Feels Like Fall

The feel of Fall was in the air today. Cool breeze, the dampness with a warm afternoon sun with a crispness in the air. The collies loved it running around and having one of their most active days in a while.  They are starting to shake the down mood that has been here at the Meadow since the loss of Smoke.  It will take at least 6 months for this to work itself out but it will.

The collies played hard and long with lots of running and barking, chasing squirrels, battling the train and one huge melee wrestling match that left me wondering what that was all about.

-Wheee!!!

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Spent some time working on Molly cleaning up the distributor today, but it didn’t help much so tomorrow I will get to the points.  Cleaned the garage so we can be ready for winter….and took Annie out for a spin.  Today was interesting for lots of ppl were waving from their yards, others beeping as they drove by. I think they are starting to recognize the big old tractor. One neighbor said she can tell when the Case is coming for she has a sound of her own. 🙂   By next weeken high temps are supposed to struggle to reach 60…. could a early winter be on its way?   We shall see…

 

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A Nice Day

Today I got to spend some much needed time in the hammock after doing more planting, watering and weeding, painting a few tractor parts and touching some up.  As usual we had our 10 minute battle over who gets the hammock with lil Hallie and I fending off all endeavors to steal the hammock from me.  That finally solved the train roared past and the collies chased it away, strutting proudly once it had rolled away knowing they had put the fear of God into it.

Then, just as peace and quiet ruled, the squirrel arrived!  For the next half hour the collies looked up at and cursed at the chicken squirrel who would not come down.  Then, once that was over a flutterby got chased for about another half hour.  Ginger watched the Hawk circle above us, the garden Robin paid us a visit and hopped around one step in front of the younger collies who tried hard to catch her.

Finally, they took a nap for about ten minutes as I lay there enjoying the quiet.  Then, Ginger and Rutherford tried another attack to get the hammock but I won that round also.  But, I can see they are scheming and plotting so I am sure a new trick will be pulled soon….

 

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Kill the Butterfly!!!

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Come down here you stinking squirrel and quit being a chicken….

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Has anyone ever had Hawk Fricasee and Grits?

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Stay away from the  Hammock, it is Dads!!!

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-Here comes that stinky train… time to show it who is boss!

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Come here little Robin.. all I want is a sniff…..

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Plot? Plot? What plot?  Rutherford, pull your jaw up.. you have to play dumb.. remember?

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Gearing Up!

Dad spent Thursday touching up paint, working on taking excessive paint bleed off accessories and tires and then today he will make sure the fluids are all full and the gas is up enough to do the parade and have some left over.

He played with us and we mauled him in the hammock!  Ginger led a riot in the yard, then a chase and Lad and Walter chased their balls while Rutherford played with his sticks and led the charge against the squirrels. Lil Hallie was cute and ran to dad and led a couple of squirrel charges herself. Branwen chased her bat with Skylight and Ellie following along behind making racket while Smoke looked on is disdain….

 

We chased the train away, had several charges across the yard at make believe enemies as Ginger plotted how to attach thumbs and then tried something new. She saw dad working on the tractor and he spit out some dirt and she tried it.. so far its not going so well… but she keeps trying.. for she says if she has thumbs and can spit she will be more advanced than 90% of humanity……

 

-Annie is looking forward to showing off on Saturday and to the road trip…..  dad is a bit nervous we think …..  why we are not sure…

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– remember, its red!  ahem….

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-once I get this spitting thing down I will spit on that darn tractor….. now to get back to experimenting with implanting thumbs on my paws…..

 

 

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Ginger Has A Plan….

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Hear it?  It is coming… its coming!!!

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Grab your stuff and get ready!!!! Here it comes!!!!

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Wave your toys and bark as zee train goes by!!! (If you look you will see the side of the train!) This is usually followed by all the collies running towards each other in a big circle and colliding in a barking, howling swirling mass of collies who frolic across the yard for the next five minutes cheering that they chased the train away.  Unfortunately, as I was taking these pictures someone came out the back door and they ran to go in! LOL….  Timing is everything!

We will try to get pictures tomorrow of this to show you…. 🙂
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You know guys, using my calculations and the law of physics E=MC2 I figure if we remove a few spikes and a couple of those ties on the curve we could send it propelling into the meadow out back and have ourselves a new toy….. muwahahahahahaha

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Um, somehow I get the feeling we need to tell dad to stop her…. I can see her on top of it yelling like Tarzan till Dad gets a hold of her….  Dad!!! Hey Dad…..

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You Gonna Die!!!

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The Train! The Train!!!!!

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It’s coming!  It’s coming!!!     Lad; ” Ball, Ball, Ball…”

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Get ready! I see the light.. you are gonna die Trainy!!!

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Time to die Trainy!!!  We got you now!!!  Charge!!!

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Come off those tracks you chicken!  We will rip you a new $@%#$!@@!!!

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Yeah, you had better run!!! You big chicken… we not scared of you you horn blowing scaredy train!!!!

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And dont come back!!!  Next time I will come over the fence and show you not to breathe my air!!!!!!!!  Um dad, is it bad if I knocked one of its wheels off?  Um… maybe we better quickly go in?  Ooooooops…..

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I Tried for a Train Ride

I Ginger have had enough…. it has been in single digits all week here and I am sick of the cold. I want to go on vacation to the state Georgee where it is warm!  My mommy and daddy live there and Glendale Farm Collies is a wonderful collie heaven!  So, I have been waiting all day for the train.  Then, it happened!  The whistle and you could hear the train a-coming.

I ran to the fence and the old guy laughed.  “No escaping the Meadow” he laughed.  Well, we shall see old guy. I am getting free from Stalag The Meadow!!!  No land mines, barbed wire or machine gun nests are gonna stop me!  What?  Yeah, tell those lies old guy… deny they exist.  Our readers know better!

