April 6 - Anderson

Spring has bestowed many things upon us this week.  We finally got some rain - - not much a little goes a long way.  It has been very mild, a little windy and overcast most of the week.  The weather forecast is calling for 80 next week and the high this week was 65 or so?   Spring is certainly a beautiful time of the year in these parts.  We don't have any animals on the pasture so it looks especially green and nice.  We will soon start seeing the higher temperatures and the green will turn to golden brown as usual.  Not sure when we start the irrigation - likely around the 1st of May or so - that should help keep the pasture a little greener?

We have been here in Anderson all week on Spring Break - good time for Kathy to get recharged.  We did have a nice week sure went fast now we need to start thinking about getting back to our routine.  Kathy took some pics of the beautiful clouds and surroundings, we sure have some great sunrise and sunset sky's - each one is worth a picture so we just take the time out to enjoy them.

During the week one of Redding's finest peeps was caught on a video that ended up going viral on YouTube.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fUlFuwTueM&feature=player_detailpage.   As you can see this creative creature of nature was in the need for something at a local market and tried his best to gain entry into the establishment.  It was hard to believe that this was real - thought it might be scripted but then I came to the realization that it did happened in Redding and this kind of act seems pretty common in these times.  The local police and news put out a call for information on guy - hard to imagine he could hide out very long?   Sorry if you have already seen this  - just had to share it once again!!

Kathy has been very busy this week with her artwork.  She is working on big project - she made an art journal with 32 pages and she's working on filling it up.  The task is to create some type of artwork on each page.  She is over half way done and the process is slower than she realized - she has come to the conclusion that you can/t force art?!  When she finishes each page she posts it on her Facebook to share with her other art students, she likes the feedback.  On Wednesday or so - someone who is following her work has commissioned Kathy for a piece of art.  Kathy is in the middle of creating that work now and feels the pressure to perform.  She now feels the difference between practice and production.  Kathy's work/play and world is never boring for sure!!??

Art Journal Pages

Work In Progress - Blessed Virgin Mary Icon - patron wanted a contemporary version with a countenance of peace/joy

 

Finished
 

Early, I mentioned how nice this time of the year is - another need thing about the Spring is the arrival of new critters.  Sometime during the night or early morning one of the cows in the adjoining pasture had a new calf - interesting to watch how the mom and other cows take to the addition to the family.  It will be nice to watch this little one grow and I would imagine there will be more from the herd - we have about 6 adults and 6 yearlings in the herd.  Later today I will collect up the grass clippings and toss it over the fence for them - they seem to like trimmed grass, guess they don't have to work for it.  These cows have a interesting habit - they routinely gather in front of a big blueberry patch which faces our back yard.  The cows work their butts into the vines then move their heads side to side for a nice body/butt  scratch - those little prickly vines seem to produce a nice scratching post for the cows.   OK - fine, get a life, who spends their time watching cows scratch their backs and body?



Newest addition to the pasture

And another one, born just this afternoon!

Not much for news - - nice quiet week here, hope you had the same!!   Enjoy

More later

Ron, Kathy, Tessie and Sammie ( the cat)