEtwa7BUyGWwAYQHohHD5fze2KV5U2wvgG1IWg_rHwyc49V0yDO5_pTXny3ac-dSYkE12qUcZzXJvKK3raM6sGy7qjjd1TPmuvmO4AoH9gy0Cwg/s2868/20201207_180427.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1849" data-original-width="2868" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHi1IZ-sX9mYY5zuOLzjZNhziclzuBuj8ovZu2WO4X54XH5EPwbpsYOpjO7Vj9L7UmYOOFrq4fnT_QEtwa7BUyGWwAYQHohHD5fze2KV5U2wvgG1IWg_rHwyc49V0yDO5_pTXny3ac-dSYkE12qUcZzXJvKK3raM6sGy7qjjd1TPmuvmO4AoH9gy0Cwg/s320/20201207_180427.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimPb5FN1a3omAGk1-G_zMxla4a7TDdySe6LDKlhqgnLWxjrU6rpLAKv-gIr2zYem4MMc2LA7Xlp82PEZa2RIbrgPwZMD75Wq6oben51SNZWbODo5pD2orJSjufcbBGAoptt3y8YMtagt_tgF1kBPQ3vLoiEtlvveArTr2UmzG-5HvauSJt0j5m3yLxLg/s1436/20201207_180442.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1436" data-original-width="1332" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimPb5FN1a3omAGk1-G_zMxla4a7TDdySe6LDKlhqgnLWxjrU6rpLAKv-gIr2zYem4MMc2LA7Xlp82PEZa2RIbrgPwZMD75Wq6oben51SNZWbODo5pD2orJSjufcbBGAoptt3y8YMtagt_tgF1kBPQ3vLoiEtlvveArTr2UmzG-5HvauSJt0j5m3yLxLg/s320/20201207_180442.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXYeWAyb5Oa_BtFEZnvqYjHjBlqJhkrphFNpQl_ZyfVLaVFs1Gg4FDzuQij9M9xL1xOfcSJ2QWpO1kfBnBwUQ2OmkHILi0_9OCTSDFRwuGu-lkXSdZ_4PgJzMTPsQMLds2AdECVHOANdRri_U6yGEQkWSEwvbKLHrRg8ne2sr-5zN4biZpJnVjklY7xw/s4032/20201207_163023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXYeWAyb5Oa_BtFEZnvqYjHjBlqJhkrphFNpQl_ZyfVLaVFs1Gg4FDzuQij9M9xL1xOfcSJ2QWpO1kfBnBwUQ2OmkHILi0_9OCTSDFRwuGu-lkXSdZ_4PgJzMTPsQMLds2AdECVHOANdRri_U6yGEQkWSEwvbKLHrRg8ne2sr-5zN4biZpJnVjklY7xw/s320/20201207_163023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOhQOyxGFckHjPYAlO2XbxocckTyiEQM-8I2tsi5AHnFboZokRzf5zstWQQz4R1gHdq4VraeF5tuxzGyTDZBtA-RfjLdTNm63rxhsZ3NMVRgaGZhlIicK1EQgtXFx0NojIg5oQVavgpNKdTShYf5XzznAD-ZimHPXkdrlsX_MjqLgYZ01PmPm7mrvfGQ/s3061/20201207_180454.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1736" data-original-width="3061" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOhQOyxGFckHjPYAlO2XbxocckTyiEQM-8I2tsi5AHnFboZokRzf5zstWQQz4R1gHdq4VraeF5tuxzGyTDZBtA-RfjLdTNm63rxhsZ3NMVRgaGZhlIicK1EQgtXFx0NojIg5oQVavgpNKdTShYf5XzznAD-ZimHPXkdrlsX_MjqLgYZ01PmPm7mrvfGQ/s320/20201207_180454.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>My little Axel will soon be 30, which mean I've spent over 10,000 days being with him every single day. On average, kids stay at home for roughly 7,000 days, think about that. When I rescued him, Angus, Fletcher and Jones, I meant it. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Itr8GMiotyY5nHGEQBLQp2mvbR4NAfBQ6eDZ8tAkHrHGbzwazDdMk8or_GYYXmMjcCzYANfy5i_PI0MQyouij_dclmTF1te5jh8Me38RM-y6k5bZwUQhHEZpqaBTRkHHXREqrcE7LVHsQdg-A3J-M5hvoNjzbcJYenMJQTX8m9ZH_6h74_f3YNWXag/s7014/jamie%20&%20axel%2000.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="7014" data-original-width="5100" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Itr8GMiotyY5nHGEQBLQp2mvbR4NAfBQ6eDZ8tAkHrHGbzwazDdMk8or_GYYXmMjcCzYANfy5i_PI0MQyouij_dclmTF1te5jh8Me38RM-y6k5bZwUQhHEZpqaBTRkHHXREqrcE7LVHsQdg-A3J-M5hvoNjzbcJYenMJQTX8m9ZH_6h74_f3YNWXag/w466-h640/jamie%20&%20axel%2000.jpg" width="466" /></a></div><br /><p>I was in my early 20s when I pulled a seriously injured Appaloosa off a trailer headed to the kill pens. I plan to be in my sixties when I bury him. End of story.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjzYpLhVX0CCjWIPvttWAtOPP1pMUvcRE8iNDOX0yM--YdEv_lcvRZkkPOWhePn4FBe-_SPivxLa07svYopoFPgnldM0bTvfBSujX6Uv2927QLXX5yTMSURuz_QX_kitEZAg8AzAV7FcoYcD2NioNhFWzFwuuAqgYxCngLoK1C65GOMx2awB50KEz6zA/s2329/20211224_102045.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2329" data-original-width="2091" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjzYpLhVX0CCjWIPvttWAtOPP1pMUvcRE8iNDOX0yM--YdEv_lcvRZkkPOWhePn4FBe-_SPivxLa07svYopoFPgnldM0bTvfBSujX6Uv2927QLXX5yTMSURuz_QX_kitEZAg8AzAV7FcoYcD2NioNhFWzFwuuAqgYxCngLoK1C65GOMx2awB50KEz6zA/w359-h400/20211224_102045.jpg" width="359" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Cole.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG4XTv9nFACFqEOE5UG-u-h1-xpzVm3v8WmX-tUTnaafVzPV8-bsqK24kMbVG4HQxW6f8o-41PmWSAUK-OyTv1pMWQmC2phPanQGleGM5DDz7iD4OflYzZev5xlrukUJccxqxfAcr5fCIPTAjp8sD-YoGRdt7AOYrjrr9ZmpJTztOfmm4lpuANev0uiQ/s2101/cole%20and%20me.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2101" data-original-width="1082" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG4XTv9nFACFqEOE5UG-u-h1-xpzVm3v8WmX-tUTnaafVzPV8-bsqK24kMbVG4HQxW6f8o-41PmWSAUK-OyTv1pMWQmC2phPanQGleGM5DDz7iD4OflYzZev5xlrukUJccxqxfAcr5fCIPTAjp8sD-YoGRdt7AOYrjrr9ZmpJTztOfmm4lpuANev0uiQ/w330-h640/cole%20and%20me.jpg" width="330" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo credit Mark Rikard</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>Cole was my soulmate. Dax was meant to be his doppelganger. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZHb6rtEHWFrrruP1OBzEWlwUSxwJyeAYCLmi-ALDvCTEHY1ANAsea2-Cl6O5P4who5utkhkl0rbuuFc4i8KXoAHDD4-N6O-dHdXxm8S55GXBR08u_F3XB68MKmqQLuRYGbV4l9SuHN4Ke6zejSo2ADW576liE-ot8xuG-UiWdcMAvK0i6DenROSGneg/s2596/20181215_201621.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2596" data-original-width="2102" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZHb6rtEHWFrrruP1OBzEWlwUSxwJyeAYCLmi-ALDvCTEHY1ANAsea2-Cl6O5P4who5utkhkl0rbuuFc4i8KXoAHDD4-N6O-dHdXxm8S55GXBR08u_F3XB68MKmqQLuRYGbV4l9SuHN4Ke6zejSo2ADW576liE-ot8xuG-UiWdcMAvK0i6DenROSGneg/w518-h640/20181215_201621.jpg" width="518" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Festivus pole is the only Christmas tree to survive Dax.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>Alas, he turned out to be the spawn of Satan; yet I love him like only the mother of Beelzebub can : voraciously. Micah came along next. I knew the moment I cradled him that he was mine. He's named after the great endurance runner, Caballo Blanco, whose real name was Micah True. Kind, loyal, dependable, he suffers the part of best child well. All the others get the attention, the time, the encouragement. I've missed his birthday two years in a row. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_AuTsF8E8vDHYg4k61y388l1gcucolPc3__s3sC0FLiv8H_mEB3dbPJqEx5Ctj8SwpTgNg9UYBWIyRU8NAeSow9PkKxR_8nVQnxJJP5SQPVQdGj0t0eY_kHdxmMnASUJ_cLNz28sJRHO5bPNKDhTa92m5VUBJJd_lfmU0OUouokw46TaR7psmUbXbmQ/s4032/20220509_211430.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_AuTsF8E8vDHYg4k61y388l1gcucolPc3__s3sC0FLiv8H_mEB3dbPJqEx5Ctj8SwpTgNg9UYBWIyRU8NAeSow9PkKxR_8nVQnxJJP5SQPVQdGj0t0eY_kHdxmMnASUJ_cLNz28sJRHO5bPNKDhTa92m5VUBJJd_lfmU0OUouokw46TaR7psmUbXbmQ/w480-h640/20220509_211430.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Every once and again, I take him alone to run errands and dream we never go back. We take what cash is in my wallet and we make a run for Wyoming.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0zh29YNiNSxioHLxG048YKgAFSQvm90EfMyMBMnF4abGmk9sO_UwRwxoNHvXn71oYyhiRFFkj1974JWxzLfh2_ZzGiOjYIR1UXENGhcvLtHWXlJRLVhhvBJl7INBVJOnlcx1fj8eczlBU-fRaudwY0rWnQVsvUDolfdppy-fRqVFZwpdGJNBEJi7elA/s4032/20190729_085253.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0zh29YNiNSxioHLxG048YKgAFSQvm90EfMyMBMnF4abGmk9sO_UwRwxoNHvXn71oYyhiRFFkj1974JWxzLfh2_ZzGiOjYIR1UXENGhcvLtHWXlJRLVhhvBJl7INBVJOnlcx1fj8eczlBU-fRaudwY0rWnQVsvUDolfdppy-fRqVFZwpdGJNBEJi7elA/w400-h195/20190729_085253.