Confessions of a dogaholic…

I confess! Leicalady and I are obsessed with dogs…yes, we still love all of our nine horses, 4 goats, 4 cats, tortoise and of course Miss Piggy! Our love affair with dogs goes back over thirty years and is still being written. Christmas 1978 I gave Leicalady our first dog, Omar. (for you Leica fans, Omar’s name came from combining Leica’s founding father,  Oscar Barnack and his famous lens, Elmar – the O in Omar from Oscar’s first name and mar from Elmar) He was precious, in fact we went back to the breeder and got his litter mate and named him Tripod. Others that followed included Weston, Tiffen, T-Max, Rocky, Diogee, Kody,  Sunny, Muffy, Andy and probably a couple of others that I have forgotten. Today we have four – Sky Baby, Noche, Spooky and Oakie. Leicalady and are are so thankful for our concrete floors! I am not sure we could live without our daily “drinks” of dogs…

Sky keeping watch...

Noche and Spooky getting ready for their nap...

I am not sleepy!

Good night...

Want a lick?…

Australian Shepherds are something else…they LOVE to lick…Aunt Moye wanted a family picture and  Jake was not not to be excluded…

Finally...

Thanksgiving…

What a wonderful afternoon…after seeing Grandmoye, Leicalady, Peyton and I headed to Aunt Moyes…Leicalady prepared some special gifts for Moye…

This was her favorite...

All the nieces and nephews were there with all their babies…

John and Rhyan...

Aunt Moye had everything so perfect…

Aunt Moye & Leicaman...

Peyton, alias MR. S.A.T MAN!!!!

Hannah making Aunt Dana a bracelet...

We all love our dogs...

Special Thanks for Grandmoye…

We all have so much to be thankful for…today, I felt a very special thanks for my Mom…she fell Sunday and has  multiple fractures in her pelvis…even though she is 89 her looks and her spirit are amazing…thank you Grandmoye for everything…

Grandmoye and Peyton

I love you mom...

Chill and Will…

Just hangin' out...

The Perch…

I guess it was about twelve years ago…definitely before we built the Rockin’P…Leicalady and I were visiting the property one evening when we were amazed to see two magnificent owls perched together on a fence post…to this day it is one of fondest memories…on the way home from the hospital Sunday night we came upon something in the road…as we approached it flew away and as we slowed down we recognized  it as a barred owl…even though it was dark we could see it’s silhouette on the perch from a Mesquite tree…we must have spent several minutes admiring the beautiful bird before it finally flew off…on the the way home tonight I looked for the owl again but only found the same tree but an empty perch…

Hope to see you again...

Live and learn…

Braunig Lake Park...

Panchromatic day…

Just around the corner...

Floresville running trail...

Front pasture...

Robert's tree...

Just rainin’…

What a difference a day makes!  The tank at the Rockin’P has been nearly dry for almost three years…yesterday we were blessed with close to five inches of rain. Happy days are here again…

More Chicago revisited…

Ma and Pa...

Stairway to heaven?

Up, Up and Away