A St. Patrick's Day Parade

Today was the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in Tonganoxie, and there was a good turnout with weather in the 50's:

There were lots of Irish canines to be found:

I know some pugs who will be marching next year after their diets have succeeded!

Here was the last unit of the Parade, the Wild Women of the West, each rider portraying a REAL person who lived, noted on their saddle cloths.  They had nice horses and great costumes, and as you will see, were a whoopin' and a hollerin'!

Wiped out After Christmas

Even the animals were wiped out after Christmas.  We got home from the Christmas Day feast at my son's, and Keith wiped out in the car.  When we got here, he promptly ensconced himself on the couch, but soon had some fellow nappers.

The kitties had the back of the loveseat...

Nathan had been allowed to unwrap two gifts before we left....

after I had been to church and picked him up...

and then we all truly enjoyed the feast at my son's. (turkey and ham just out of view to the left)

Even the little ones loved it...

Cousin Hayley, Paiton and Jax, brother and sister, the two littlest grands,

Amy and Jim had plastic ornaments on their tree because of the kids.... we have them because of the KITS....

and finally, home to relax, read some blogs and the news, and watch a little television before going to bed, satisfied with our holiday.

The Blogging Assistants gathered at my feet... Hannah and Gertie use Abby as a pillow.

Hannah is at the vet's today (Monday)... we are worried about her... she is passing blood when she urinates, so we are getting her checked out.  As she is nearest and dearest to me, it was a bit of worry over the lovely holiday.

Another Labor of Love

After two lovely, balmy days in the 50s, the temperature is about to take a turn for the worse, and we expect two days of possible rain/snow, with temps falling below ten degrees overnight on Saturday and Sunday. 

To take advantage of the last balmy evening before the winds and rains come, Keith has put together a new artificial tree out on our porch tonight.  A true labor of love, he has been working on it for several hours.  We wanted to put a real tree up, and then put it on our brush pile for the little wild things in the pasture, but we were worried about the tree holder freezing and thawing over the next few weeks.  So today, while out after work, Keith stopped and bought a nice artificial tree.  We are going to put large lights on it so it can be seen plainly from the road.