It was a miserable day, but a busy one. Let’s step back a day or two…
The animals are fed before we eat breakfast. We are greatly entertained in exchange by the birds. Here is a pileated woodpecker series of pictures.
Laura brought us a little live Christmas tree, and Rebecca sent us a silver snowflake that served perfectly as a star.
Corinne sent Christmas treats for all. Harry gave the first fancy dog biscuit to Weedy, of course!
Harry reminds Weedy that it’s Christmas! 
Harry shows Weedy the present from Corinne 
Weedy loves Christmas – and Corinne!
How about a visit to Jane’s house, Winford Farm, next door…
Eggs for Christmas! Thanks to Rebecca’s flock 
Clover, the Christmas elf 
Handsome Gus 
Feisty Polly 
Hazel hates pictures and sticks out her tongue 
Derry missing her left hind shoe, has had her foot wrapped for Christmas 
Elf on a shelf or terrier on a table?
Marmalade ventured into the barn for Christmas!
The Pearl Brothers got a bit dramatic, and gave me some gray hair for Christmas. Oisin managed to hang a leg over the fence. He has some minor cuts on his pastern, and has enjoyed a course of antibiotics, which meant delicious breakfast and supper meals with pills. He thinks it was worth it.
There is a fence between them, but the gate is open 
Yikes! I stopped taking pictures and went to rescue. He managed to free himself.
Finally, out in Montana, Rainy seems to have received a hat from Santa.
Stay safe, stay well, stay lucky.
The pileated in flight is magnificent!