Sleeping Dogs

Let sleeping dogs lie. They are so sweet when they are asleep. The dogs are inside avoiding the cold. Their bed is between ours and the woodstove and they love to sleep there. They stay pretty warm and definitely like to snuggle (at least touch if not in a pile). Getting on our bed is a treat and they practically lay on us. They definitely like the dog pile concept.

See the blue pillow? They love it. It was an old body pillow ready to get thrown out. One day I thought to see if they would "use" it. They sure do and the white one moves it around with his nose to get it just right.

Boxers are really awesome dogs. This is our 2nd and 3rd ones. The first is our son's and he is such a cool dog, we wanted boxers, too.

The snow on the roof is melting slowly, drip by drip. Occasionally, a large mass of snow/ice falls from one roof to another and it sounds like a loud explosion. Makes me jump! Dogs don't even notice.

We have an outside guard dog, too. She is a Pyrenees and prefers the cold weather. She does a great job of alerting when coyotes or other predators are around. What other predators you ask? Bears, wolves, puma. They roam freely out here. They have not come into the area fenced in around our home and buildings--that we know of. Neighbors have lost animals to them. So sad.

The fire is going out. It's 66^o and cooling. Time to start another with the coals from the last. Good thing we have good insulation. Some people we know, with poor insulation, use a lot more wood every year and that can get expensive or exhaustive! Gosh, could you imagine homesteading in this climate in the 1800's? That must have been miserably cold with no insulation and leaky walls and windows. The land around here was homesteaded back then. There are remnants of small old buildings still around. Wonder if any of the buildings we have will have any trace left in a hundred years. One thing for sure, nature always wins out. Eventually, what we have will return to the earth. It will decompose and make soil for new growth.

 

/hugs

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