Baking, birthdays, baubles, and bouncing

It's so nice to be toasty-warm inside when it's damp and chilly outside.

Mind you, Poppy LOVES to roam around outside, smelling smells, digging digs, and running runs. But once she comes INside, she is a big fan of the wood-burning insert, and has taken to jumping up on the hearth to 'bake' herself. 😊

On Sunday we celebrated Brian's birthday. Just in case you don't know which number:

I found those huge fresh organic raspberries at Costco after agility class last Thursday, and couldn't resist. We added a lot more of them to our individual slices of cheesecake. 😋 Rick and Brian picked up my MIL to celebrate with us, and help decorate the Christmas tree afterwards. I didn't get Russian teacakes done, but the Rosemary Slices I made were very well-received.

And here is our tree in all its glory from outside last night and inside:

On Friday I put up some year-round decorations:

These cute signs were a birthday gift from a friend of mine.

Spot has had three weeks to romance his girls, and I think he was getting a little bored. The other day when I turned the non-breeding flock out they all lined up at the gate. Strange; why aren't they grazing? I heard some rustling in the woods, and turned around to 'See Spot Run.' Worried that he was harassing unreceptive ewes, I walked over to investigate, and realized I read the wrong title. It should have been 'See Spot BOUNCE!'

It was such a hoot to watch a three-year-old RAM sproing around like a lamb!

Hopefully there will be some little Spots bouncing around here come late next spring.

In the meantime, the boys will hang with the boys and the girls will hang with the girls. Last night I shuffled sheeple around to that effect, and Spot got his second CDT shot. His breeder doesn't vaccinate, but tetanus is a bigger threat around here because of the horses. Now Spot is protected from that potentially deadly infection . . . but the wethers aren't protected from an amorous ram.

"Why? Why do we have to live with HIM???"

There have been some pretty skies and sunrises recently. The first two photos below were taken during a late afternoon ride down the road on Lance; the second two are two recent sunrises.

That's it for now from . . .