Horses, Cattle and Grands

I just listened to the weather report and there is snow in the air. 1 to 3 inches. That's not much by all accounts but a reminder of what is to come. The snowbirds flew to Florida just in time it seems. Mom and Dad are snug in their home near Tampa basking in the warm temps and sunshine. Even Buffy, their cat, is probably glad to be out of the cold as she is originally a Florida cat. When they found her she was so weak she couldn't even stand up due to lack of food but now 10 years later she is fat and happy.

Nick joined our family about three years ago. He was a show pony and his owner outgrew him. He's been living a life of leisure ever since as he is too small for me to ride and too much for T to handle at this point. I decided he needed some work so T's riding instructor has been working him. At first he was a bit disgruntled at being disturbed from his lazy life but now he is going nicely so hopefully T can ride him next summer.

He's not happy in this picture, look at those ears! lol!

Now that's better, a little more relaxed.

Now his ears are up and he's paying attention to business.

Good boy! You will be seeing more of Nick in the near future........

Halloween has come and gone but there are still remnants of candy in my house which I wish would disappear before I eat it all. Here are my two Trick or Treaters.

This past weekend while back home we stopped to see my uncles cattle. They are very interesting and cute with their long hair, especially their bangs down over their eyes. They are very friendly, especially if you have some grain in your hand. :o) They have a beautiful run in shed that he built for them but they prefer to be right out even in the wintertime. I can't think what kind they are, hopefully it will come to me before I publish this.

My grand cat just came in. She comes over about once a day to get some canned food. She gets plenty to eat at home but only dry food so comes here and raids Noodle's and Munchkin's food. She won't let me pat her here but at their house I can pick her up and hold her and she is fine. T and D and DIL were here this morning when she walked in and she lets them pick her up. She hisses at me.........pretty ungrateful wouldn't you think?! :o)

I have my list made for most of my Christmas shopping so I think I will go out this morning and get some of it done. The older nieces and nephews want gift cards this year so that will be easy and DIL gave me some good ideas for the grands so I want to get that stuff. We don't do as much for Christmas as we used to. It got a little over the top when the grands first came along and Son and DIL said not to get so much. I guess when those first grandchildren come along you just want to get them everything but I agree that there is no need to have so much stuff. I always do Angel Tree with them so that they learn the joy of giving to others.

That's about it from here on the Range for today. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!