Spike

We have been at the tail end of our quarterly pest treatment.  The weather has been cool to cold and very dry.  So the scorpions have been attempting to take over the house.  A couple nights ago, I killed 14 in a few hours.  I found this guy in my bathtub.  Pretty nasty!!

 
Before the pest guy came, I was lucky to fine this rascal who I named Spike.  I wanted him to make sure he understood these were the beasts that were attempting to take over my house.  Spike met his maker shortly after this picture was taken.

We got sprayed and dusted.  I am confident that I won the battle, but the war goes on...

Fall

Fall is one of my favorite times of year.  Really, I just love any season but summer!  We have a number of "baby" trees including our red oaks.  They are spectacular this year due to our early hard freeze and dry weather.

The cedar elms are trying to be as beautiful, but fall short.  On the other hand, there are many more of them than the oaks. 

I love the color and the temperatures in the 60s and 70s.  Happy fall!!!

Updates

Raquel has rejoined the herd.  Though not perfect, she is now able to keep up with the girls and is happy to have adult cow conversations again.

 
                                The girls enjoying some afternoon rest and contemplation. 

Raquel

The heifers and our one steer received their final shots this week.  They can't be sold or slaughtered now for sixty days.  We are hopeful they will have new owners at the end of this period.  The four heifers have a bright future raising their own babies.

Finally summer seems to have given way to fall.  Tho the pictures below look like winter snow, it is just a very heavy frost from a couple of mornings ago.  The temperature was 25 degrees!  Ah, the best time of year!

If I had put out a pumpkin, there would have been frost on it!  Happy fall!!!!