One morning about a week ago, I was filling up the big rubber water bucket on the porch of Widget's House when blind Samantha wandered up for a drink.  She went not for the water in the bucket, but straight for the stream of water coming out of the faucet.  Samantha stuck her mouth right…

This handsome little Beagle arrived on Monday from Atlanta.  Charlie had been picked up as a stray by a small shelter in Cherokee County, Georgia.  No one claimed him.  A rescue group we have worked with a lot before, Atlanta Beagle Rescue, contacted us when they learned about the blind Beagle from the shelter.  We…

Last April, about mid-month, I took the studded snow tires off the trucks and promptly invited a winter storm … followed by another snowstorm 10 days later.  Well, this April I still have the studded snow tires on the trucks, but I foolishly took the snow blower off the tractor yesterday and stored it in…

Right after I finished taking the photos yesterday of the goat girls in their new condo, I walked over to Lena's Barn to pick up a tool I needed for a project.  It was light outside and relatively dark inside the barn, and I was about 10 feet down the aisle before my eyes adjusted…

Margaret's legions of fans have been clamoring for an update on our adorable goat, and truth be told, I have been delinquent in posting about her.  That's mostly because Margaret and her two sisters, Daisy and Scarlet, have spent most of the winter in a stall in Lena's Barn, and the weather hasn't permitted much…

Today our equine vet, Dr. Erin Taylor of Blue Mountain Veterinary Hospital in Missoula, came out for the spring vaccinations … except the weather had suddenly turned wintry this morning.  In the photo I took this afternoon, Alayne is holding blind Lena while Erin gives Lena her shots.  We always get a lot of help…

I received these photos yesterday evening from Jen K., the 4th-year vet student at WSU's veterinary teaching hospital who is blind Callie's day-to-day case manager while she's there.  Jen has been with Callie from when I first brought her, and kindly calls me with daily updates.  In a word, Callie is doing great!  She is…

Here are some photos I got over the weekend of blind Molly and her wonderfully soft and fluffy "ear muffs."  At first I was just trying to take some stand-off photos of the "whole dog," but she kept following me everywhere and walking right up to me, so all I ended up with were close-ups. …

Late last week we were wrapping up the photos for our next print newsletter.  Our friend Cindy J. was taking the photos of the two of us for the "ranch letter" we write for each issue.  Now, this is always the hardest photo to get because we include an animal in it.  Not only is…

With the snow melting rapidly in recent days, the ground is getting saturated … and in this one low spot in front of Widget's House, we now have a nice little lake.  The dogs love tracking right through it, and that's happy Cedar standing in the water.  I took these photos yesterday afternoon.  The fluff…