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>So, if you're being a snot to your parents, do know they fantasize about leaving your capricious, demanding, special needs asses behind on a regular basis. Be smart, act extra nice if you come home and mom and dad's cars are still in the driveway.</p><p><br /></p>My Life According To Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03394359883556578583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360074397154097577.post-22670095426903612362022-05-31T19:02:00.000-07:002022-05-31T19:02:35.723-07:00Vultures Are Raptors<p> <span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Did you know? Vultures are now classified as raptors. Discovery made after interrupting a predator's attempt to abscond with this little guy.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje1NPwdJNvFujPucH4z1LOm1AZA_BoVboDNzG-jBEubJsX_aR8oaMonxwj3YgrQtAviv1f0BPODAaVo0llnP8QEe4fCqHsB0bZSFEuyXBNyzYRi-zC9EKYaFd9p9a7MfVz3eznzzh4oXzc5vhlsQj-Zf4E_McWHfR1BAIP8PlqW6JEk737giL9gV0Ohg/s4032/20220522_133247.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje1NPwdJNvFujPucH4z1LOm1AZA_BoVboDNzG-jBEubJsX_aR8oaMonxwj3YgrQtAviv1f0BPODAaVo0llnP8QEe4fCqHsB0bZSFEuyXBNyzYRi-zC9EKYaFd9p9a7MfVz3eznzzh4oXzc5vhlsQj-Zf4E_McWHfR1BAIP8PlqW6JEk737giL9gV0Ohg/w300-h400/20220522_133247.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Vultures use a hollowed stump as a nesting site; Cristian has been monitoring it for years. He reported two nestlings. I went by to check on them... empty, and signs of a break -in. I believe I can whip up some concrete and reseal the gap. Project #5933.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEjzCAyKNUM65JQsnqGClLRFiMTTqFFVnfwpdXy4j7JF0j5IkTFS_0MtQvYU2YEK2_JOcq7RuvuhtmSFbQUpCFtYYe9maG0fdG7gk5jxQu09KGIFqYX6RvY-E2FZW9XVyjQZBVCoCLRhpoc6vT6pllHty2uLQfLkle8IIqWorKdqWI7BzPkvcENaeWPQ/s4032/20220522_133159.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEjzCAyKNUM65JQsnqGClLRFiMTTqFFVnfwpdXy4j7JF0j5IkTFS_0MtQvYU2YEK2_JOcq7RuvuhtmSFbQUpCFtYYe9maG0fdG7gk5jxQu09KGIFqYX6RvY-E2FZW9XVyjQZBVCoCLRhpoc6vT6pllHty2uLQfLkle8IIqWorKdqWI7BzPkvcENaeWPQ/w300-h400/20220522_133159.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">50 yards away was the plumpest little fellow upside down in the leaves. I'd never held a vulture, even the tips of their fluffy feathers smell of putrefaction. I cradled him all the way back to the barn; it took washing my hands three times to get the stench off.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiHY65UHv7YmzJCbDYyP1FCTJ83AxlkNDFbIBeNVhkDj_b6zAZ1X9VqgWppnPTapNVaceAVtrfiKJU7wEDFB_8uQV8DEPSE7aU3KYTBz7968R_Fy5T5wJxudQA2tO9WZRt-AzfL2vrxSN_jRQAIvUV8856fNsFhPWq0KNcDsBUmPliSti62dtlSMpFcQ/s1354/20220522_133322.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1252" data-original-width="1354" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiHY65UHv7YmzJCbDYyP1FCTJ83AxlkNDFbIBeNVhkDj_b6zAZ1X9VqgWppnPTapNVaceAVtrfiKJU7wEDFB_8uQV8DEPSE7aU3KYTBz7968R_Fy5T5wJxudQA2tO9WZRt-AzfL2vrxSN_jRQAIvUV8856fNsFhPWq0KNcDsBUmPliSti62dtlSMpFcQ/s320/20220522_133322.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGyRtTX0QPYlWotYY7uTFm0rFEupizYijLWhBvzt5wmiwrjz_CxK8SWW1ifsoDYVsX3mVLom8KTElvFViIdBZdhgdvUVsbMobBC15yVvVZ3kzeD0Y-04onpk1nX7_AAjv1vL4KnykbnO7t8BxhKHWXgKWz9lD3UWiuPjR6BepoW5LFa9pgDO6liUw9Bw/s4032/20220522_134019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGyRtTX0QPYlWotYY7uTFm0rFEupizYijLWhBvzt5wmiwrjz_CxK8SWW1ifsoDYVsX3mVLom8KTElvFViIdBZdhgdvUVsbMobBC15yVvVZ3kzeD0Y-04onpk1nX7_AAjv1vL4KnykbnO7t8BxhKHWXgKWz9lD3UWiuPjR6BepoW5LFa9pgDO6liUw9Bw/w300-h400/20220522_134019.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">What to do since the nest was compromised and mom had already left them for dead? Auburn University Raptor Rehab took him in... since he is a raptor. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRkZjsfcThW3lYn65ycn5_uijqFrq3r8dpEm95ujext0DRkjTSwEl1cT4e3Ain4lZOwXUCiv7Vr1JBwC8RsIZPlaihuxsreK2x8bukLq68tMiqaw6-n_ayhwOl3SdabG4BXCtoiF0lKtE_g3-xodufJEXGuSBaMhTXt2QEUTS6QWtRufYt8befRPhNYw/s835/Screenshot%20(194).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="835" data-original-width="610" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRkZjsfcThW3lYn65ycn5_uijqFrq3r8dpEm95ujext0DRkjTSwEl1cT4e3Ain4lZOwXUCiv7Vr1JBwC8RsIZPlaihuxsreK2x8bukLq68tMiqaw6-n_ayhwOl3SdabG4BXCtoiF0lKtE_g3-xodufJEXGuSBaMhTXt2QEUTS6QWtRufYt8befRPhNYw/w468-h640/Screenshot%20(194).png" width="468" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Through their website, I've been keeping tabs on his progress. Bless his little heart.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Spring brings all creatures out of the woodwork. The hummingbirds that wander into the barn can never figure out how to simply fly back out the open doors. Their instincts tell them to go high, spend all day in the rafters and drop to the barn floor by evening, exhausted and dehydrated.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_iuYYKuQOE6xy3Ig0LQLIAA5xzi9DaweeW9lAZ_xPTtyjwRPMInvAb8PsLe6gCz-aAFGcseGh_fbVUxPnwoI7rtYVTBv7fd9EhmFVrmwoYyZ0s1-NSp2GudyPmSxn_aZ-IUSrH5vuhZSitwcXsFRR2F5CIOzpA3p6dRC2vf6-H8UXLw7N4cxSYaGyAg/s4032/20220523_175801.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_iuYYKuQOE6xy3Ig0LQLIAA5xzi9DaweeW9lAZ_xPTtyjwRPMInvAb8PsLe6gCz-aAFGcseGh_fbVUxPnwoI7rtYVTBv7fd9EhmFVrmwoYyZ0s1-NSp2GudyPmSxn_aZ-IUSrH5vuhZSitwcXsFRR2F5CIOzpA3p6dRC2vf6-H8UXLw7N4cxSYaGyAg/w400-h300/20220523_175801.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Enter Hummer Rescue Squad.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLpt6gNw0CvNUDxdWMG-rW10dCY6JyqaNiTlwONwIji949a7zphVcRV52_WqOnZMM6cpZlc3kKZr6hFHNHkmy1BrL-FL2wPHBwRh57md0qQV4enBepmzjXiERdJQaxuYoihZXm_uYLa8RDX3THT-j3hGJfHbJeG9KQhxzlVN-RAZmyMFh1ztcs5yj2Ug/s1678/20220523_180535.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1678" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLpt6gNw0CvNUDxdWMG-rW10dCY6JyqaNiTlwONwIji949a7zphVcRV52_WqOnZMM6cpZlc3kKZr6hFHNHkmy1BrL-FL2wPHBwRh57md0qQV4enBepmzjXiERdJQaxuYoihZXm_uYLa8RDX3THT-j3hGJfHbJeG9KQhxzlVN-RAZmyMFh1ztcs5yj2Ug/w400-h285/20220523_180535.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Rescue syrup administered, cobwebs removed and released. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghppkuy285bibSbTZe6hxRAitbFDAfoKF1aun1s5uIaIJx4j7Ovy7zN-L70hfLFgSKdCO62SQvqAynS1EpHR1lZ4EpLulAFTfPSTROQDCSa13y2UQ-3ISsrmnOcpxZ4q997WtMcyOQbdbt4HVxOms5mxiVnKieaPabYwceQPoYE2pfoeCaOoDr4AM0Fw/s4032/20220523_175505.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghppkuy285bibSbTZe6hxRAitbFDAfoKF1aun1s5uIaIJx4j7Ovy7zN-L70hfLFgSKdCO62SQvqAynS1EpHR1lZ4EpLulAFTfPSTROQDCSa13y2UQ-3ISsrmnOcpxZ4q997WtMcyOQbdbt4HVxOms5mxiVnKieaPabYwceQPoYE2pfoeCaOoDr4AM0Fw/s320/20220523_175505.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">A vigilant employee noticed an unusual snake hiding under a horse water trough. In 30 years of living in Alabama, I'd never encountered a scarlet kingsnake. This was a momentous occasion for me.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnOS714_FwP9nkWBDHME5bOn_rqm5C2wghe1S_RvOI3Bn2rv0NlRTCnZu1O7dqhJUY22dUwiq3UKEFKbJVKUItT1gfD0LwfRyNUsNyZJnXmttlcuyHTYfKlHpwGwdUPSMa-C4GmRBD3WTruV1rdOAOS582-DobVDrypAMDPReOcYMHqWOHBelX-G_qOA/s640/50679.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="360" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnOS714_FwP9nkWBDHME5bOn_rqm5C2wghe1S_RvOI3Bn2rv0NlRTCnZu1O7dqhJUY22dUwiq3UKEFKbJVKUItT1gfD0LwfRyNUsNyZJnXmttlcuyHTYfKlHpwGwdUPSMa-C4GmRBD3WTruV1rdOAOS582-DobVDrypAMDPReOcYMHqWOHBelX-G_qOA/w360-h640/50679.