Picaresque

Picaresque is the adjective to describe writings about a common or low character who survives the pitfalls of life through luck or good fortune. My travels, interests, my animals, my photographs, my wonderful friends and family are featured.

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Location: Arapahoe, Wyoming, United States

(Note: Blogs read from bottom to top; scroll down for beginnings, scroll up for most current.) After 30 years in public administration and four degrees, as well as numerous workshops with luminaries in Education and Public Policy, life in a slower lane became a goal. Most recently I have done policy writing and consulting for the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone Tribes. Mostly, I am just coasting slowly and gently downhill these days-seeking joy where I can find it before the glorious ride ends.

Saturday, June 07, 2008

Animal Babies

The baby llamas are wide-eyed-seeing their first horses today and getting as curious about Honey as she is about them.
Honey decided to chase them as they moved on.
The mama llama turned the table on her and she scooted for her yard. That particular llama can be plumb ornery. I've seen her take on a cow and win. She was just funning Honey-her ears were not even back. When they do go back (often) give her a wide berth.

Worked on my projects- covered some more woodpecker holes with screen. The Grackles are mighty upset. Messed with the TV antenna tower, tightened up my swamp cooler covers and managed to squeeze some time in just enjoying the day after it warmed up.

Loaded up the dogs and and went to town for some groceries and hardware supplies. Honey got her leash lesson in Veteran's Park in town. She was great but still didn't load in the van without a lift. All part of her socialization and making a ride in the car a good thing. She has a pretty good time after she settles down. I was feeling sorry for her this afternoon-Buster is starting to set limits on play time because she is insatiable and she managed to get "No'd" from me about 15 times today. Poor little girl. So we had a little lovey tonight- she was ready to just be petted. She got some decent treats today though. We shared popcorn chicken with Guy and Janet's dogs. On the way home from town I saw a pretty good fire was burning up on their place so I tooled on up there to make sure things were all right. Nice to see them. They are busy bees. (There was a fire in the ditch- they didn't set it but they didn't seem too concerned. It is still pretty wet around here.)

Made my pledge to PBS and my 6 CD set of "Doo-Wop" music is on its way. We didn't call it Doo-Wop but it was our music. I'll slap it all on the iPod. There will probably be something I want more in the days to come-Oh, Well.
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