A Time For Fire

Another cold damp morning and extra work at feeding time. An animal, I would think a mouse but the damage was more like what a raccoon would do) had gotten into a grain bag and made a mess dumping it this morning. At least the spilled grain was on a tarp and easy to clean up. The other bags were moved up on top of the cans. The cats have been doing a great job keeping the rodent population down and this is the first damage we have had since Emily brought the cats.
We sure look forward to Sunday's around here. There were a lot of visiting families today that came for the Thanksgiving holiday and stayed for the weekend. David had the morning service and Willis had the afternoon. Have I ever mentioned how blessed Peoria is with their ministers?
After church we needed to move a new round bale in for the new mares except their paddock is pretty muddy so we decided to move the bale in the paddock with the new shelter and just moved the mares over there. They were all excited to be in a new place running around meeting Jenis and Marika on one side and Valiant on the other. It was raining again this afternoon while we were working on the bale and while I was watching the mares to make sure they wouldn't break a fence. One of them got too close to the electric fence while flirting with Valiant and once she got shocked I didn't have to worry about that fence anymore. I came in wet and cold. Mark got a good fire going in the wood burner after church and the house is warm and inviting this evening. The dogs are about as close to the wood burner as they can be, Mark is in one lazy boy while I'm in the other. All 4 of use are within 5 feet of the fire Ahhh sheer bliss.
Rhonda finally posted a picture of her new grandson Max Jacob born Nov 19th, 2015. Proud parents are Jacob and Andi and here he is with his big brother Charlie