Thanksgiving 2009

There were a lot of pictures. I picked out a few to post. I think Heather is making CDs if anybody wants one.

Allen and Barry killing one another in Call of Duty.

Madeline visiting with the horses.

Andy was getting the turkey fryer ready.

Ron Jon was coming to help with the fryer and holding his bunny.

Four generations in this picture. Say hello to Natalie, she’s this year’s newest family member.

Marianne reading to Natalie.

Lynn taking her turn holding the baby.

I saw the turkey and I liked it.

Jennifer and her lovely daughter.

Jennifer the photo bomber.

Barbara and her children. We missed you Matthew!

Gracie!

Marianne and Natalie. Gracie was getting jealous.

Natalie’s thanksgiving feast.

It’s a big bowl. Charlie likes big bowls.

Hi Andy.

Heather delivering the carved turkey and talking on the phone.

Rachel and Heather.

 

It was like the red carpet when they posed for this picture. Camera flashes from everywhere.

They were blinded.

Madeline got a cool gift from Jennifer and Cory.

Rachel is Heather’s friend from New York. Heather was the only one who didn’t know she was coming.

Madeline playing with her sweet gift.

Lisa and Andy.

Allen and Andy.

Cory, RonJon, Rachael, Jennifer, Madeline and Natalie.

Lynn, Heather, Jessica, Allen, Andy and Rachel.

Madeline petting the bunnies.

Allen helping out in the kitchen.

Anne, me, Barry, Heather and Lynn.

Me RonJon and Jennifer.

Lenny was doing his cat act.

Marianne was messing up the Rubik's cube for the twentieth time.

RonJon checking out the domino action.

Jennifer making her play.

More domino action. Allen filled in for Jennifer. She got called away for baby duty.

Clark County Lamb Convalescent Center

If a web search brought you here because of the title of this post, I apologize. We set up a private intensive care area for our lambs that were severely injured by a dog attack. I brought the sheep panels up to make a yard for the lambs by the garage. They came out and started eating the weeds right away. We were happy to see Lucinda standing and walking around. Louie is doing well. He already seems to be keeping watch on things. We'll leave the lambs up here for a few more days to let Louie get used to his new surroundings.

Louie's talons

Luigi

The dog came back the next night and killed Larry T and seriously injured Lucinda. Clarissa was hurt too and landed in the creek. Lisa had gone down to check on them at around midnight Thursday night. She found Clarissa and managed to get her face out of the water. She called me and I went down with the truck and we loaded the two lambs and brought them up to the garage. We spread out some hay and stacked bales around to pen them up. Lisa stayed out there all night trying to get Clarissa warmed up. Her injuries weren't as bad but she was suffering from hypothermia from being in the creek water. Lisa had the heating pad and towels and she finally warmed up. Lucinda was hurt worse. She has a big gash on her underside and quite a few puncture wounds. On Friday we loaded them into the trailer and Lisa took them to the Vet. He gave them antibiotics and shots for the pain.

We went over to Bullit County this afternoon and picked up our new Guard Llama. His name is Luigi but I want to call him Louie. The people had him guarding there alpaca herd but recently got some large male alpacas. The new guys were aggressive enough to protect the others so they were thinning out the herd. Llamas are well known for their instinct to protect the herd. They have keen eyesight and sharp hook-like claws on their hooves. We hope that the dog comes back and Louie has something to say about it. Like a hard kick in the head.

The finished horse port, complete with horses.

We decided to move the old concrete steps down to the horse port area.

It was still on its sled.

It skidded down the hill quite nicely. The braces came loose somewhere along the way. Probably when I sped up to get momentum up the meadow ridge.

Luigi (Louie) being led by the alpaca lady, Ingrid.

He didn't want to get in that trailer.

After much pushing and pulling he was in.

Alpacas are cousins of llamas.

They have thick fleece coats.

They are not as cuddly as they look.