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Momentous in his young life too, as he was quickly relocated to a more suitable habitat where he wouldn't risk getting crushed by an 800 lb water trough or a 1200 lb horse. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU83u55IAoQAI97P3VX3AgpdN8rjWrzcJ7FS2QupElFQGf6pEb54uItm-iantiM3ICxvHYoAFUh8rgsfh54Pg93bbNUW4zQX2vJ_dHWvvFQChCz2AJt-7ibASy9Ua0fnPxSMaFcHJYerBPT8CtJWmKRsG_6Ybm8Qb_0U9Q3mFKbzx2Xyf_Rs3hLM7Hmw/s960/50682.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="540" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU83u55IAoQAI97P3VX3AgpdN8rjWrzcJ7FS2QupElFQGf6pEb54uItm-iantiM3ICxvHYoAFUh8rgsfh54Pg93bbNUW4zQX2vJ_dHWvvFQChCz2AJt-7ibASy9Ua0fnPxSMaFcHJYerBPT8CtJWmKRsG_6Ybm8Qb_0U9Q3mFKbzx2Xyf_Rs3hLM7Hmw/w360-h640/50682.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">A snake of another kind ruined my day and my budget. Do note all this happened within a span of 2 days.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAv8vp97vN5rvqYxaP-Xtr8s3uY1XUerBf5u5FulmbQ-u894AHRxBdqvsAqizyz00sVx3zZsRCEK6ru1M9cBBRS25vsTvmDxWIH3DMHp0kKqe0Orn771T-xmYNWF1rLsDJhFf8GaJD5R1pxPRp5MDcZ2QAuwDF8LPtWkmxV7CmQfHen-v6h3OCiRynmQ/s4032/20220525_201529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAv8vp97vN5rvqYxaP-Xtr8s3uY1XUerBf5u5FulmbQ-u894AHRxBdqvsAqizyz00sVx3zZsRCEK6ru1M9cBBRS25vsTvmDxWIH3DMHp0kKqe0Orn771T-xmYNWF1rLsDJhFf8GaJD5R1pxPRp5MDcZ2QAuwDF8LPtWkmxV7CmQfHen-v6h3OCiRynmQ/w300-h400/20220525_201529.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Just before dusk, I took all the dogs for a run in my ox pasture, you know, to knock the edge off them so I can study the rest of the night. Suki returned with a quickly swelling face and eyes rolling back into her head.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAYsUzTFVOkLHKrJ28GxchEwT0cH6lRdlV6WfW1SSaFcvw-yrjpWli58Difes9YyYiFUzvaaGCLREuRNwQebbv9NcCGXeWGec8rfyXv4g1Boul8dAfjHk40Pb68nf5yfMmQq_uVRwSX03IgoNLH7eVGnFnZECu947aSnt9Zk_QNhdRfnmnzV6C6vKrZg/s4032/20220526_023538.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAYsUzTFVOkLHKrJ28GxchEwT0cH6lRdlV6WfW1SSaFcvw-yrjpWli58Difes9YyYiFUzvaaGCLREuRNwQebbv9NcCGXeWGec8rfyXv4g1Boul8dAfjHk40Pb68nf5yfMmQq_uVRwSX03IgoNLH7eVGnFnZECu947aSnt9Zk_QNhdRfnmnzV6C6vKrZg/w300-h400/20220526_023538.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Off to Auburn University we go. My trusty 20 year old 1 ton truck turned into Pegasus and flew us there in record time.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2wOApPjW8K9SFwOIgxVEVoP-BdoGSqzIeOwc9ktIYiLIax5SR5B4dG2xDJd-OD__fsrv9XzZjrlp7jS7a4zEgkqVWKAZh6JA0mrB38GQ3wM57WVbgVMI42uL89gS85Uaq60R1DbnT2OprXnuQGciymloG9-ysNVviQCdyCw3zf6COApSHhGbRoV3NA/s4032/20220525_220746.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2wOApPjW8K9SFwOIgxVEVoP-BdoGSqzIeOwc9ktIYiLIax5SR5B4dG2xDJd-OD__fsrv9XzZjrlp7jS7a4zEgkqVWKAZh6JA0mrB38GQ3wM57WVbgVMI42uL89gS85Uaq60R1DbnT2OprXnuQGciymloG9-ysNVviQCdyCw3zf6COApSHhGbRoV3NA/s320/20220525_220746.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">They allowed me to commandeer an exam room to study. By around 3 AM, they were satisfied that she was stable enough to return home. Venomous snakes, I am not so fond of. One hour of sleep before going to work, not fond of that either.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjARf6ySWMkjAbp6HvnJ3f3Joj1oKXEZ2AMQmq7mSbE8m0WhN6zdb_I74Mm5e5DdnZhdm3BlhH_SKJbtrCtZIzN-kfH7o7d5KitmseTyLG_KsM4vD-Hqg1IqRi_6jJlqvi1_9bR9sRlSMHy3N1qSOIoQbvnbZjR7HIDJHOspHHKKQWuO1TcaBYjDvPeDw/s4032/20220526_035218.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjARf6ySWMkjAbp6HvnJ3f3Joj1oKXEZ2AMQmq7mSbE8m0WhN6zdb_I74Mm5e5DdnZhdm3BlhH_SKJbtrCtZIzN-kfH7o7d5KitmseTyLG_KsM4vD-Hqg1IqRi_6jJlqvi1_9bR9sRlSMHy3N1qSOIoQbvnbZjR7HIDJHOspHHKKQWuO1TcaBYjDvPeDw/w300-h400/20220526_035218.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">All worth it to protect the pack.</span></p>My Life According To Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03394359883556578583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360074397154097577.post-32632385621613353672022-05-27T04:46:00.001-07:002022-05-27T04:46:36.139-07:00Skywalker<p> Late Summer of 2020, an 18 year old joined Farm Team.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIDd7UFyr_VSI93itBh0OV1B3rB33VLMtHm4VEHbG0-S5XfI3-GWCjapeXrdkIrcBKJosW8a9qDYHj1RCWozRKaqUms4e1j4tY1rqFWqB4NwFqOEz4v70_sH9KI8PlY80gRi0dLJma-25Dc62KlX6TxyhNoBeWBI0xKg1LuqfRGZPAll3BSshRinbabA/s4032/20201013_144907.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIDd7UFyr_VSI93itBh0OV1B3rB33VLMtHm4VEHbG0-S5XfI3-GWCjapeXrdkIrcBKJosW8a9qDYHj1RCWozRKaqUms4e1j4tY1rqFWqB4NwFqOEz4v70_sH9KI8PlY80gRi0dLJma-25Dc62KlX6TxyhNoBeWBI0xKg1LuqfRGZPAll3BSshRinbabA/w640-h312/20201013_144907.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Luke went from green bean to barn manager.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjveiSwzPgsP7l-NMsva2f_KPiito3-Sp3BU9Y0n5BNXN8wjdOwKq5Z2E1sOX88kvegRVu2vyWCLb__JQsk1dAO3OuwJY2sVlXU5FuHjz9kFmeePHysKK7Ja_zR4eOsbtVyojwWlR6He0l0sx8DTYzkVAz-2mHH2qKNh2yt4QehhJ6OCrnlYgnMDG9V8Q/s2970/20220407_125508.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2970" data-original-width="2009" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjveiSwzPgsP7l-NMsva2f_KPiito3-Sp3BU9Y0n5BNXN8wjdOwKq5Z2E1sOX88kvegRVu2vyWCLb__JQsk1dAO3OuwJY2sVlXU5FuHjz9kFmeePHysKK7Ja_zR4eOsbtVyojwWlR6He0l0sx8DTYzkVAz-2mHH2qKNh2yt4QehhJ6OCrnlYgnMDG9V8Q/w432-h640/20220407_125508.jpg" width="432" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Also becoming along the way MVP, devoted friend, appreciated coworker and Oreo's BFF. </p><p>Luke recently accepted a position with another company. I hope they realize what a jewel they now have on staff.</p><p>Happy trails, Luke!</p>My Life According To Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03394359883556578583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360074397154097577.post-41781246030307397462022-05-19T03:28:00.001-07:002022-05-20T04:35:11.629-07:00Fergus 'Bubblebutt' Smith<p> <span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Nov 13, 2021</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZaKBbWtUx-Ca4qtkd6RLMghfNCv7D79rLWRRYoCu8h4ExQM5Buy94bnhP5ktOXXJJQJ0iZ6IXHPK0LSNFe4Hbv1XTAA20C3ogLVccA6mpUPkgxqQQFt1rBUS1wAeFOah_uuIQ83n0Pbw2t68GY8feIFb4p4-DU9CWtPO1k1jWHLtCWzgnC9mQuGcmnQ/s4032/20211118_063417.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZaKBbWtUx-Ca4qtkd6RLMghfNCv7D79rLWRRYoCu8h4ExQM5Buy94bnhP5ktOXXJJQJ0iZ6IXHPK0LSNFe4Hbv1XTAA20C3ogLVccA6mpUPkgxqQQFt1rBUS1wAeFOah_uuIQ83n0Pbw2t68GY8feIFb4p4-DU9CWtPO1k1jWHLtCWzgnC9mQuGcmnQ/w400-h300/20211118_063417.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Stray dog has her pups in our office. I pull one from the litter at 6 weeks because his littermates are behaving like heathens, trying to rip his tail and ears off. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ6utsa0np7dNcHLVHEQVMgGOe8GB79f1lM5Amks9zHbFsvSGYTPa_B2xu5jiYg6vwaJiPREowRmOC-uzfzzqGQwWgbwuCnP6o3i7zGOwo7dUBEpwSzQT21lMurxEkn3vWanSJxKYueeMJKmGhh3dvZ2N_6EEVEq52HQX7Qtkc64DJR2qzQPCxuf0Ubw/s322/23822.