Widget sleeping in chair

I was sitting in a living room chair the other evening with my laptop and looked over to see this rather odd sight across from me.  That's Widget — or the Widge, as we often call her, or Widgee-woo, or (get your French accent on here) Wee-jhay — snoring away.  All I could see was the very front of her face with that black-olive nose and then those two little back feet, propped up on the chair. 

Yes, her eyes are open, but our blind animals often sleep with their eyes open.  No need to close 'em to get some sleep when it's already dark!

And then, here is a completely unrelated photo that Alayne took a couple of weeks ago as the sun was setting in the west and lighting up the ridge to the east of us:

Cottages at sunset

Those are some of our original, smaller animal cottages next to our house.  That's Birdie's Cottage on the left, Keisha's Cottage on the right, and the isolation cottage in the back.  In the foreground is the gate I featured in a blog post a couple of days ago, after we gave up digging it out all the time.

Because of that ridge behind us, we have some of the most spectacular sunsets out here.  We'll head out the back door in the evening to go to the wood shed or to one of the cottages, and we'll look up and see the mountains lit up and glowing in all this red and pink light.  You just have to stop and soak in the sight.

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7 responses to “The Sleeping Widge”

  1. Colleen & Sweet Kitty Erin Avatar
    Colleen & Sweet Kitty Erin

    Awwww, Widgee-woo, you are so cute & look very cozy & comfy! The sunset is gorgeous! What a beautiful scene, almost looks like a postcard. Is that a snow drift to the right of the cabins & fence? It looks almost as tall as the cabins. WOW! Actually both pictures are great scenes!

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  2. Shirley * James/Portland, OR Avatar

    Widget….so precious…RDR is one beautiful place!

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  3. ginger Avatar
    ginger

    It’s so nice that you get those gorgeous sunsets! I really think that you deserve each & every one of them. Thanks for sharing that photo of the Sunset, as I think it’s a great segway into the weekend.
    Wishing all a healthy, happy weekend.
    Warm hugs to all,
    ginger, Tobias & Tlingit

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  4. Moon Rani Avatar
    Moon Rani

    What a beautiful photo of the sunset! Thanks, Steve. The Widge is a cutie, even when she’s in dreamland.

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  5. Nina Avatar
    Nina

    Widget is sooo cute! The sunset is magnificent! Thanks for sharing your postcard photo!

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  6. Boundforglory Avatar
    Boundforglory

    Gorgeous photo of the mountain ridge behind the cottages! Ahhh…
    It’s been a cold winter indeed, I’ve been sleeping with my face covered and nose sticking out of the blanket too but Widget probably had the figured out well before I did. : )

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  7. carolina Avatar

    I live in South America and this is my first comment ever. I have been reading this blog for some time now and I must say that I love it!!! God bless you!!! If there were more people like you in this world it would certainly be a better one.
    Best regards,
    Carolina.

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