Cold, walks, and tired legs

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The sun was out today but it was much cooler than it has been, it never warmed up over 20 degrees F, but it was warmer in the sun. The sun felt good, and we had blue skies all day. 

This afternoon I worked on a project that I'm finding difficult to finish, you know those kind of projects. It's a sit down and focus kind of project which is difficult enough with the Prairie dogs slamming things (they like to chew on stuff and bang it while they do it) the Kakarikis birds yelling and then randomly talking to me... 

It sounds like this in here... Kak, kak, bang, kak, bang, kak, hello? hey? kak, bang, what are you doing? hello? 

So after a while me and the boys went for a short walk. I had hoped to walk to the lake, and for me and maybe Douglas it would have been fine, but Norman was with us and while he can walk that far, it's cold for him, so I didn't push that. 

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I call this next series of photos, the many faces of Douglas... 

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ewww, I shouldn't have eaten that... 

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what was that, did you hear that? oh no, oh no, what was that???? 

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I don't like the looks of that bush over there, it's looking back at me.... 

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Before we came back inside, I let them go over to see Flavious. They like saying hi to him. 

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Norman gave him a kiss, but also reminded him that although he is the smallest dog in the pack, he's the boss. Flavious is very tolerant, so is Max.

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It didn't take long for the goats to figure out we were at the gate... 

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What's going on over here? Is someone eating? Is there food?

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And they just kept coming... 

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Izzie: Hey, where you'd get that coat? I want a coat. Give me that one! I don't care if it's too small. 

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Mass confusion ensued... What the heck is going on here? Why isn't there food involved? 

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I call this photo "as close to Izzie as you can get" 

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Sammy: Why do you not have cookies for us? Like seriously... 

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Douglas: Do you smell that? What is that? Smells like a cow. 

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Sammy and Izzie: This little dog is so strange... he gets stranger every time we see him... 

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Can we go in now? There's no cookies, it's cold, and we want to go to bed now. It's only quarter after 3? Who cares. We are tired.

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Norman: Oh no, not you again... when you were a baby in the house I bullied you, now you are ginormous and have big horns... 
Sammy: It's OK little dog. Although I have grown to leader of the goat kingdom, I forgive you for trying to steal the milk from my bottle when I was a kid. But I demand you give up all your cookies!

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Before we went back inside, Norman and Izzie had a moment. They even shared a kiss.

If there is one thing Izzie loves, it's little animals. She loves anything small, ducks, rabbits, dogs. She's curious and gentle. But if you are a blind disabled sheep, (AKA Lambie) she will try to kill you. Don't ask me why. I believe she has multiple personalities, at least three that I deal with on a regular basis. 

Once my evening chores were done, I set about destroying my kitchen the night before I have company over. I love doing that.

I've been working in the kitchen for 4 1/2 hours. I accomplished most of the things I set out to, but I wish I'd had a little more energy left to do a couple more things, but it's almost 10 PM and I can hardly keep my eyes open. So I'm giving up for tonight.

I must tell you, if you don't already make candied almonds in the crock pot, you need to do it right away. If not just to have on hand for parties, these candied almonds make awesome gifts and the most effort that is involved is cleaning the pot afterwards. 

It's so easy. You just dump your almonds (about 3 cups of them) into a greased crock pot - spray it with cooking spray first.

Then mix in 1 1/2 cups of sugar, 1 1/2 cups of brown sugar, 3 Tbs of ground cinnamon, a pinch of salt, 1 egg white, and a dash of vanilla. Cook on high for about 3 hours. I've read you should cook it on low - but I tired that, and I didn't like it. So I turned mine to high - either way you have to watch it and stir it about every 20 minutes, so cook it higher if you want. After about an hour and a half, add about a 1/4 cup of water, not a lot, just enough to get the sugar to melt and mix easily. Then cook it for another hour, and when you feel everything has thickened up and is coated well, spoon your almonds onto some greased parchment paper and let cool. As they are cooling, keep pulling them apart when you can touch them so they don't all harden together into one mass, and try not to eat them all before they are even done cooling.

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They are so, so, good.

Then there is the sausage. I'll tell you about that later. When I can complete full sentences properly again. Hopefully that will be after I sleep. Goodnight to all! 

Comments

Dreaming said…
Good night to you. Thanks for the great pictures of every critter interacting with every other critter. Brrr... it looks cold!
Mary Ann said…
That's how I was Monday night, so tired I fell asleep sitting up. I'm a little better tonight, but heading for bed in a minute. I'm trying the almonds tomorrow... there goes ANOTHER thing I'm adding to my list!
Dee said…
I enjoy seeing all the animals on your farm. The recipe looks fabulous - I will try it soon!
The JR said…
I would love to try them....but you know why I can't. That four letter word is still hanging around. D..I..E..T.
jaz@octoberfarm said…
i hope you had a good sleep! i loved this walk and visiting the animals! i have been meaning to try nuts in the slow cooker. thanks for the recipe!
Awww, it's so sweet that Izzie loves little animals! It was cute how all the goats came out to say hello :)

I love candied almonds but never thought to try them in the crock pot! How smart!
Awww, night, night. Love the pictures and am going to try the candied almonds...one day. I am seriously afraid I will just eat them all in one sitting, lol.
jody said…
your fur babes make me smile and giggle then my emma barks, then sally starts..they are just wonderful and your almonds look great! i am going to give them a try, thanx for the idea!!

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