Fall Pictures

In October I visited a friends farm in Versailles Kentucky. Versailles is located on the southern edge of 'Kentucky Horse Country'. I could very easily live over here... and going to and from anywhere that went past a horse farm might delay me by hours!!! I had an appointment, so I could not tarry on the way over, and when I left it was very late in the afternoon. 

After lunch we took a long walk around the farm... I of course had my camera with me.

Maple Leaves

 I love pastoral scenes. In the one above there is a black and white cow. 

I think if you click on any photo you will be able to see it larger???

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Poppies

In several areas around town the Kentucky Department of Transportation plants some different flowers. I am not sure if they have a plan or rotate areas or crops.... but the first year here where I found these poppies, there were safflowers/sunflowers. I think I like the poppies better, but the season is so short for the flowers....

I found a site with Cosmos and on the Interstate Sunflowers. I didn't get out to either of those sites this year, I will try and do better next summer!

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K9 update

If you read the I Have a Notion blog, you already know where this post is going.

Life with Bandit made a left turn last weekend. He now lives with the breeder for some re-education and lessons in manners and will be rehomed to someone that can make him respect a human.

We tried. When we knew things were not going well we reached out to the breeder for some help. We did everything that was asked of us, unfortunately Bandit didn't. The difficulties in one area got so much better, but where it counted it was getting worse. In September I got an accurate weight on Bandit, he weighed in at 90 pounds and still has lots of growing to do weight-wise, not so much in the overall size.

Last weekend things came to a head. Bandit was not having any human bosses... and snapped at me, nearly getting my face and he did connect with my right wrist. It hurt! It was scary.

On Monday he was delivered to the breeder and on Tuesday I was missing him and his energy something terrible. I was also feeling so bad about letting this happen. What signals did we miss? Could we have corrected any of this sooner? Is he doing ok... without us? Was he adjusting? On Wednesday I sent the breeder an email. He called me in the evening... He reassured me that Bandit was responding, but he did not think he would be able to send him back to us. Bandit needs a much stronger hand and we are not capable of controlling or making him behave due to his size and our age. I was crushed. In the next breath he said he still  had a couple of puppies from their last litter available and offered one to us.

I accepted so we will going down this weekend to see it... and maybe bring her home.

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Last of late Summer!

We are finally in winter here... a few stray days that may reach the upper 60's (17-19 C) and nights at the freezing mark or just above. So no more flowers in nature, but I still have a few from warmer days to share.

A few more from my visit to our local Arboretum. A strange marigold, a Monarch butterfly and  a bright zinnia.

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