Father’s Day yesterday was a chance for Jane and me to make a visit to Susan and Wiley’s new foal in Perry, Missouri, meeting Melissa and Lindsey there from Kirksville. It was a reunion of old friends to celebrate a new life. Harry was busy in the studio finishing a project, so he held down […]

Five days have careened past since my last blog post. Between late evenings and slow internet, I have neglected to post any updates. Tuesday, I missed Harlan when he came to empty the dumpster, but he did his usual expert job. Luckily, I had put out a cooler of fizzy waters and fruit – it

Again, the slow rural internet has blocked my blogging until this evening, so this will be a rather long catch up post. The biggest news is that on Saturday, somebody here turned eighty! We had an early celebration Thursday with John and Laura, John having blazed the trail to eighty just ahead of Harry, earlier

I know they are common birds, and can be raucous bullies, but blue jays are beautiful, and, as evidence, here is a series of pictures. It is time for baby birds to leave their nests, which is a stressful time around here, with so many cats running loose. The swallow parents are maintaining the upper

A rainy Monday morning provided enough internet speed to get pictures uploaded. Between slow internet and late evenings, I have been stymied since Friday. Friday began in the best of all ways, on horseback. A pair of deer watched us depart on our ride. We did a little flatwork on the ring, then wandered around