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="322" data-original-width="229" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ6utsa0np7dNcHLVHEQVMgGOe8GB79f1lM5Amks9zHbFsvSGYTPa_B2xu5jiYg6vwaJiPREowRmOC-uzfzzqGQwWgbwuCnP6o3i7zGOwo7dUBEpwSzQT21lMurxEkn3vWanSJxKYueeMJKmGhh3dvZ2N_6EEVEq52HQX7Qtkc64DJR2qzQPCxuf0Ubw/s320/23822.jpeg" width="228" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx-6sAzTbKrYhMLjaaGX06jtzrECPUPR_9nKVMGkso2WFQUCoPxoWwd0OFTx9FPpAaC-NfQFB045yGrq-3rImZ8j3qzPTzfnMzB2eqcaHg-uzqM_l5Lmtjl4ISKuZYq6v4LL8udysmzxjws99FTt5LE9RqjeZLya6k6y5pZt4aFOEl8IhFNcyagKXaCA/s333/23820.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="229" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx-6sAzTbKrYhMLjaaGX06jtzrECPUPR_9nKVMGkso2WFQUCoPxoWwd0OFTx9FPpAaC-NfQFB045yGrq-3rImZ8j3qzPTzfnMzB2eqcaHg-uzqM_l5Lmtjl4ISKuZYq6v4LL8udysmzxjws99FTt5LE9RqjeZLya6k6y5pZt4aFOEl8IhFNcyagKXaCA/s320/23820.jpeg" width="220" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I tell myself that I'll send him to an adopter in New Jersey along with his siblings when the time comes. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsmBbD66YfFL3DSkAfX8aJS7rcDyXT9kGFklVfRz8s_bTLVKlIya7k_73pDGfsNsSvocyJCfwF3-AKjYPc1IfnqK-Plx3e7CnophxNm6g35aPuKAcuR3HCCgg4Pgqh9-n1pHyfpRrQFgiV_Wf128zAVJ0jkNihTvyzvx2Q4ebRcRC1dFw1fCqnfFCqQQ/s4032/20220128_094712.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsmBbD66YfFL3DSkAfX8aJS7rcDyXT9kGFklVfRz8s_bTLVKlIya7k_73pDGfsNsSvocyJCfwF3-AKjYPc1IfnqK-Plx3e7CnophxNm6g35aPuKAcuR3HCCgg4Pgqh9-n1pHyfpRrQFgiV_Wf128zAVJ0jkNihTvyzvx2Q4ebRcRC1dFw1fCqnfFCqQQ/s320/20220128_094712.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1197" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSdkTIp-Ma-Fp4BFYkZhP6uAmEWy2e-rcTi0zj_BW_gdO3gyxBtZd6A7n9qB1gK4i-IJMndv-6DcxhkNfr7gd5LJeLzTdJktRks2w2I6PWlxYYdD2vKB0nbt_z-nKUWyJAWF2qcQ4Qx00jez9Vjqnims92Zc59odv32YOuiPVh2IpAeNb6YzpKc9zr9g/w200-h400/20220128_143749.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Time came and went, he stayed.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRWbQp2R1BkS_msMqCQDDiBBkjjXydh88oZZ9aXTY4xsq6dmdwFtfNV-AoLywg6Ux-uwOY285w873VIrvSsyqotx5zcJLcRhZK0y0_yYiEbapF44Pvz2tqg97kyKGpxyNHUucxVnjJ0tHr6qTH1R1MxK4JWKg5wSsLXE5uKpfraSg0UrtvarH5qSjyTQ/s4032/20220202_004051.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRWbQp2R1BkS_msMqCQDDiBBkjjXydh88oZZ9aXTY4xsq6dmdwFtfNV-AoLywg6Ux-uwOY285w873VIrvSsyqotx5zcJLcRhZK0y0_yYiEbapF44Pvz2tqg97kyKGpxyNHUucxVnjJ0tHr6qTH1R1MxK4JWKg5wSsLXE5uKpfraSg0UrtvarH5qSjyTQ/s320/20220202_004051.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1885" data-original-width="3306" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiffwSeuHQDfYbXTp9SYmXbcuM6TEvW_EzIbn9uM1pM6h2rISaKdAMnhUMIFoN4RIHG3grkpy23GoODOET5CwJhk1ZSXMD6U7sdJnEU2m0M4lxamz5mEkbd7uaQJeH3Gt-jSodGgK6YxwgCXG1CxJCzDmQPRc9W7PRkMY99zMy2RF5FZpqMw9remBP2Og/s320/20220131_223613.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">DNA test says he's approx 75% guard dog breeds. Just lovely. I'm a goofy hunting dog kinda gal. Guard dogs that I've owned become outrageously protective of me. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW91VdW4_Qhwut1529iR8OAx449KqLOpHiKeaJh2BnmPesEE7kqtyNbjmwzSa9YqUhKO1ilrLDIl0ON66sFU7OFummeoKRTzArc8LmKHoBg3DVF90RX31gYf9kcLfiJbt2xU0kbhu0ii3vWPkjnJBQi6YMDttVMDUzDpU25xFz9cS1ApGBeeFfNSpI3g/s993/20220206_091316.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="993" data-original-width="974" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW91VdW4_Qhwut1529iR8OAx449KqLOpHiKeaJh2BnmPesEE7kqtyNbjmwzSa9YqUhKO1ilrLDIl0ON66sFU7OFummeoKRTzArc8LmKHoBg3DVF90RX31gYf9kcLfiJbt2xU0kbhu0ii3vWPkjnJBQi6YMDttVMDUzDpU25xFz9cS1ApGBeeFfNSpI3g/s320/20220206_091316.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">He looks so sweet, if anything, Emmett is the holy terror of the household.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBRS0OEnEeuqHGhRhGB_LM2AD2jffT5mHRV4LsO9GbQcNBi4PEWOf5FnmUbeb01UVY7i3CU4r64yksGSNBAAwArwQNUFa1r6BGC_tJHvrMVLKyn8Wxsxb--c7nVTtl972yf3LCHU8gHEwT-rRra4v7D19-r0eFkZHFkG7iMZWH5_UYum-YQqUJcdhdVQ/s4032/20220414_031512.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBRS0OEnEeuqHGhRhGB_LM2AD2jffT5mHRV4LsO9GbQcNBi4PEWOf5FnmUbeb01UVY7i3CU4r64yksGSNBAAwArwQNUFa1r6BGC_tJHvrMVLKyn8Wxsxb--c7nVTtl972yf3LCHU8gHEwT-rRra4v7D19-r0eFkZHFkG7iMZWH5_UYum-YQqUJcdhdVQ/w300-h400/20220414_031512.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Fergus is too busy growing like a weed to be bothered with being aggressive. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXnRjWifSN2elnC8o-J0-fsKdiiSpC1uxhXuTDPyN_Si6MeJzsyzcZ4UUCq3bIB5UveK8CHR-NmHbTv0nWdDbKB3CQZeOIqx-E-HH4TFrIBLmbDJB19Yuw4vbSSkJWSZ6huk__n9sQrNkkHDlwe1KvIO4FwPZI4FYMekOyaOyVhulhCVcuMmM3K4Vpbw/s956/20220428_210315.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="956" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXnRjWifSN2elnC8o-J0-fsKdiiSpC1uxhXuTDPyN_Si6MeJzsyzcZ4UUCq3bIB5UveK8CHR-NmHbTv0nWdDbKB3CQZeOIqx-E-HH4TFrIBLmbDJB19Yuw4vbSSkJWSZ6huk__n9sQrNkkHDlwe1KvIO4FwPZI4FYMekOyaOyVhulhCVcuMmM3K4Vpbw/s320/20220428_210315.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKqmPXBS-CnGKTvyBdsyU0NM4EpmwDpdU4c29Hw55f6caitXVLOB6TfxcDn2xMY9eUDtMICOAp6iJonWSSXn25A84QIs99tm9q-eUnOZ5bzHyQiRpo7CFbXsJp2JlZs9T01sO7CaP5AlQJr1tIhrQJLGjcxPasW62r34A-E4b-Xo-no65swFoGUtJ3lw/s2023/20220428_072755.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2023" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKqmPXBS-CnGKTvyBdsyU0NM4EpmwDpdU4c29Hw55f6caitXVLOB6TfxcDn2xMY9eUDtMICOAp6iJonWSSXn25A84QIs99tm9q-eUnOZ5bzHyQiRpo7CFbXsJp2JlZs9T01sO7CaP5AlQJr1tIhrQJLGjcxPasW62r34A-E4b-Xo-no65swFoGUtJ3lw/s320/20220428_072755.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRp2YahoQLew6w2lvIOxEujGJmGcVkfs2-j1Z-WKDXICqBb_Yef-EPOTgSRI_r4ANZTxp8t0ezEFnLFfponrj_651ihTKnWxom-UBdQs0zS7yhaEuDtcMoov6__CJ2qVq75Iy9dEtt2xrGm_-dwoP3xIErqlezXx5yfomAEY_sMZDZA-LT8BZz-I32uA/s1019/20220415_181437(0).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1019" data-original-width="856" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRp2YahoQLew6w2lvIOxEujGJmGcVkfs2-j1Z-WKDXICqBb_Yef-EPOTgSRI_r4ANZTxp8t0ezEFnLFfponrj_651ihTKnWxom-UBdQs0zS7yhaEuDtcMoov6__CJ2qVq75Iy9dEtt2xrGm_-dwoP3xIErqlezXx5yfomAEY_sMZDZA-LT8BZz-I32uA/w538-h640/20220415_181437(0).jpg" width="538" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">And grow he has. He's 71 lbs at 6 months of age. His mama weighed 34 lbs, the baby daddy looks to be only about 50. I guess he's tapping into his genetic potential! </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQpdciojY8ozWvLj0Y8LhvTeJKU3QBwIBY5BxbFuQUpfXzTGeP95S3ofcP3-ad1U_09XI0rW2LC69xtmHpQqqJTdZVJqqWFoBil8su3q_1owB1HGrZsmxrDuQVNkaFoDfJP5F7MZAuJwkrTJKCyhQ19fouNLo6rpLBeRKopYnKSomvihDlBSQMox7epA/s4032/20220506_201949.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQpdciojY8ozWvLj0Y8LhvTeJKU3QBwIBY5BxbFuQUpfXzTGeP95S3ofcP3-ad1U_09XI0rW2LC69xtmHpQqqJTdZVJqqWFoBil8su3q_1owB1HGrZsmxrDuQVNkaFoDfJP5F7MZAuJwkrTJKCyhQ19fouNLo6rpLBeRKopYnKSomvihDlBSQMox7epA/w640-h480/20220506_201949.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> Grow, baby, grow! </span></p>My Life According To Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03394359883556578583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360074397154097577.post-65275953108748822382022-05-18T05:36:00.002-07:002022-05-18T05:36:38.049-07:00War<p> <span style="font-family: trebuchet;">It's been almost 3 years since invasive feral pigs began traipsing through the property. If left unchecked they will devastate the land, kill off all smaller ground dwelling native species and pose a danger to man, dog and horse. Hunting them is both dangerous and difficult as they are extremely intelligent and aggressive. We started using a fancy trap.