The Christmas holidays were quiet for us. We celebrated on Christmas Eve Eve with John’s sister, nephew and family. Then on Christmas morning we all checked our stockings to see what Santa had brought.
The dogs were pleased to find soft, floppy stuffed toys, and amazingly played with them without dismembering a single one. That was a first at our house. This was Cody's first Christmas as a Bagley Dog, and he thought it was all pretty special.
Then we were off to the farm to enjoy the Christmas-New Year’s week. When we arrived, we found our niece Erin Carmody, and her family at the little house, and Cousin Clover waiting to visit with her dog cousins.
Erin and Jeff's son, Noah, took some nice walks with us, and climbed up on "Bob's Tree," a giant post oak that left us a couple of years ago.
We also had a good time with Noah doing target practice with the 22 rifle and the new Reuger 22 pistol John and I gave each other for Christmas. Our next project is fencing an area for a shooting range, but that will keep for another time.
Though we enjoyed the good weather, we had hoped for more rain, as the stock tanks are getting very low. It is supposed to be a warm, wet winter, but so far we only have had the warm part.
The game camera has recorded a number of deer visiting the protein feeder. Among them is this handsome buck. His antlers are non-typical, and we think he has about a 12- or 13-point rack. We hope he survives deer season.
There were nice sunsets and rambles through the pastures.
Even though most vegetation now reflects the subtle grays and browns of winter, the colors are still beautiful.
We finished the year with a lovely, late-afternoon walk with the dogs, and were snug in bed long before the big ball dropped in Times Square.
Happy New Year!
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