WEATHER'S GREAT, NICE AND SUNNY...........!!

     Didn't realize how grey the skies in the Midwest are this time of year.  We didn't see "real" blue sky until we crossed the border into Arizona coming home..  Had a good time, a family reunion in Indiana and a high school reunion in Missouri.  I was really surprised at all the "grey" hairs at the school reunion.......... LOL  Well maybe not, it seemed like everyone was walking around looking at chests instead of faces.  Our faces had changed over the years, but our name tags told who we were.  Actually some of the faces looked pretty darn good, for over 6 decades of wear and tear.  

    All the donkeys looked great and I think some of them actually missed us.  Muchacho acted like he was going to climb in my lap.  With him the primary goal was to get animal crackers, he didn't fool me with his "I missed you" routine............!!

    Suzanne had volunteers to help all the time we were gone, which was great.  I think she still stayed pretty busy.  Her new modular home FINALLY was delivered, but is still waiting to be put together. 

 

    That's suppose to happen this week, the 2 sides have to be put together and made into a home.  Who knew getting a new home would take so long and be so complicated.  I'm sure it's no big deal for the people that deal with it all the time, but it's pretty nerve wracking if you've never been involved before.  Hopefully from now on, it will go smoothly and Suzanne and her mom can get moved in and enjoy being able to spread out.

    I'm sure I missed out on a lot of donkey doings being gone for almost 2 weeks.  Every day with the donkeys is an adventure with lots of observation of donkey behavior.  They certainly don't quit being entertaining just because I don't see them being donkeys.  I have noticed one thing before we left we would have to go find Bonnie in Burroland and she would not follow.  So we would have to halter her and she led just fine, just wouldn't start on her own.  

I went out a couple of times to find her after we got back, since everyone else had already went to their pens.  She followed me all the way back to her pen.  I guess sometime during the last couple of weeks she decided she didn't want to be haltered, which is a good thing.  Now if she would just come in without us having to go find her, that would be great......!!!  She's really walking pretty good for her, which is wonderful.  I assume her feet are getting more comfortable, hopefully she will continue to improve.  

Suzanne got to meet one of our neighbor's the day after we got home.  This isn't the one she met, we were too busy capturing him to take pictures.  She was in the feedroom and said he came climbing up the cabinet.  Suzanne isn't a fan of bugs and I don't think she had ever seen a centipede before.  They are pretty creepy when they move and they can give a pretty nasty sting.  She got him in the sink, covered the drain, so he couldn't disappear and we managed to get him in a bucket for release outdoors.  He probably was looking for a nice place to spend the winter, but we don't want to have to look for him everytime we went in the feedroom, so out he went........!!!  LOL