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQtR0lwJLzdiQPBOVKoCd6x4bB7At1gXiskLnJqZ1h1fBBWivR7pOLe9LEy5leOPs3-wYs84ZhOb8bMkYBKm4l7Yw5lwQUzAIjtWw6MGsL_ARcxa_iDK3LPJ6XujFPGrqIt1QM5kysATxvjcqHRSJf2VHvUELSuC-635RMtkON7cPMyCCK6qsXOEdfQ/s4032/20220516_140844.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQtR0lwJLzdiQPBOVKoCd6x4bB7At1gXiskLnJqZ1h1fBBWivR7pOLe9LEy5leOPs3-wYs84ZhOb8bMkYBKm4l7Yw5lwQUzAIjtWw6MGsL_ARcxa_iDK3LPJ6XujFPGrqIt1QM5kysATxvjcqHRSJf2VHvUELSuC-635RMtkON7cPMyCCK6qsXOEdfQ/w400-h300/20220516_140844.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">They're so wary, it can take months of feeding before they go in. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">The trap door is phone signal activated. The first one I trapped didn't appreciate me zipping up to the trap on a utility vehicle. In my ignorance, I pulled right up to the gate and stepped out between the gate and vehicle. Mistake. He charged the gate, bent it all to crap, almost coming through on top of me. I unloaded my shotgun into it.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeW6hvYHnWZOTKcPWycRbjQlH6BOYIHsTogMKfQu1JufanLZojBCa8hugGfNKGbFlTkwxnMNhgUdV4r9aibkbCRmwx72-PtA4aLPI3PCgt_KsnxNa173kqMumGpq8VmV6YjqeRi3TxyhBKPLcPSrUiaHAHhFXDFL-04Klcb2MDQJiHG5L2SoehyUgxVw/s2549/20210427_074316.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2549" data-original-width="1960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeW6hvYHnWZOTKcPWycRbjQlH6BOYIHsTogMKfQu1JufanLZojBCa8hugGfNKGbFlTkwxnMNhgUdV4r9aibkbCRmwx72-PtA4aLPI3PCgt_KsnxNa173kqMumGpq8VmV6YjqeRi3TxyhBKPLcPSrUiaHAHhFXDFL-04Klcb2MDQJiHG5L2SoehyUgxVw/w308-h400/20210427_074316.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Mistake #2. Next time bring better fire power. This joker kept ramming the gate and metal panels. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdoQBS9lLXkBJXm62uyYkgmwPWgyRU4GeF5sIIsV8GQxNPzwtfL-h9Cp4O38C5GrL-ciT8STE2enHDZRvGHHzvG6L65clvN2fI3v06Jfgs8tFMNpybdCBOibXXUpdWCb8j2tbtnH3APsv5gzqOdSBGVl0CzYnf30aJmwXeYdtKD9C1bGtWgsKfn6crlg/s2220/Screenshot_20210427-014728_Jager%20Pro.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2220" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdoQBS9lLXkBJXm62uyYkgmwPWgyRU4GeF5sIIsV8GQxNPzwtfL-h9Cp4O38C5GrL-ciT8STE2enHDZRvGHHzvG6L65clvN2fI3v06Jfgs8tFMNpybdCBOibXXUpdWCb8j2tbtnH3APsv5gzqOdSBGVl0CzYnf30aJmwXeYdtKD9C1bGtWgsKfn6crlg/w195-h400/Screenshot_20210427-014728_Jager%20Pro.jpg" width="195" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Mistake #3: Wear Depends before solo hog hunting adventures.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQCxTatQ3PGJckdEXIowZiZW10gF0obzt3E7ceYJZI9F8nlVTh-6UdkCXhGcUp0V43D67Kn2t_cnFlfAO0Zv4N2GHjSe5k3r_wB-GLLi7VImCtc2pAahs7MRiNIpK980HgStF59Au9F6zsPvLYQNh1ZJdqXP3ZbYTOfSiLsZZG5RQlwGAqulCQYSN_Q/s2823/20210427_073942.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2823" data-original-width="1960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQCxTatQ3PGJckdEXIowZiZW10gF0obzt3E7ceYJZI9F8nlVTh-6UdkCXhGcUp0V43D67Kn2t_cnFlfAO0Zv4N2GHjSe5k3r_wB-GLLi7VImCtc2pAahs7MRiNIpK980HgStF59Au9F6zsPvLYQNh1ZJdqXP3ZbYTOfSiLsZZG5RQlwGAqulCQYSN_Q/w278-h400/20210427_073942.jpg" width="278" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Not the biggest boy ever seen on our cameras, but a healthy 230 lbs. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVgdh-iUxNLoORMOXi0sye-s2ZlH_VVisCTpdnMeWLKW4VSntFuyZD_uoXvEyYZ7G1DfOm9Xi4cs7F3mKPXh_H5m8Pi6GCse1cUmR9BNRcNNg33Fzh_ADO80rXgACTRe8Vepp2ngJjShMCT9w8DIwnTGqD5maAJjZl1jZ_2dYaraIp3WW7jxFC_X5LDw/s4032/20210427_093527.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVgdh-iUxNLoORMOXi0sye-s2ZlH_VVisCTpdnMeWLKW4VSntFuyZD_uoXvEyYZ7G1DfOm9Xi4cs7F3mKPXh_H5m8Pi6GCse1cUmR9BNRcNNg33Fzh_ADO80rXgACTRe8Vepp2ngJjShMCT9w8DIwnTGqD5maAJjZl1jZ_2dYaraIp3WW7jxFC_X5LDw/w400-h195/20210427_093527.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">This isn't sport, this is leveling the playing field for native species. Over the past 3 years, I've noticed a decline in fawns on the game cameras because hogs with their excellent noses can find fawns hiding in the grass. Same goes for turkeys. I used to have to stop to let big flocks of turkeys cross the trails, now I'm lucky if I see a lone turkey hen running through the woods. The hogs find most of the turtle egg burrows and eat them all. Slowly, they've been undoing my almost 8 years of conservation efforts.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">This is WAR. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">There's one huge lone boar that lives too close to the barn, he's been on my radar for a year. He flatly refuses to go in the trap (as if it would hold his approximate 400 lbs anyway), so we've been bating him for 6 months. A friend lent me a deer stand so I can pick him off from a safer height, but he's slow to getting accustomed to the newness of a stand around his feed. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggYJSTB5NXWkDJWgS4oiufizI_zan_VChEvymsdFJfmtQDcBd9OJ_mC3GSjFTtsYPhqglEhhTV8oTKvEDVZWrhgX_gndb5me9ABUTB30ihMsAbPAENdOxZinyB0RvJmpMVaIxGOZngh1TXFNC3FUlinfaWI1_XtN6KxlSF4-qAswNf815YLJRfoJH9oQ/s640/66866905.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggYJSTB5NXWkDJWgS4oiufizI_zan_VChEvymsdFJfmtQDcBd9OJ_mC3GSjFTtsYPhqglEhhTV8oTKvEDVZWrhgX_gndb5me9ABUTB30ihMsAbPAENdOxZinyB0RvJmpMVaIxGOZngh1TXFNC3FUlinfaWI1_XtN6KxlSF4-qAswNf815YLJRfoJH9oQ/w400-h300/66866905.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Across the property, the hogs finally all entered the trap on Tuesday night. I tripped the gate and took off in the farm truck with a variety of weapons this time. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio6hYwNut4aZGU_SdEvYFbWFcV1ZnUkCOsXcipfOTGi9VjxVE0ke9BhdN_2rtNsErALsZPJmb2sdnf7zkr1sIJHnw6TCSu--GadVdmxz5WvorFUJMKOo8mqwNP9tt0zGAN1T8O1R88UGEcOdMYoZ9ZM7gIcVoqsHUQQ8ln0p2Hd66SkhUytG7r2pSR6Q/s2400/Screenshot_20220517-193355_Jager%20Pro.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio6hYwNut4aZGU_SdEvYFbWFcV1ZnUkCOsXcipfOTGi9VjxVE0ke9BhdN_2rtNsErALsZPJmb2sdnf7zkr1sIJHnw6TCSu--GadVdmxz5WvorFUJMKOo8mqwNP9tt0zGAN1T8O1R88UGEcOdMYoZ9ZM7gIcVoqsHUQQ8ln0p2Hd66SkhUytG7r2pSR6Q/w180-h400/Screenshot_20220517-193355_Jager%20Pro.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">They were not happy to see me drive up. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2HItOtaAQwXkIHOwzcACfyDQxTNr8RSXTmUNMFGahsCOo5xVJBZZlnUhF6MT6uZjKYtVlgZG94SG2LsMYBwi0NYYdahmqVtbMti-OJSeEq65RXuazFf_sK4_fi2StP6fQeSDjHmWWZ4MaQ63WT0W86QdbiGuQ8LNYnXIp5c9LfS6hbX4kNq9ovwbgVg/s2400/Screenshot_20220518-083454_Jager%20Pro.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2HItOtaAQwXkIHOwzcACfyDQxTNr8RSXTmUNMFGahsCOo5xVJBZZlnUhF6MT6uZjKYtVlgZG94SG2LsMYBwi0NYYdahmqVtbMti-OJSeEq65RXuazFf_sK4_fi2StP6fQeSDjHmWWZ4MaQ63WT0W86QdbiGuQ8LNYnXIp5c9LfS6hbX4kNq9ovwbgVg/w180-h400/Screenshot_20220518-083454_Jager%20Pro.