Post Number 73

I was rereading some of my old blog posts and saw that I posted whatever I wanted, thought was interesting, or anything.  I realized I'm not doing that any more.  Part of that's fine with me.  I thought some of the old posts weren't written very well, but then again I was younger.  But at the same time, I was telling more about ranch life. 

Well, I'm doing a post now, for no real reason other than I haven't done one for a while and yesterday was pretty eventful.  So, here goes post number 73.

 

 As you can see in the pictures, I painted yet another cow skull.  Big J.'s birthday was on the 6th and I hadn't gotten him anything.  He had picked up this skull months ago, but it was sitting outside, turning pink somehow, and I saw an opportunity.  With his permission, I bleached it to get rid of the pink, then painted it.  I did all this yesterday and gave him his 14th birthday present...a little late, but it was worth it.    

 
Below are the other two cow skulls I painted this summer.  The yellow flower one was my first one and the personalized one was second. 

 

 

A week and a half ago we had an adventure with Big J.'s dog, Lightning (a.k.a. Buggy).  She tumbled out of our pickup and broke her hind leg.  As it turned out, if anyone wanted a broken bone in a dog, this would be the bone.  So, we got her to a vet, she got surgery, and is now living a kennel.  Here is a picture of her leg.   

 

I now have a pet boarding business.  It's starting slow, I knew it would, but I'm ready to board critters.  I'm really looking forward to business picking up.

 

 

The weather's getting right chilly out here.  The last few days have been cloudy, drizzly, and cold, but we still went to a football game last night.  A near town was playing the #1 team in the state and as it turned out we lost...but played an excellent game!  We were ahead for a while, and lost 26 to 28.  After we got home--shivering and numb--we lit our furnace. 

 

I guess colder weather is here. 

 

All for now!  : )