Baby Lamb

We went over to my in-laws ranch today and Grandpocka had a baby Barbado lamb. It was 3 days old and it's Mother had abandoned him.

I had Michael sit on the ground and hold the little lamb. (wrong thing to do)

He fell in love, especially when the lamb curled up on his lap and went to sleep.

Grandpocka kept telling me to take it home and I kept saying NO, NO, NO. I've raised calves and an assortment of farm animals before and it is not easy. There is also no guarantee that this little guy will make it...

Then Grammy started in about how cute it was and that we needed to take it home...

Then Michael started in that he wanted to bring it home, ugh!!

I am such a sucker....as we now have a baby lamb in our family...sigh!!

He hadn't eaten for 3 days and I'm honestly not sure if he is going to make it or not. He didn't want to eat tonight but he did eat about 4 to 6 oz's of milk replacer today...So hopefully his little belly is still full and he's just not hungry. Michael is taking raising this lamb very seriously and helping me at every moment...and yes I explained to him that the little one may not make it and sometimes it happens and there is nothing we can do...He's in Gods hands!

I also told Grandpocka if it makes it as soon as it is eating grass/hay and grain it's going back to the ranch!!

Aransas National Wildlife Refuge at Sunset

Michael had a dentist appt. in Corpus today to have a cavity filled...in his words "a hole in my tooth"...afterwards we went to a craft store then to Whataburger on the Corpus Shoreline. I decided if we hurried we could make it to the refuge before dark...we barely made it, ugh!!

I loved the calm water and the reflection of the sky with the reeds...

The sun was setting and I was losing my light...Not sure what this little guy was...but I snapped a quick photo, lol...There were birds all over the place...even had one land on my head on the walk down from the observation deck...Not sure what he was doing and I attempted a photo after he flew from my head to a tree branch but it was just too dark and the photo was a bit blurry...it seems the birds love me :o)

This was the view at Jones Lake as the sun was setting...well it was a lake but it's pretty much dried up right now...The Feral Hogs seem to be enjoying it...

I took this photo for my friend John who asked me the other night what I thought Jones Lake might look like now...Well here you go John...not too much water left at all...we didn't see any alligators either...

This was taken from the top of the Observation deck just as the last of the sun was was going below the Horizon...we had to run up the walk-way and I caught this, a tree top view! The haze is smoke from a brush fire that was in the area.

And here's my Boy...acting silly!!

It was a beautiful day...that is until the sunset and then it got chilly...Brrr...

Arctic Blast and Same old Same old....

We had an Arctic blast come in last night, the temps dropped to 36 degrees F., Brrrr....

I've also been throwing feed out for the deer. With this drought there is just nothing for them to eat and they keep coming up here to the house looking...I can't refuse those big brown eyes.

There is a herd of about 20 deer hanging around, here are a few brave ones who love to eat!

Turkey Vulture checking things out...

The deer would take off when someone went outside (no names mentioned...but it wasn't Me, Michael or Jake!) and then circle back around through the brush to come back and eat...They make me laugh as they think I can't see them when they are standing in the brush, duh!

Waiting for that certain someone to go back in the house so they could come back to feed...

The chipping sparrows were enjoying the birdseed. I also had a female cardinal and some type of woodpecker come in while I was out there but those photos didn't make the cut...

I seem to have come down with a virus and have felt terrible but thought maybe some photo therapy would take my mind else where...did it work? Maybe for a bit...

Blue-headed Vireo

On the way home from picking Michael up at school this afternoon I saw this bird in the road. I actually drove over him with the truck but thank goodness he didn't move and I didn't run over him with the tires...I immediately stopped and jumped out and checked him out. It was very very windy today and I think he might have just had a run in with the wind. There were also two little dogs coming down the road barking...I picked him up with a towel, wrapped him up and brought him home...We put him in a cage with a towel and covered the cage so he could catch his breath and have a rest...

In the mean time I got my bird books out to identify him...From what I could tell he is a

Blue-headed Vireo...

After awhile he seemed a bit better and more alert...I checked his wings and they seemed okay...he was favoring one but it didn't seem broken...I took him out to the pasture to a tree and he jumped out of my hand on to one of the branches and just sat there...He was alert, a bit puffed up (but that could have been from shock). I took a few photos of him and then left him to let nature take its course...he's wild and belongs in the wild...at least I know the dogs didn't get him!

He sure gave me some great photo ops and I hope the little guy made it...

Erica's Babyshower

This weekend we had a babyshower for my step-daughter Erica. Yep, that's right here in a couple of weeks (her due date is Feb. 16th) I'll be a Grandma! And we'll have a wee little one to spoil rotten and then send him home, lol...

Diana and I hosted the shower and even though Erica was a bit late (over an hour) we still had a lot of laughs....

And here is Criste (mom-in-law) soon to be a Great-Grandma again....

My Mother took most of the Photos, Thank you Mom!

Thanksgiving 2007 ~ Digital Layout

Playing around the other day and finished this layout with a photo from Thanksgiving 2007!