Since the last post, things have been busy around Michael Delving, with school...
extracurricular enrichment...
...and lots of coloring.
Eejee comes stumbling out of his room every morning to say 'Good morning' to the Hobbit Wife and Mayor while they are having coffee. He started coming out with his blanket, then with his blanket and his otters. In the past week, he's taken to coming out with a box of stuffed animals and blankets.
The Mayor and Boookie got an unexpected invitation to come out to Mr. Jim and Miss Fern's ranch in Colorado to help build fence. Due to ice storms, they missed their flight from Denver to Cortez, so they got an SUV and drove through the Rockies, arriving in Cortez just before midnight.
The long trip clearly took its toll on Boookie's energy.
The next morning at the ranch, Boookie got to meet the three horses that currently live there.
Duke, Ranger and Dan
Boookie on the four-wheeler, which he nicknamed "The Prairie Dog." He turned out to be a very capable helper with the fence building, fetching supplies and moving equipment.
Boookie with Dan.
A picture for scale.
Looking from the pasture down toward the creek bottom, with the Rockies in the distance.
All told, we ended up putting in just shy of 1,000 feet of fence in two days' work.
Boookie and Mr. Jim loading up some fence panels with the Cat.
Boookie driving the Cat.
Mr. Jim and the Mayor
Boookie and Mr. Jim
Boookie and the Mayor
For the flight back, we were able to take the little puddle jumper as originally planned.
Boookie enjoying the takeoff
Flying over the Rockies on an absolutely beautiful winter afternoon.
While we haven't been doing other things, the Mayor has been making steady progress on the shop with assistance from the Hobbit Wife.
The Mayor also got to learn to use a jackhammer...
And Boookie learned about mixing concrete.
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Enjoying a Sunday BBQ after church in the new
Baldachin (BÆL. duh. kin).
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