coming to visit
and share in a Thanksgiving feast. Carol arrived first and helped me get the 22 lb turkey ready and into the oven while Joe finished up some chores around the yard. Kaysha was excited to see Carol's two dogs.
Cathy showed up a bit later. It was windy, cold, overcast, and damp from rain, but we went for a walk to get our blood moving and exercise the dogs.
The kids played around the farmyard enjoying the variety of "pets" we have, while the adults chatted and caught up on the going-ons of each others busy lives.
Michael plays with Hercules, who is not our Thanksgiving turkey.
Courtney shows JJ Zorro.
I think Bro really enjoyed the extra attention.An exciting part of the day was the arrival of our new cow that Brian "dropped off". We confined him to the corn crib to get use to his new surroundings. We named him Sir Loin. He is an Angus who already weights 680 lbs. Here is the series of photos Carol took.
Sir Loin was curious, and had to check every thing out, but appeared to settle in quite nicely.
Back inside, many snacked on veggies, chips and dip while watching TV. The dog and cats provided entertainment, computer education was ongoing and some played cards or just hung out. Some of us ladies chatted while messing around in the kitchen and doing some taste testing.
Then 19 of us gathered around two tables and enjoyed eating a Thanksgiving feast....got to admit the turkey was pretty dog gone good
in addition to all the other tasty stuff people brought.
After the big meal, things slowed down considerably, but of course we resumed chatting and got into more serious card playing. Some folks relaxed and others even napped.
Sunday was a little warmer and less windy, so I made a point to get out with Amiga and let Nicole ride her. I was worried that the snaffle bit would not give Nicole the control she needed to handle Amiga, but my horse did very well.....and Nicole did great.
Nicole started in the round pen...
and then graduated up to the large pasture.
After Nicole had had enough (she got cold actually) I decided to work Amiga. She gets a little frustrated when asked to keep her chin tucked....and does this hopping thing in an effort to escape the pressure. She needs to learn to not nose out because she will gait better and be more balanced. Old habits die hard.
Three vehicles of guests headed home early. We (well Cathy, Carol, and Patty) did get some good pictures of the "boys" before they headed off.
The Sidensticks (and Britney) went out for one last walk around the farm before they headed back to Cincinnati.
By early afternoon most our guests had hit the road for home. Carol helped me with putting one of Grandmas chairs together. Abbey decided the foam made a good place to sleep until I used it to finished a second chair after Carol left. I needed to buy more foam for the other two chairs because we had decided to go 2 inches with the seat cushion instead of one.
Britney rested in the sun with Abbey while we twins worked on the chair.
Earlier Sunday we had let the horses meet Sir Loin, keeping him in the corn crib and turning them out in the paddock. They were tentative at first.
Zorro was especially jumpy, but curiosity took hold and he had to get a closer look while Amiga walked off.
Eventually they decided it was safe to graze, and so they ate, of what little grass was left in the paddock, while keeping a watchful eye on the corn crib.
A bit later they both individually went back to get another look at Sir Loin.
He is a rather cute cow, nothing like Chuck was,
but seems like he will be a nice addition to the farm yard.
but seems like he will be a nice addition to the farm yard.
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