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I got out, 45 on my hip, grabbed my 30-30 and walked around the truck. I'd watched on the videos how to do this calmly. The hogs didn't get the memo. Before I could even cock a gun, they were throwing themselves at the panels. The biggest one broke out one of the corners and made a bee line for me. I threw my rifle on the hood of the truck and jumped on. Whilst trying to collect my thoughts and secretly soiling my pants, I saw another one find the gap in the panel and come straight for the truck. The truck door was open, I was on the hood, I didn't want to panic and shoot my own truck, so I took a deep breath, held it, then channeled my inner Rambo.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDTT9PmH-ftsrBLMjvZS9tbygX1hjjKSg1-igdhbL6iKnpgfpxd8c7RG5LhanENxr5wm5rDweCFm4_pgNYv1lHSzOIlP1rGNKIyZ_Nof05i8p_LWycCP85zPOyA7PLnpawmWOgBsC1vezG09n6RIDJhwQatTeQEVIf7cj3XxxbP9tZRo-dxdT1IfQ7aA/s2400/Screenshot_20220518-083503_Jager%20Pro.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDTT9PmH-ftsrBLMjvZS9tbygX1hjjKSg1-igdhbL6iKnpgfpxd8c7RG5LhanENxr5wm5rDweCFm4_pgNYv1lHSzOIlP1rGNKIyZ_Nof05i8p_LWycCP85zPOyA7PLnpawmWOgBsC1vezG09n6RIDJhwQatTeQEVIf7cj3XxxbP9tZRo-dxdT1IfQ7aA/w180-h400/Screenshot_20220518-083503_Jager%20Pro.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">In all, 7 of the trapped hogs escaped. One literally jumped a 5 foot panel. I shot 3 running around the truck, they ran off into the woods with 4 more piglets. Then I finished off those in the trap. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyi4pRJvRBUTqlnnr4S12VXqQoLz54LDPl3B5FMe6q5CFAq3TlUujscx4u_EP7KMKCdwpsT9mK2_qkpWcklfmSFru29m6-SKjnVOQBd52YHkKlE3d6AP0yKU9QLKehv2JVYJh9Yuj9UvTUY8MjkHP-Aby1bNtSW3mIv6Ax4VDDkUERcao7dIXrA4Q9UA/s4032/20220517_212312.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyi4pRJvRBUTqlnnr4S12VXqQoLz54LDPl3B5FMe6q5CFAq3TlUujscx4u_EP7KMKCdwpsT9mK2_qkpWcklfmSFru29m6-SKjnVOQBd52YHkKlE3d6AP0yKU9QLKehv2JVYJh9Yuj9UvTUY8MjkHP-Aby1bNtSW3mIv6Ax4VDDkUERcao7dIXrA4Q9UA/w300-h400/20220517_212312.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I stood on that hood for a while, more than just a little scared to get down. In my typical graceful manner, I basically fell when I stepped on a spent shell and rolled off the hood onto the jagged corner of the fence. They don't call me Gracie for nothing. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjukx0AzqLKVHDHeIktiLCva67ckxSB7lGcuA4QDnOLnlOYQBpHxdKwR8WnH2xcksyI4VncSnb2JBKejzg2dVNreckRiIHFOUPezZ0xO0cbce6PuP6e_o-r73EoHA6T0GCdACEgJGsSdtJUh1Fsbt9l7n8QxSZXJ4iRS96-qViWnP1bW4o2qIY0iLxc5Q/s4032/20220517_212413.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjukx0AzqLKVHDHeIktiLCva67ckxSB7lGcuA4QDnOLnlOYQBpHxdKwR8WnH2xcksyI4VncSnb2JBKejzg2dVNreckRiIHFOUPezZ0xO0cbce6PuP6e_o-r73EoHA6T0GCdACEgJGsSdtJUh1Fsbt9l7n8QxSZXJ4iRS96-qViWnP1bW4o2qIY0iLxc5Q/s320/20220517_212413.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Once upon a time, I did enjoy hunting because I was providing for myself and my dogs. Fast forward past years of surgeries and ungodly pain, I can't in good conscience inflict that level of horror onto another creature...unless it's a hog. Tuesday, I took 8 lives to save hundreds more. Still doesn't sit well on my soul. </span></p>My Life According To Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03394359883556578583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360074397154097577.post-55017397045772840042022-05-04T19:23:00.005-07:002022-05-04T19:51:09.622-07:00End of an Era<p> <span style="font-family: trebuchet;">It's with a very heavy heart that I put my beloved horse trailer for sale this week. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCmAddyjgaVCY_Ixs92twYvocx0gJZJ_9GaduZ_20jH_IEE5F40LfvuElq8uIJvsv26J7xvua5kcxfF8d7ka3k3-pomunpvMk2Qi6L5nbDL3xdBsrYd1zzom9shqbMNxaMiy3vleeZuMLqDqoXC1ObLHBnX8Mt0Lh6flqKhyzgZ7XokKprK0uuNgxfA/s4032/20220420_090135.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCmAddyjgaVCY_Ixs92twYvocx0gJZJ_9GaduZ_20jH_IEE5F40LfvuElq8uIJvsv26J7xvua5kcxfF8d7ka3k3-pomunpvMk2Qi6L5nbDL3xdBsrYd1zzom9shqbMNxaMiy3vleeZuMLqDqoXC1ObLHBnX8Mt0Lh6flqKhyzgZ7XokKprK0uuNgxfA/w640-h480/20220420_090135.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I'll never have a team of oxen again so the need for a 38' long, solid steel behemoth is no longer.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicVatjFbaHP-0KDKyJ7gXgtWgxENnX-XTkGBgSZl_-stRWcDVHUGOhXi4pTS22H4bHcLlpvE9Fo8m_QEeEECTMvV-pTKLunufu6tLRIhTemsxYhiCl6wvo57xT1q-j5KbupIgc7wx8EyoUgRELIXmDBOPBEFDutFcN0KSexLTOD8e_Mm36p7yoo92_xA/s3264/blog997.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3264" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicVatjFbaHP-0KDKyJ7gXgtWgxENnX-XTkGBgSZl_-stRWcDVHUGOhXi4pTS22H4bHcLlpvE9Fo8m_QEeEECTMvV-pTKLunufu6tLRIhTemsxYhiCl6wvo57xT1q-j5KbupIgc7wx8EyoUgRELIXmDBOPBEFDutFcN0KSexLTOD8e_Mm36p7yoo92_xA/w400-h225/blog997.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO5oepno22BN0g8BpBYh8oREEBulakbMCfKdCmiVyEZtYsDF9PCzbMsRc745ygx0FcWeMnAV-ufaltrPzbRHYkYmEeN9cJT1Bi7dMXOpeK6tjsfvZLzu2d6WKpXwwZsTdrWW1WkC4XwUZ-6Cw7ST0ZrL6iERhbQUvpPYxq5RjcFzr4OE4JFtwwcrcNuA/s3264/blog1005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3264" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO5oepno22BN0g8BpBYh8oREEBulakbMCfKdCmiVyEZtYsDF9PCzbMsRc745ygx0FcWeMnAV-ufaltrPzbRHYkYmEeN9cJT1Bi7dMXOpeK6tjsfvZLzu2d6WKpXwwZsTdrWW1WkC4XwUZ-6Cw7ST0ZrL6iERhbQUvpPYxq5RjcFzr4OE4JFtwwcrcNuA/w640-h360/blog1005.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I'm not sentimental about stuff at all; having lost everything once before, there's a certain freedom to not having a pot to piss in. Without possessions to hide behind, life makes you decide real quick about your priorities: what you'll die to protect. My animals have always been right up there at the top of the list.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7rgkRWqjwSPs-t7o1ZhbVftSwZq1Fq77HLnTjoBIpWQW0A2JYygL9t4BvF47YXHJIhtmJNwiJ9BEElodKjGi2iobCZrTnlHNpniPadvaR-aWHH5E8xaaeNFQanItzcEedmj2v6_yEZMkNjLSHJJx1BT_vdEv3XyfOtgV7VZrloNDRGtaJFqW4aC7Uxw/s640/belgian%20101.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7rgkRWqjwSPs-t7o1ZhbVftSwZq1Fq77HLnTjoBIpWQW0A2JYygL9t4BvF47YXHJIhtmJNwiJ9BEElodKjGi2iobCZrTnlHNpniPadvaR-aWHH5E8xaaeNFQanItzcEedmj2v6_yEZMkNjLSHJJx1BT_vdEv3XyfOtgV7VZrloNDRGtaJFqW4aC7Uxw/w640-h480/belgian%20101.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">That's why it's so hard to say goodbye to this big girl. She not only hauled all my animals back and forth for almost 20 years, she was the flagship trailer I used when I ran Hudson Horse Transport. My old dually has pulled that contraption from Texas to Virginia, and every place in between. Some were paid trips, most were rescued horses pulled from the kill pens, and heading to greener pastures. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5P__1Xo1eS2ryMogkqP4vtgnuPQ0VQRcKrdd08w5BG9HONvl_JCB5SViigVVT1FSqhW7n_B9p_WejUCCyTCoj0iRbFDm5eHXOBPRHtVJS48v6ymn03In-l9RZaScKaGXjrnQvMjgZiOIm6EK946_ebpsXB_biaWif7_VEgWz796ADU_MqGV9fNq6X4g/s2420/blog993.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2420" data-original-width="1468" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5P__1Xo1eS2ryMogkqP4vtgnuPQ0VQRcKrdd08w5BG9HONvl_JCB5SViigVVT1FSqhW7n_B9p_WejUCCyTCoj0iRbFDm5eHXOBPRHtVJS48v6ymn03In-l9RZaScKaGXjrnQvMjgZiOIm6EK946_ebpsXB_biaWif7_VEgWz796ADU_MqGV9fNq6X4g/w242-h400/blog993.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I restored every single square inch of her and then repainted and babied her every few years with a new paint job. To thank me for bringing her back to life, she saved lives, over and over again.