Just leave it alone!!

Quietly, we approached the Nissan, hoping not to draw attention to our impending trip to town.  We were obviously hoping to drive the truck that seems to belong to Socks.

We stepped inside, sat down and rolled down the windows just a bit to let the heat out.

Suddenly, without warning, Socks appeared and tried to get in.  The look on his face said:

"Please don't take my truck!!"

No kittens allowed!!

This is a special water pail, not a kitten pail!!

Rain or shine, every morning we check the water level in the pail.  If its low, we fill it up.
If is full, we know the cats have been drinking somewhere else.

This morning was different.  Instead of water, we found a kitten in the pail and what looks like wet tracks around it.

Whoever tipped this pail over, left just enough water for one small kitten to drink.

And that's good enough for us!:)

Cancel the swimming lessons....

Look at this baby swim!! 

We had one very high creek to cross on the way to summer pasture.  Heavy rain and a melting snow pack in the mountains west of here created flood conditions.
The little calves were simply amazing.  They tackled this stream and swam like they'd been doing it forever!

A keen eye....

Here's the view from the best seat in the house:  a saddle atop one of my favorite horses and his name is Splash.

Late Monday afternoon, we trailed cows six miles across lush pastures to their summer grazing field.  We were running real late and didn't get back to our trucks till 11:30 PM.

Its a good thing horses can see in the dark!

Whew! She made it!!

Sometimes we think these cats just don't get it!
Clinging to a post 10 feet above the ground doesn't look like fun.  What cat in its right mind would do this type of thing?  We'll tell you which cat.  Its Orangey Tail,

Daredevil Extraordinaire!

She hung around up there for a few minutes then jumped over to the gate and found her way back to the ground.

OT!  You're getting too old for this type of foolishness!

And this isn't Ripley's...

A sense of smell is one of the most useful things that a horse has, besides eyesight and instinct.

This is Ace getting to know her foal.  Allowing the little one to breathe on her nose gives both of them the information needed to create a bond. 

If you want to make friends with a horse, put your nose close to its nose and inhale the breath the horse breathes out.

The air you then release is enough like horse breath that the horse accepts you as a friend.

Believe it or not!

When a cat is just a cat....

Homer "Chelsea" Simpson and her child bear very little resemblance to each other. 

The only similarity we can see is that  H"C"S  is a cat and the kitten is a cat.

Really, what more can you say?

Oh wait!  They have the same lines and bars tattooed on their foreheads. 

Sometimes you can't see things for lookin' at 'em. :)

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Dude, you are too cool!

So!!  Did anyone notice that this saddle blanket must be Socks' signature design? 

He has black, brown and beige on his body. 
The blanket is black, brown and beige.

Socks has stripes and spots.
The blanket also has stripes and spots.

Socks is firm and soft at the same time and so is the blanket.

We knew it!!   Socks is a designer cat!

Socks!! Pay attention!!

Yesterday, Socks came out to watch us ride in our outdoor riding arena.  He calmly walked to the far end and disappeared.  Five minutes later, back he came with a gopher in his mouth.  That's the last we saw of him until we went to unsaddle the horses and there he was in the shop, sitting on a saddle. 

He began showing us his trick riding moves and immediately fell off on the floor!

Socks!! More riding and less hunting!!

How many in a gaggle?

You might call this more than a gaggle of geese.  Call it a "super gaggle"!  There are at least 14 very young geese following their mother.  The father must be there somewhere, but

who the heck are the rest of them?