A New Year

rolls in , and in a microsecond its 2013. Say hello to the new year ,and to old friends too.

Best wishes to you all
Eric 

Silent night,

and as if by magic the wind and the rain stopped, the roof and the doors no longer rattled the sound of the sound of  bells emanating from the little speaking box and all is well, "Merry Christmas every one " I said " and Merry Christmas to you to Eric they replied " and from the dark end of the barn a quiet almost a whisper voice said " Seasons greetings , although you are mischievous , play tricks on me , have fun at my expense and eat all the apples ,I love you all "

Well that was a surprise I can tell you , we never knew Humans could speak goat on Christmas night!
 After a good sleep we woke to the most wonderful present, a sunny day with not a breath of wind ,blue sky's and a run in the fields followed by a special Christmas lunch ( with extra apples and carrots )  and although we didnt have visitors I'm sure they would have enjoyed it here.

Its the night before....

We've cleared out one of the stables, put down fresh straw, tidied up the manger and got some snacks in for any possible visitors. Most of us have been doing vocal exercises ready for the magic hour, There are a couple of joinery jobs to be done but I understand a carpenter will be along soon......

Human has been furtively wrapping Mrs Humans presents and hiding them in the hayloft ( I may have just blown his element of surprise )

We are snug in the barn tonight , the wind and the rain has been persistent for the last 2 weeks, we have warmth and food and good company tonight, but please spare a thought for those who are alone, or cold and hungry or homeless and have nowhere to go . If you can spare more than a thought ,maybe some company,food or even a warm coat so much the better.

But no matter who you are and where you are  Merry Christmas !

Gangnam Style

I tried it but with 4 legs it was a bit of a failure, but some one said that putting Gangnam Style in my post would help my "hit" rate.

Well its the 14th of December not long to the second most important day of the year, the most important day ?

Well lets all just say,                  Happy Birthday Lizzy !

and driving he went

deep and "just the right snow" our hero announces and muttering that he needs some thing from the store sets off in the snow. Well that was morning.
That afternoon Mrs Human is filling our hay rack and telling us that Mr Human has been a long time , a very long time , should she telephone him on the speaking brick thing ? or just wait ?
And then out of the blizzard comes Human and his motor wagon, triumphant and with a big grin across his face ,"did you get what you wanted dear" asks Mrs Human, " Oh I knew I has forgotten something" he replies. Its always the same the first few days of snow are fun but then it gets boring and then a nuisance, year after year .

Frezing cold

It started on Saturday night, from a fine crisp sunny day to snow and hail all in an hour ! Its getting colder and more snow is forecast, Human is rubbing his hands together and has a smug look on his face, all because of his winter tyres ! All he needs now is an excuse to go driving....