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Happy New Years 2015!

It was cold and clear for the New Years Eve Celebration and holiday. Single digit cold temperatures. We didn’t let that stop us from celebrating the end of 2014 and the start of the new year. We had a party with a few good friends and a great bonfire and some sledding too. The next day there was a nice hike in the hills with friends and dogs after visiting with Mary Ann’s donkeys. At night we had the moon and stars and during the day, bluebird skies. I don’t think we ever complained too much about the cold.

New Years Eve morning.
She thinks maybe I should not be standing around in the cold watching birds
Gathering fuel for the fire from one of our burned trees
Our Phoenix bonfire
It was so cold that beers turned into slushies.
Carl tried the sledding hill, more than once
Sky thinks it’s a great game
Bill loved the sledding and did it over and over again
Ken heads down the hill.
Carl did some snow boarding too.
Moon at dusk.
It started with one match
The Phoenix Bonfire!
Laura leaned in to get a better look.
New Years Day.
One of MA’s donkeys.
Pretty girl.
It was a good packed trail for walking.
We met other dogs on the trail and here Trip is telling this one that he is in charge
Sky says, I got a ball; do you want to play?
Bree has a ball too!
Frida knows how to pose
Photo bomb with a ball
Throw the ball.
Luna loves MA
Luna can pose too
What a day!
What’s up Trip?
Frida poses for MA

The Sledding Hill is Open!

I like to wait til there is deep soft pillowy snow before I try sledding. Right now the snow still has a crust on it but new snow is falling so it could be nice soon. That didn’t stop Ken from giving it a try. He just got a new plastic sled to replace the one that burned up in the fire so it was time to give it a spin. He said it was very fast and it certainly did take him almost to the edge. That’s why I like the deep soft pillowy and slow snow!

Getting ready
Sky says – Hey whacha doin?
Hey, where’d he go?
I can catch him!
See that edge there? If he goes over that, there is a state highway at the bottom of the very steep hill.
Luna says – well that was fun.
What goes down has to come up.
We can wait here Luna
Oh look, Sky found a stick.
Weren’t we going to put in a tow rope?
How much fun is this?
Hey Luna, look at the cool stick I found.
Again?
Catching air.
I wonder if she should be running with sticks?
To the edge.
Sometimes you have to fall out of it to get it to stop.
The hardest part.

The Sledding is Perfect!

You’re probably tired of snowy activities by now. It’s a fact. People should not live here if they don’t enjoy playing in the snow. And now, it’s perfect. Deep and fluffy. I said that recently, didn’t I? Well, it still is and more is coming down. So in between sessions shoveling snow, a person has got to have some fun. And so does the dog.

Our house sits a ways up a steep hill with a bench down below. When the snow is soft like this, it is a perfect sledding hill. It starts out with a short steep drop off, the scariest part, and then glides down through the bitterbrush to the bench. Of course, the bitterbrush can be an obstacle as well. Last year, the challenge was to get to the edge of the bench. I think today I went farther than anyone did last year! More than halfway across the bench. I tried once more but crashed in the bitterbrush. The hard part is the climb back up the hill pulling the sled. That’s the exercise part of the fun.

 

Luna is thinking, ‘ are you sure about this?’

 

Part way across the bench at the bottom

 

Again? You’re going to do that again?

 

 

It’s a long ways back up the hill

 

Look at how much further I went!

 

That was fun. You know, you are starting resemble me. Are you going to fix dinner now?

 In case you are concerned, Luna doesn’t ride in the sled. She runs at full speed behind me.