We hadn’t seen the llama for a while when we went to visit Mom at the ranch. Yesterday upon Mom’s return to the ranch, the llama was grazing in the pasture, still showing signs of having been rained upon earlier in the day. Click on the image to enlarge.
Bay Bay gets in the tub after our long morning walk when the weather is hot, but the Mama puts me in there. She rubs me with the water to cool me down. Then I get out and shake off the water before running into the cool house. Click on me to make me bigger.
A black butterfly lit on my red bird of paradise in the courtyard this morning. I love the red birds not only for their vivid colors, but that they attract butterflies and hummingbirds. Click on the image to enlarge.
We saw this unusual quail on the courtyard wall. The curious thing is that Gambel’s quail generally have only a single topknot feather. This guy has two. I bet he gets a lot of dates with the hens with his “special” attribute. Click on the image to enlarge.
Even on rainy days, Cabela and I keep watch out the front window. We bark if we see something that doesn’t belong there. We sometimes bark when there is something that does belong there. Click on the image to make us big.
When the dogs visit the patio, Beethoven jumps up on the spa and watches for desert critters like cottontails and jackrabbits so he can protect us from them by barking them away. Cabela, on the other hand, looks for bugs or lizards that may have crept into the patio. At the end of the video, she gets interested in the birds on Verna’s feeders. Click on the > to play the video.
