Well, we'll be back in on Friday and I will be sure and share them then. Meanwhile - we do have the photos of the roadrunner who practically ran right into the front door yesterday. Hah - you'll have to go to Bird Watchers Notebook for them. Give me a minute - got to upload those - and I'm putting a couple new ecards up with them, too. James got some really great photos of the roadrunner - the full size ones will be on his site; here. He's been busy for someone half crippled with gout and general bad attitude - he wrote some new stuff for Gather, too. I can't bring myself to mess with going up there - surely not today when I'm already piling up the frustration ;)

But I do have those pesky leftovers to work on, and some book reviews, and new drawings for CYO and all sorts of things like that to add today.

I'm over it. I'm happy. Roadrunner in the yard yesterday, coyote in the yard today - life is amazing! Unemployment allows as how they are going to go on and give us the rest they owe him so we have a months grace to find work. I had what I think was a really good interview this morning at Comfort Inn for housekeeping and/or laundry and either of them would really suit me just fine. The lady on the desk had worse teeth than mine - so that takes care of my major worry - LOL.

The goats are getting to be such big pets it's hilarious. I went down yesterday to clean their pen and put a few wheelbarrow loads of weeds in thier shed for food & bedding. While I had the gate open, of course, Sweet Pea took off & Cinnamon followed. I shrugged it off, the front gate was closed and I have a suspicioun that if I yell "grapes" and reach for my pocket I'll find Sweet Pea right in my face (and Cinnamon right behind her). They meandered about chomping up weeds as I went back and forth from goat shed to garden-to-be to weed pile to goat shed...and I noticed they were following me. At a distance, but without a doubt following me. If I disappeared from sight - as I did for a few minutes into the warehouse, they came running to find me. Which led to two goats wandering around the warehouse going "cool place, lots to nibble - HEY HERE'S WHERE SHE KEEPS THE FOOOOOOOD" - LOL. I ran them out and bribed them into the mule pen with grapes for a bit before bribing them on back into their own little home. Yes, I am the Pied Piper of Goats lady. I have this vision of stepping into the yard right before sundown someday and yelling "dinner" and being run down by goats, miniature cattle, chickens...

The coyote ran right past the house this morning with one of our bunnies in his mouth. (sigh) But the good news is it looks as if he didn't even check on the goats. I think the coyotes took a shot at getting them that night they had all of us nervous - figured out they couldn't get in - and gave up. Much easier to catch the bunnies. The good news there is coyotes are territorial and if you have the locals "trained" that it isn't worth trying to get the livestock, they'll keep any stranger coyotes from coming in and taking a shot at them.

We may have issues when the chickens come, but we'll deal with that then. Yes, I'm still getting them for sure - after all, with chickens and a garden a very minimal amount of money will suffice to keep us all going. And I have a plot that the chickens will give me enough eggs to sell some, too.

We love it here. It's awesome. I'm keeping the faith that all will work out for the best.

Blessedbe