It's all good

While Easterners are surviving crazy swings in weather from freezing cold  and blizzards one day to pouring rain the next, here in the west, we are having a pretty mild winter. The snow and ice I posted the other day are all gone and it looks like things are starting to grow- mind you it's entirely possible we will get a few dumps of snow between now and mid April, but I doubt it will get cold enough for it to stick around.

My yard

Of course, now the frost is going out of the ground and we are in mud season. Not as bad as I thought it would be though. At least, unless we continue to get rain!

Josie likes to visit with the heifers, I often see her over by the fence hangin' out with them.

We had a couple of days of sunshine, with the sun and moon in the sky at the same time it is said to be a blessing.
A couple of friends came over to get some owl photos and decided to go for a walk to the river; it's 3 miles away down the dirt road. They got a head start, and I saddled Beamer and met them down by the river.

I got them to take a photo of me and my trusty steed and faithful dog. :o) Poor angle, makes Beamer's butt look small! You can really see the arthritis in his left knee here. Since I have had him on herbs the swelling is only on the medial side where the lump is, before it was all around including on the back of the knee. As long as he is walking sound on it, I'll continue light riding with him. He will be 15 this summer.
Got some news to share with you later this week... stay tuned!