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyWkD8BsqIuw9q4pfb9x3NG6vBqfFbV938CiHKgU7uKI_tKdP1zkbvjUXoKhhX8FTbTtbmvUAbPYSThqOGr3U4fxrZEESmzN8ottJabvD77t2lht9eOhNvGPWrgJQrJLC_QXC_c9HZX4dpTgmAKyV-DKt5rQyt_uUF2taWixQIkrUPDfO6Fgbm8xYp5g/s3264/augblog94a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3264" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyWkD8BsqIuw9q4pfb9x3NG6vBqfFbV938CiHKgU7uKI_tKdP1zkbvjUXoKhhX8FTbTtbmvUAbPYSThqOGr3U4fxrZEESmzN8ottJabvD77t2lht9eOhNvGPWrgJQrJLC_QXC_c9HZX4dpTgmAKyV-DKt5rQyt_uUF2taWixQIkrUPDfO6Fgbm8xYp5g/w400-h225/augblog94a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Saved my hide for 9 months while I was building my house and had nowhere to live.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSQJ_3usEWvcrFNHIvMew-kFWrnN4G4zsTIZ0uF5oY_iv_ckRE7qZ_-2vGZ6OKn6ROJIubg8lFUA7PygAcFq6gzyCFOEInNDLQ7lEFKBkHt2vwmD2pjVKTINIcREY_x09FRAg5MZqVXjA7VZqHq8LjTZwM2wD63fkEtSfw_9zzAixrO7ySaR0ASkABcw/s640/nov09%20014.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSQJ_3usEWvcrFNHIvMew-kFWrnN4G4zsTIZ0uF5oY_iv_ckRE7qZ_-2vGZ6OKn6ROJIubg8lFUA7PygAcFq6gzyCFOEInNDLQ7lEFKBkHt2vwmD2pjVKTINIcREY_x09FRAg5MZqVXjA7VZqHq8LjTZwM2wD63fkEtSfw_9zzAixrO7ySaR0ASkABcw/w640-h480/nov09%20014.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Odd, strong, unique, she and my old truck have been true constants in my life. My 22 year old truck with over 200,000 miles (170,000 I put on myself) has never ever let me down. Sure, she's had issues, but she always got me to the mechanic's house before crapping out completely. This truck has heart. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> I have an ancient Appaloosa, and three big tall horses, one of them tipping the scales at 2000 pounds. That's a lot of tonnage to haul. Finding the right trailer, that's heavy duty enough, tall enough for Angus and wide enough for him too, is damn near impossible... unless you have connections.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">The perfect trailer is waiting for me on hold, 4 Horse draft trailer with dressing room, 50 years younger than mine. Boss (that's my F350's name) is going to be so surprised when we're booking it down the highway with 4 horses and it doesn't feel like she's having to use every last gasp of horsepower to pull a 60 year old lead sled.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGwgwet9TMREPgGjeu7O1wHkxEE9nsU-CbCaedu_KpAviG7HHS2T57rFBO1Ml3NSFsRwcCklzB4-6ZIPOubVtxXkfEeJPdYt3y0gXCijx7nhz3a1aMFwMCxJZkInpr_MS2PTG3vAOjgu8a_wnhXGeP3TFpQE3-ck_TkZqZHz4-D7BJCGAKKpcrrLrjBQ/s3264/jan1542.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3264" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGwgwet9TMREPgGjeu7O1wHkxEE9nsU-CbCaedu_KpAviG7HHS2T57rFBO1Ml3NSFsRwcCklzB4-6ZIPOubVtxXkfEeJPdYt3y0gXCijx7nhz3a1aMFwMCxJZkInpr_MS2PTG3vAOjgu8a_wnhXGeP3TFpQE3-ck_TkZqZHz4-D7BJCGAKKpcrrLrjBQ/w640-h360/jan1542.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Secretly, she's gonna miss her too. The day my trailer rolls out of my life, a little part of me is going with her. </span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></p>My Life According To Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03394359883556578583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360074397154097577.post-64651916038529588272022-05-02T21:02:00.000-07:002022-05-02T21:02:04.761-07:00Flowers for Mother's Day<p> <span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Mother's Day will soon be upon us. It's been three long years since I've been able to see my Canadian family. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgqtvU-0fEQN0TdV3dwYF8uyssfmFMLiCWZ_XBJVpwVWmh7xNRBCTNwnpC9PS2etdSGNpeR4yFzHTseYISCRJ6sBpYTcb-wSNO_ymfdFhIa3mdpnJ1kI7Grz2zmUw4nsF3Afgpnjd3kc_XrkT-ksOJPU9WLzlZoru1AlrASeZJjIwWWOs5BkGlqNPavg/s4032/20220429_191152.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgqtvU-0fEQN0TdV3dwYF8uyssfmFMLiCWZ_XBJVpwVWmh7xNRBCTNwnpC9PS2etdSGNpeR4yFzHTseYISCRJ6sBpYTcb-wSNO_ymfdFhIa3mdpnJ1kI7Grz2zmUw4nsF3Afgpnjd3kc_XrkT-ksOJPU9WLzlZoru1AlrASeZJjIwWWOs5BkGlqNPavg/w400-h300/20220429_191152.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">The irises and roses in my garden are exploding with blooms and I can't share the beauty and fragrances of it all with the one who taught me how to garden.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjES19Biou-5rh17sl_Na-xzjriDwwyClK74cFgGx890tYYGNtMYgaA9ZZtJ05ZSxyuzx_5oMNCiusIKmt6DVLrlnvk9dTxF0QTXPsFmJCGivdz_dFxNLLnrHmhfteCtWyNDISYTBJTZncLbJA-_wATe9RGMs1azrx-Uds98bZaQqdCODhIQcfC1zwig/s4032/20220423_200200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjES19Biou-5rh17sl_Na-xzjriDwwyClK74cFgGx890tYYGNtMYgaA9ZZtJ05ZSxyuzx_5oMNCiusIKmt6DVLrlnvk9dTxF0QTXPsFmJCGivdz_dFxNLLnrHmhfteCtWyNDISYTBJTZncLbJA-_wATe9RGMs1azrx-Uds98bZaQqdCODhIQcfC1zwig/s320/20220423_200200.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdPhexW1WADqnD2pN0fNAh8G5JgfclmcXD0uZxta6w4K6gq4b2BPYERp9kcEqgvaf5Bbiq9lQneD3feWxjWk3K1wHfCwc6s3sKMTcnh7yjtcQJWtvkEil4476Jw7fmrId1LgkryGXsgMzexSyEeCf5I4g4sCM47OiydP_hwUZHR_fDdAm9oartw5ISdw/s4032/20220423_200137.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdPhexW1WADqnD2pN0fNAh8G5JgfclmcXD0uZxta6w4K6gq4b2BPYERp9kcEqgvaf5Bbiq9lQneD3feWxjWk3K1wHfCwc6s3sKMTcnh7yjtcQJWtvkEil4476Jw7fmrId1LgkryGXsgMzexSyEeCf5I4g4sCM47OiydP_hwUZHR_fDdAm9oartw5ISdw/s320/20220423_200137.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipNZ_GZ49mxOVGwa6KN4485FJ8DspMH_mlKDBBiEkogoVLMOgmlbIRvaJHk-dd57PmW7oo23UxU2sQW5OIa8i_HPG9YJb0YWU4XVNgeIEnaqr0sc_vdvE7Q2nZdYFIs-cYqXxZWJxMr7rpWSu_zB0hX1Tc36lwzW8dxeg9F5yW2-IyHeJcSIwOZUMAgw/s4032/20220423_200216.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipNZ_GZ49mxOVGwa6KN4485FJ8DspMH_mlKDBBiEkogoVLMOgmlbIRvaJHk-dd57PmW7oo23UxU2sQW5OIa8i_HPG9YJb0YWU4XVNgeIEnaqr0sc_vdvE7Q2nZdYFIs-cYqXxZWJxMr7rpWSu_zB0hX1Tc36lwzW8dxeg9F5yW2-IyHeJcSIwOZUMAgw/s320/20220423_200216.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Mom was the one who miraculously cured me of boredom when I was 6. My complaint of "I'm bored" met the Task Master. I was sent to hand weed a very long row of carrots. Sunburned and fatigued, I straggled in later that day, completely cured.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-n2Ru9D37bnr9AxeVVYuEPq9PRDSLjegZbfjAqX1qg7sI4Dt8zgJ8GJbN8l2AzcWDb8c-XM30F3htad4VuHEMr5l7KJ8IQzzsRiWLLa_DjnOl5PdWmXt8iyOWqsKUqno-KYzHYQPzqrVAo1uJEG3nABJXElZw6Iy6_OX1JZE0R15G0h4EXX4J6QY5g/s4032/20220423_200343.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-n2Ru9D37bnr9AxeVVYuEPq9PRDSLjegZbfjAqX1qg7sI4Dt8zgJ8GJbN8l2AzcWDb8c-XM30F3htad4VuHEMr5l7KJ8IQzzsRiWLLa_DjnOl5PdWmXt8iyOWqsKUqno-KYzHYQPzqrVAo1uJEG3nABJXElZw6Iy6_OX1JZE0R15G0h4EXX4J6QY5g/s320/20220423_200343.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf5HMFqxFupbo2MVuAD74z_glOv2qDufgguNgHtMeymU4OKD-SrUeyGQHX4rYIYjoY1O9SBJ3AnZnqZCs4jTsfsMv6Y5GVahxW-CnagUS2ti0Mq1_dsG8RTsatTwxoQiR1DenWxuRE9wE8inG-nDkCJE-oJtlqO7h7RAXmVziVedPi7c1E2e3LE4A92w/s4032/20220423_200410.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Ornamental Shrubs for Canada with all her handwritten notes.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc-FKEGi_E1PriazKUezbSARf1dE8HOQ-9UH81Ucs9mN6dUyChLUztI3CorF0wnzMGZ7v21wJZC7AIt61vhMpsSNncEqsxifTIAXE4oHCVVMNXMDSlYNqLrw4zcL7BEmcOQiVfWTlYPPWut27TA4LmgHDGQEORcLy9sP4VfrZm_cCbaswil_Or205cWw/s4032/20220502_235622.