Haiku 4 + in These titles mean nothing.

Winter evening walk
Bottom of Joana’s hill
Gracie leaps and bounds.

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Gracie wears herself out. No half-measures for our Gracie. This morning she caught a front foot in her milk jug - in the handle. Jim had to help her out. She’s outside now barking - either at coyotes or at the echo of her own barking across the valley.

She and I took off and had a nice walk when I got home today. Fair amount of energy for both of us. When we got back Jim was feeding calves and I helped fill and carry buckets and opened and closed the gate when he took a bale of hay into the calves’ pen. It’s been a long time since I’ve done that much. It’s been a week without sugar, etc. We will see.

I cooked supper, nothing fancy, brat patties and potatoes and corn. And now - guess what? I’m tired. I feel good though. Full of fresh air. Temp is about 10 F right now. The creeks will freeze pretty quick at that rate.

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I have pictures to show you but photobucket is not working during prime time. I uploaded some pictures last night and they got there but there was no way to get them over here to show you. This morning when I got up I think I could have done it but I didn’t have enough time. Sorry.

I didn’t take the camera tonight. I saw a good picture that could have been taken. A milkweed plant with open seed pods and fluff silhouetted against the evening sky. I consoled myself with the thought that it will still be there tomorrow. Further consolation in a perverted way is the fact that photobucket won’t let me show you anyway.

No wonder I didn’t get very many notes on yesterday’s entry. I saved it Private. I re-saved it Public a bit ago - so if this is the first one you see, you can go back and look at yesterday’s if you want to. No pressure. I’m sure it’s possible to get enough of me.

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Early morning of the next day. I’m trying to get Photobucket to put put a few pictures. Maybe if I capitalize its name it will feel respected and work for me.

These were taken Sunday afternoon. It was a bit warmer then.

You can tell two things -we have been having rain because the creeks are still running and we haven’t been having a very cold winter because the creeks are still running - not frozen yet.

Last updated January 05, 2016