Life on the High Plains

I'm pretty sure there's no doubt who God's favorite football team is.  Look at that beautiful, orange, Colorado sky. Go Broncos! Today's photo courtesy of guest photographer--Irv. Happy Skywatch Friday!

I've been a really bad blogger the last couple weeks.  Life has been crazy lately.  My partner at work fell down and broke her foot last Sunday so she's out of the office for a few weeks.  This means I get to provide IT support to the entire Association by myself.  It keeps me hopping. Here's some of the things that have been going on around our place. We got the rest of our property fenced off so the horses can have some additional grazing areas and we can do some pasture management with rotational grazing. Gone is this old fencing, it has been replaced with T-posts and barbless wire.  I had the guys save all the old fence posts.  There must be something cool I can make with them.  Ideas anyone?  Irv says we're going to burn them in the fireplace. I finally caught Keira in the bathtub during a recent thunderstorm.  I had a feeling one of the dogs was hiding out in the bathtub and now I have proof.  Kinda cute, don't you ...

Do you ever have a song get in your head that just won't leave? Thanks to Ellen Degeneres, I've become hooked on a new song--What does the Fox Say by Ylvis, brothers from Norway.  You've got to watch the video. It's a silly song, but it's addicting.  Here's the first verse: Dog goes woof Cat goes meow Bird goes tweet and mouse goes squeek Cow goes moo Frog goes croak and the elephant goes toot Ducks say quack and fish go blub and the seal goes ow ow ow ow ow But there's one sound That no one knows   What does the fox say? Ring-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding! Gering-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding! Gering-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding!   What the fox say? Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow! Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow! Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!   the fox say? Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho! Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho! Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho!   What the fox say? Joff-tchoff-tchoffo-tchoffo-tchoff! Tchoff-tchoff-tchoffo-tchoffo-tchoff! Joff-tchoff-tcho...

Jillian and I had a great time at Pawtoberfest on Saturday.  Thanks to my friends and family who donated to the Humane Society! Diesel got to take his first ever bus ride.  I think the dogs were a little confused about riding on a bus. It was kind of funny seeing the dogs in all the seats.   There were dogs of every shape and size.  Dogs in tutus.   Dogs that could jump really high. This is the start line (even though it says finish).  Jillian and I positioned ourselves well in the back of the pack so as not to disturb the "real" runners. About the time I figured we should be finished, we came upon a sign that said 1.  1 mile, that's it?  This is going to be harder than I thought. I didn't see the 2 mile sign, but I'm pretty sure it's where all these people and dogs were congregating for a drink of water. Finally, mile 3.  Now to find the finish line. There it is.  My time was 57:43 with an average...

I did it.  Jillian and I signed up for a 5K race tomorrow--the Pawtoberfest 5K that supports our local Humane Society.  To be perfectly accurate, I signed myself and Jillian up for a 5K.  Luckily she's a willing participant. I haven't done a 5K since I did this same race about 12 or14 years ago.  It was a much smaller event then--just a few animal lovers and their dogs in a local park.  Now it's a big event with shuttle buses, beer gardens, and bibs with some kind of chip in them to record your time.  I'm pretty sure the awards ceremony will be finished and the timer will be turned off by the time I reach the finish line so don't be looking for my time on the website.  I'm just going to plug along very slowly at my own pace and make it to the finish line.  All that matters is that  I'm moving, I'm trying, and I'm having fun. Now if I only had a dog to take with me.  My dogs are both 10+ and a 5K might be the end of them.  I s...

Not that I'm looking forward to it or anything, but in 20 day Irv and I will be here: We've had a vacation with the grandson, a couple vacations with the family, and now it's time for a vacation for just the two of us.  There's nothing I love better than spending time with my darlin (unless it's watching the Broncos win). Happy Sunday!

A really cool view out of my window last night. Anyone know what kind of birds these are?   Happy Skywatch Friday !  Praying for sunshine in Colorado.