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc-FKEGi_E1PriazKUezbSARf1dE8HOQ-9UH81Ucs9mN6dUyChLUztI3CorF0wnzMGZ7v21wJZC7AIt61vhMpsSNncEqsxifTIAXE4oHCVVMNXMDSlYNqLrw4zcL7BEmcOQiVfWTlYPPWut27TA4LmgHDGQEORcLy9sP4VfrZm_cCbaswil_Or205cWw/w300-h400/20220502_235622.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipD7k_9p2Owfm02mzTavL8EISiMqm3XKS7Txn5un3-st0sAQ7mEJ5ALNn87uyQI7-nDkb0op-6q63SPLEqxjdh7PNtyQx_1BQEZNBszq1ZBWSp9ZBALohhkI726gfrp6Rpy6DkCXxTbH0RCRAY23AGYVaDLBe-d6VBs67e1VE2Qlfww6DFHJoUtWd50g/s4032/20220502_235658.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipD7k_9p2Owfm02mzTavL8EISiMqm3XKS7Txn5un3-st0sAQ7mEJ5ALNn87uyQI7-nDkb0op-6q63SPLEqxjdh7PNtyQx_1BQEZNBszq1ZBWSp9ZBALohhkI726gfrp6Rpy6DkCXxTbH0RCRAY23AGYVaDLBe-d6VBs67e1VE2Qlfww6DFHJoUtWd50g/w480-h640/20220502_235658.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">She collected shrubbery like I collect antique roses and irises. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIpTsK2utPkIcIzyf9zGdHIh3o5eQL6KJ-Ys8saniaQJx3npN2iwEDiphuMMsKM6afxidGalVGBWRX0cTbI6QfrS9y-bTv9pqv3Tid13VAapamCapFBpEfrPctyYoPnBuwZq-DobRliTh_glODLLOQNi1KqWxvmK3B5MMXm-vYVHPnZDCfvBIpejfNxw/s4032/20220502_183630.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIpTsK2utPkIcIzyf9zGdHIh3o5eQL6KJ-Ys8saniaQJx3npN2iwEDiphuMMsKM6afxidGalVGBWRX0cTbI6QfrS9y-bTv9pqv3Tid13VAapamCapFBpEfrPctyYoPnBuwZq-DobRliTh_glODLLOQNi1KqWxvmK3B5MMXm-vYVHPnZDCfvBIpejfNxw/w300-h400/20220502_183630.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2348" data-original-width="2125" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJBEbQOivg9Y7CVbXQFFrz5_j5FX1PVqJ71ghXuXVEEAVe7iSae06mByTEGqJj8xW7FvIkSZqsxv0hzD0I4K8cN4c0HsjQ1vw4E8gx3fdTR_OCeJOj4bHhsGlzXGnEQ-Eda6ThyrLPYyoeEKMFeQwwrvgX_osvJBPSdZ0n7r1ko-AO6UtMT4xaOCtZQ/w580-h640/20220429_185707.jpg" width="580" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Bonne Fete des Meres, a ma Mumsy-Wumsy. </span></p>My Life According To Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03394359883556578583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360074397154097577.post-43108861725924067032022-04-16T18:17:00.000-07:002022-04-16T18:17:27.861-07:00Thistles<p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Why on Earth am I enamored with thistles?</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlFpjon1c-WLgH7HQRyob4ixJxH2iX3YmQNRyt3g7YV23RXgGl17NDeoO-GwkFS98zuC9i5eoP35ZE_alD73OyrsB0Mr2YIG2YCzAivMtXk8DYAlopHSbpV0qnHaJ4RkknZEmXdCWHD8oRjMkHg1PT9CzVSaCmxQrrg71aRpsj_Uuo2tJm615Xz0qdw/s4032/20220416_165306.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlFpjon1c-WLgH7HQRyob4ixJxH2iX3YmQNRyt3g7YV23RXgGl17NDeoO-GwkFS98zuC9i5eoP35ZE_alD73OyrsB0Mr2YIG2YCzAivMtXk8DYAlopHSbpV0qnHaJ4RkknZEmXdCWHD8oRjMkHg1PT9CzVSaCmxQrrg71aRpsj_Uuo2tJm615Xz0qdw/w300-h400/20220416_165306.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">They're noxious weeds, yet so beautiful and my bees love it, so I let it grow in my ox pasture next to my house. I've tried to turn them into cut flowers, but they put up too much of a fight.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhllGBW9mL8iag62hYs4L6JTTgOoowObBGkoi4z0ScXJt3qWLIBffVFCTRjSHyp8CqQx2Oq6xBazfRi9fhZsckEBU0J47CjpAZOKYKtn0p4DY3tj6DxQs9hJvpNdUBVPpSqybRGrKeoEZZfQ9BMUOXlqPd5xHwbOOZrE4merXEjJzrZpn_PdsWm1Spw8g/s2826/20220416_165353.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2826" data-original-width="2277" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhllGBW9mL8iag62hYs4L6JTTgOoowObBGkoi4z0ScXJt3qWLIBffVFCTRjSHyp8CqQx2Oq6xBazfRi9fhZsckEBU0J47CjpAZOKYKtn0p4DY3tj6DxQs9hJvpNdUBVPpSqybRGrKeoEZZfQ9BMUOXlqPd5xHwbOOZrE4merXEjJzrZpn_PdsWm1Spw8g/w323-h400/20220416_165353.jpg" width="323" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Connor isn't as impressed. For an old fart who is supposed to have only another 4 months to live after spleen cancer, he's showing no signs of slowing down.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Video of our evening constitutional:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WfnehulbOdA" width="320" youtube-src-id="WfnehulbOdA"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">All the more reason to stop to smell the roses, or thistles.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghxr5fyJkmjQhdFBqO33o94kw_I1Qqr4rWlhxKU5OC5huBL9cFG-JdyH0Q4aMVeCMa4C1Wsqi2-RGteOdexvcTgNV7BDwWyQ0oi_eDdnKPs9GTKODZJ6QlH38n9mu_j1xMgNITVNieMUckd5ixcsZjxEoEn9YOKpCcuvLrY5V8baUxKtY0yWgDJWbFHA/s4032/20220416_165231.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghxr5fyJkmjQhdFBqO33o94kw_I1Qqr4rWlhxKU5OC5huBL9cFG-JdyH0Q4aMVeCMa4C1Wsqi2-RGteOdexvcTgNV7BDwWyQ0oi_eDdnKPs9GTKODZJ6QlH38n9mu_j1xMgNITVNieMUckd5ixcsZjxEoEn9YOKpCcuvLrY5V8baUxKtY0yWgDJWbFHA/w300-h400/20220416_165231.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">They barely have a fragrance, in case you're wondering.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY7Ce4hFoQZmKTKmvjfK_qzwGMjH0hBFH8_uoDPJl3w0oLcCaQKl8KAYLwEYhDIgO0rRwtwJFNFO0f5BjijDITBj0jpltNTDYIlLFcBZuiynyiDYPZoP1rGCuvcGHCHq7yQ92ul9Hnkj4wMmN-Lm6-Mo1PFZBEasbtWtKW7WRbaFQlfAHPNE6HBEiZtw/s3170/20220416_165300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3170" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY7Ce4hFoQZmKTKmvjfK_qzwGMjH0hBFH8_uoDPJl3w0oLcCaQKl8KAYLwEYhDIgO0rRwtwJFNFO0f5BjijDITBj0jpltNTDYIlLFcBZuiynyiDYPZoP1rGCuvcGHCHq7yQ92ul9Hnkj4wMmN-Lm6-Mo1PFZBEasbtWtKW7WRbaFQlfAHPNE6HBEiZtw/w381-h400/20220416_165300.jpg" width="381" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Just wait until my irises start to bloom. Spring truly is the most inspiring season in the Deep South.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0XdmUURYvtifwy9Bsh7osUFvsYOF27Dluf9fQxw9ZGsSL2di5XSlZAo2Jfg3tPHMqo-QOHMMG2nu39b46fzqpTTUW6U7yx7AVihiZ2iLA0DG_OJzi-cgEFVbmDqN3ss2BxwApIcf_R2idlAf8wgFSuwaT5IbGzNhN-WqnY7t64_4rWmkNOL7XCGB9Og/s4032/20220416_165102.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0XdmUURYvtifwy9Bsh7osUFvsYOF27Dluf9fQxw9ZGsSL2di5XSlZAo2Jfg3tPHMqo-QOHMMG2nu39b46fzqpTTUW6U7yx7AVihiZ2iLA0DG_OJzi-cgEFVbmDqN3ss2BxwApIcf_R2idlAf8wgFSuwaT5IbGzNhN-WqnY7t64_4rWmkNOL7XCGB9Og/w480-h640/20220416_165102.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p>My Life According To Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03394359883556578583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360074397154097577.post-16641353136499903702022-04-15T18:55:00.001-07:002022-04-15T18:55:51.631-07:00Bee Happy<p> <span style="font-family: trebuchet;">We went to check on our bees on the crimson clover patch this evening.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTc23b5wTaQ-pN_nsgqwVyaCtJJnyMeNoqmLpB1MFY9JN7v9wmzun-5ZFOua7WHl-uDlYwcB9Tvk6ZcibaVGVikqF8L2J6qPCIF-MQnuk1hMrNRL5GhhFDu4aY4yDXfiL3g9UkGfy_48Od5B6yHoxxl4sB8A9xOqq3YwVdHD_rz7rXiVDORt7gIuDfvA/s937/20220415_181638.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="937" data-original-width="520" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTc23b5wTaQ-pN_nsgqwVyaCtJJnyMeNoqmLpB1MFY9JN7v9wmzun-5ZFOua7WHl-uDlYwcB9Tvk6ZcibaVGVikqF8L2J6qPCIF-MQnuk1hMrNRL5GhhFDu4aY4yDXfiL3g9UkGfy_48Od5B6yHoxxl4sB8A9xOqq3YwVdHD_rz7rXiVDORt7gIuDfvA/w356-h640/20220415_181638.jpg" width="356" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Although they chose not to live in the nice hives I bought for them, instead preferring a hollow tree, my bees are still thriving.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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