By the way, I want everyone who reads this blog to know what I see when I look at the old guy:

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Thats right… for those who remember…. he reminds me of Colonel Klink of Stalag 13 from Hogan’s Heroes.  Thats on a good day!  A really good day….

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On a bad day he reminds me of this guy:

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Thats right… Sgt. Schultz.. he knows just about as much too…NOTHING!! Muwahahaha

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Okay, time to set the tone with the music…..

Okay,  now I saw this thing on TV… hitchhiking.  I was going to try it but realized once I again I have no thumb.  So, instead I painted one and here comes the train and I am holding up my paw with the thumb painted on….. hmmmm… the train didn’t stop…. so here is my other sign Trainee…

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There! Take that trainee!  What Klink…. er Old Guy?  You think this is funny… well here look at my sign too…….

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Oh, so now I get another 5 minutes out here in the cooler?  Good, more time for me to lay doggie land mines by the back door… Muwahahahahah…. uh…. why are you holding my middle finger sign up to me?  You wait old guy…. I will get to the state of Georgee and I will get my revenge… MUWAHAHAHAH

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Some Fun Things I Enjoy…..

There are lots of things I enjoy and I thought I would share a few of them here with you…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaNS3r95hJE    -My Collies, I love them to death, even when they wipe me out like they did here…

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9uOswsUgfU  -Another thing I enjoy are trains, except I like Steam!!!  If you watch closely as this train goes by I swear you can see Ginger grinning as she storms south back to Georgee…-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOodsXjLbgk  -As many of my long time readers know I love old tractors and have three of them… this video was made when it was really cold, the high that day was 14 degrees.  As you can see I am bundled up and my hair and beard is long since it helps keep me warm…. my tractor has since been restored and you can check it out at my other blog called MY OLD ALLIS…

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWLXG_RqBCU  -47 years ago my parents took me on my frist vacation trip and since like every little boy at that time I loved the old west and cowboys and indians. Well, we didnt goe west, we went North to Fort Michilimackinac which was at first a old French Fur Trading Fort  which was taken over by the British.  During Pontiac’s uprising in 1763 the Native Americans on the King’s Birthday played Lacrosse.  They hit the ball into the Fort and as they chased it into the Fort the women opened their blankets and the warriors grabbed their weapons and killed most of the British garrison, capturing the Fort.  The Fort was in its early stages of reconstruction then and I have watched it be reubilt for these 47 years.  It is one of my favorite places to visit. Standing in the Fort you can see Mackinaw Island, St. Ignace and the world’s largest Suspension Bridge, the Mackinaw Bridge.  It is beautiful there and if you camp at night along the lakes (To the left of the Bridge is Lake Michigan and to the right is Lake Huron the stars are fantastic and you can sometimes hear the Native American ghosts dancing…

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4T3g4gGqHQ  -As many of you know I love the Beautiful Game!  Footy!!!  My favorite team?  Well, the video says it all… I have been known to cheer loudly when they score and the collies join in with their mayhem…

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ps5bGNuzts  -As many of you know I love old cars.. especially old Fords….. and of course I like country music…. 🙂

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiRpUtVByxU  -I also love God…. this is my favorite Christian hymn by the man who I deeply admire and the branch of the church I go to has his name even….  but unlike many for me the reformation is over, many of my best friends are Catholics and I love to learn theology of every denomination…. but on Sunday when this song plays I get goosebumps….

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Of course I love to read and my Kindle is approaching 500 books with my personal library having over 5,000 books!  But, my favorite author of them all is-

Albert Payson Terhune and his books about his collies are the best! –

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Of course you know how much I love these babies of mine…..  so that is a bit about me….

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Yes, The Old Guy Lost His Mind…..

Here it comes!! The Train!!!! The collies were lined up and ready and as it came by they went on the offensive barking and challenging it at the fence!  As I stood there I thought.. what the heck I will join in on the fun!  Instead of yelling at the train and shaking my fist which the collies seem to love I joined in howling and barking….

What great fun!  After a minute I realized I was the only one carrying on so I turned and there they all were.. standing in a line behind the tree looking at me like I was out of my mind…

Um…. someone should call the men in the white suits.. he’s finally lost his mind….

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HERE IT COMES!!!!!! WAR!!!!!

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The Train! The Train!!!!!

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It’s coming!  It’s coming!!!     Lad; ” Ball, Ball, Ball…”

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Get ready! I see the light.. you are gonna die Trainy!!!

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Time to die Trainy!!!  We got you now!!!  Charge!!!

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Come off those tracks you chicken!  We will rip you a new $@%#$!@@!!!

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Yeah, you had better run!!! You big chicken… we not scared of you you horn blowing scaredy train!!!!

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And dont come back!!!  Next time I will come over the fence and show you not to breathe my air!!!!!!!!  Um dad, is it bad if I knocked one of its wheels off?  Um… maybe we better quickly go in?  Ooooooops…..

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HERE IT COMES!!!!!!!!!

I finally was able to get some more pictures as the train went by.  Of course, the collies being who they are decided since I had the camera they would react differently from usual as it goes by.. sigh…. usually the run along the fence barking and jumping and threatening the train as it roars by.. today as you can see they were interested more in what I was doing… but here it is…

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The train!! The Trains.. get ready everyone!! Woo hoo!!!  Branwen; I got my bat!!!!

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Its coming dad! Its coming!!!

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Dad, everyone else ran to the other end… however, I Smoke am not afraid!!!

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You get out here train…..go away! NOW!!!

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You had better keep running train!!!!

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Kill the Train! Kill the Train!!!  Kill the Train!!!

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I knew with my Bat it would run away!!! I Branwen rule!!!  *Does her best Tarzan yell!*

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