What a first Oklahoma December!


Merry Christmas!  Ho-ho-ho.

A glorious day indeed!  Sunshine, glistening snow, animals fed and content.  What a blessing to be alive.

Left - The house Kelpies wish you a Merry Christmas.  Above - Nasty and Skyball looking for the hay!

Ben putting new reins from Santa on our bridles.

Christmas Sunrise.

Leslie and Keeper.


White Christmas!  There was lots more snow!

Keeper bringing in the training calves Monday evening in the snow!

Ben and Skyball off the morning of the

24th to find the pasture calves. 

Safe and warm wishes

for your Christmas.

Electricity went off about 3 PM on the 23rd.  Off for about 11 hours.  Thank goodness for gas grills and kerosene lamps!  We put on extra wool blankets, got out the hot water bottle and were pretty content.

Ben and Don Hankins Kelpie female "Sugar" putting them in the corrals.

Leslie and Ben doing dog chores Christmas eve morning after the cattle and horses put up.


December 23rd

Good grief - this is only an hour's worth - more to come!

Looks like it'll be a white Christmas.


December 22nd

A beautiful day for a leisurely walk with the dogs - that is, if they don't spy any cattle!

Perch (left) and Keeper (right) started around them, but we got them called off.


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