It's a New Year!

Tom just left to get me some milk..... I ran out of milk yesterday and we kept waiting for the satellite dish guys to get here, you know, the 12-5 p.m. window thing..... well, they didn't get here until 5:30-ish and didn't leave until 7:30-ish and by the time we got on the road to get my milk, it was terribly foggy! Not worth the risk to drive 20 miles for milk so we headed back home, which of course made me pissy for a lil bit... those who know me, know that I CANNOT be without my milk!! I'm ok now.... lol.

But while I'm waiting for Tom to get back (with some McD's breakfast too!), I headed outside to get some early morning pics. Some are from yesterday too. Just got my new David Busch's Guide to the Nikon D60, so I will be learning many new things about my camera over the next few weeks. :)

Round bales of hay in field behind our pasture

Ringo, the famous lounge rat

Ringo and Boogie just hangin' out

Shiny chrome vs old & weathered

Rural route

Kansas pasture near pond dam

Sunrise as fog burned off

Country Animals

Longhorn in Kansas

There are so many wonderful animals here in Kansas land. From the small herd of longhorn down our country road to the horses in our own "back yard", they provide more photo opps than my camera is ready for!

Paint horse sassing Murphy

It's always fun when Tom goes out to pasture to get one of the horses ... you just never know what a horse's mood is going to be on any given day. One day they are willing to be captured, the next they are all three running to the farthest corner of the pasture!

Roundup

Roundup continued...

Then there's the dogs and cats that live on the property. My two girls, Trixie and Tori, live in the house (of course!!) Ringo is the ranch dog; he protects us all by barking at any intrusion and then running as far away as possible. He may not be much of a protector, but at least he gives us a warning! He loves going with Tom to the pond to fish and look for frogs. Boogie is the mom cat, Fluff is one of her kittens. Fluff recently had a kitten of her own, but it has been elusive for photographs. Fluff and her kitty will soon be going to the vet to ensure no more kitties are born in the future!

Trixie

Tori

Going fishing!

Ringo watching for frogs

Boogie

Fluff

Oh, and I almost forgot.... there's my cat that I brought from Ohio, Baybee. She was an outside cat that I rescued, so she would spend most of her time outdoors and come inside only at night. Now she is an indoor cat; I'm afraid she would try to find her way back to Ohio if I put her outside, plus Tom's cats may not like her! Then there are the outside dangers, such as coyotes, of which Baybee would be unaware.

Baybee

Finally, even though this post is about the animals, I can't resist putting up another photo of an unusual cloud formation. There are so many days where the clouds, the sunrise and the sunset are beautiful beyond words. The cloud formations can be seen for miles and miles. I have always loved the American west for its wide and open spaces.

Unusual cloud formation