We had a visit from Flat Stanley this winter, all the way from Park Rapids, Minnesota. Tried to show him many of the exciting things to do in Coarsegold and Oakhurst, but we all decided this was as close to a black bear as any of us wanted to be.
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All together now:
“We get up at twelve and start to work at one.
Take an hour for lunch and then at two we’re done.
Jolly good fun!”
Chester got skunked in the early morning hours yesterday.
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We don’t want to darken your holidays (as it were), but it’s time we told everyone that Fritz has become blind.
About nine months ago, we started to notice that he was bumping into things. Then his eyes gradually clouded over. In August we took him to a veterinary ophthalmologist, who confirmed that he’d lost about 80% of his sight by then and would eventually lose all of it. It’s irreversible, and probably genetic. You can see the clouding in the photo, taken Christmas Day.
It doesn’t seem to have slowed him down much. He knows the buildings and the yard so well that he doesn’t need to see to navigate. He’s still happy and active, and he still catches rodents and birds, despite the handicap. As long as we don’t move things around, he doesn’t bump into the furniture. We expect he’ll still have a long, happy, mischievous life.
Completed the top of this year’s SMQA mystery quilt. We get one instruction each month and gradually it goes together. This is my third year of doing the mystery quilts and the first year it actually got put together the correct way!
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After feeding Betsy’s pups while she was our Christmas partying, I noticed this view from her front stoop.
….. for the winter rains in case we get any
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The funny weather we’ve been having has confused even the tarantulas. The ones that should have been wandering last month are wandering this month.
Dragonfly Ranch 