The Stargazing Pie

I know I stated this before, but here again is the namesake of my blog. Stargazing Pie. Pie for short. He was cute. And here is his adorable friend Cosmo. Cosmo was a girl, oddly enough. Cosmo Genevieve Tips, daughter of old Beulah Tips. Cosmo in the middle.

So this song is lovely... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntBmgvCVWKQ

Hello, all! (That is, if anyone ever checks this blog anymore.) It being shortly after Thanksgiving, I have consumed a great deal of pie lately.   :) Also, Mama Honrath just made another pie today! Hurrah! Just a few updates: Ann's beloved sister Rachel is married! She and her husband Joe tied the knot in June.   :) It was a fabulous wedding. The other siblings are all well and happy, too! Ann, Madge, Orchid, Margaret, Freya, Cricket, the others, and I will all be taking the ACT a week from this Saturday!   O_O   Wish us luck! We have so many cats. So, so many. But we have lost some sheep.   :( Many chickens and few eggs combine to make Mama Honrath less than happy. Our dearly Beloved Ginger Hoss moved to my eldest brother's place this past Summer.   :( It is cold. I do not like cold. Buddy dog is getting old and arthritic. Poor puppy. The assorted birds living in the haymow make pleasant music. On the subject of music, Jazz is a delight ...

Rest in Peace, Alan Rickman... Thank you for making me love Colonel Brandon. Love, Ann

Merry Christmas Eve!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) And, in case I don't post tomorrow, (I probably won't, but who knows) Merry, Merry Christmas to all!!!!!!!!!!     :) Love, Me

A Poem for a Winter Night! Love Poem of a Winter Night White fog. Billowing curtains of dreamlike mist. Kittens pace the shimmering ice. Be still, my loved one. Still. Horses nibble tattered coats. An old dog calmly guards. Chickens purr their last goodnight to moon and sky and stars. Oh rest, beloved. Rest. A coyote yaps shrill disbelief. The stars patrol the sky. Calmly we go walking by and listen as he wails his grief. We're safe, my dear one. Safe. Two hay bales sit and silently Make charts of distant skies. Dim trees and breezes whisper mumbled stories, sob, and cry. It's dark my darling. Dark. Old fields and furrows 'neath the snow, wet grass and last year's mud, are greeting us as we two go, strolling silent by. Old friends, my sweet. Old friends. A quiet wind caresses faces, hands, and silky hair. A touch of frost, a breath of cold, Winter's waiting near. So cold, my h...

A Poe-ish Mood. Deep into that darkness  peering, long I stood there,  wondering, fearing, doubting,  dreaming dreams no mortal  ever dared to dream before. Edgar Allan Poe I became insane, with long  intervals of horrible sanity. Edgar Allan Poe I wish I could write as  mysterious as a cat. Edgar Allan Poe Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/edgar_allan_poe.html#e5kdmoI2TEYgFGPr.99 P. S. Eat Pie! Love, Valerie

Beeeeeeeedo-beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeedo-beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeedo! Robert's graduation party was this past Saturday night! And the Baccalaureate Mass on Sunday! What a fun and busy weekend! (Really, really busy. But fun!) We had family over for a few days and still have Rayanne and Uncle Allan. :D Also, one hen has three chicks, one has eight chicks, and another just hatched out ELEVEN! Craaaaaazy! And cute! Very, very, very cute and tiny and otherwise perfect! And... One of our cats (Agnes) has three babies, Eddie, Ronnie, and Fay. Priscilla (my cat) has three kittens that we think are girls but have no names as of yet. Happy (cat) has one baby. Aaaaaand, it's is sunny and breezy and Drama Camp started today! My family is exhausted... Au Revoir! (If that is how it is spelled)

Greetings, everyone! Valerie and I have not posted in months! By the way, I'm Madge. Madge Rainwood. Pleased to make your acquaintance through this strange medium! :) It has been rainy lately... and breezy... "breezy" is a fabulous word, eh? There are currently three bantam chicks in the hog house! And more to come, as a brooding hen has silently told us. And an unknown number of kittens are here somewhere! (What fabulous hide-and-seek players cats are!) Uncle Allan and brother Johnny spent the weekend! Valerie's (and my) brother Bob went to the hospital on Sunday night! His left eye was feeling funny, he said, and was slightly painful. It looked awful! A local doctor thought the eye was punctured, so, Bob, Mum, Mama Scott, and Uncle Allan went to Rochester, MN. Johnny had already gone back to his regular lodgings. They arrived there at three a.m. (Bob went in the ambulance). There was absolutely nothing wrong with his eye! Praise the Lord! :) It was ...

One year Later... Eternal rest grant unto him, oh Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. Love you.

A Dusty Harvest fills the air; The Roaring Whir of Combines. And Wind is wafting Bits of Chaff, From Wagons filled with Gold.

Hey y'all! If anyone ever checks this I apologize for not posting in a looong time! Life goes on!  Today Bob and I rode horse around our section, we hadn't done that in way too long! It was enjoyable and good for us all. We met a few vehicular-contrivances on the road, of course, and those that passed us slowed down. God Bless Them! God bless everyone, of course, but they made us particularly happy! The people and others (including those who didn't slow down, ehem!) prompted me to post this on Google+ Here is the post! Please show this to family and friends!  Thanks, A. H. (The Post)    Today: What makes me me happy is when people are considerate enough to slow down when I'm on an equestrian road jaunt. It isn't hard to gently ease one's speed down. Really. And it makes the horse riders very happy and grateful, not to mention the horses. No matter how well trained a horse is, if a rock zings away from one of the tires and hits it, the horse will be hur...

Hello Again!  It's been very, VERY  windy today! Here are some pictures Mom took of our turkeys a while back. Glad it's warming up again! :) A. H.                                       

Hello again! Apologies for lack of posts, I could say that I have done a few other things. :) Here are my photos!!!!! Pie and all the other lambs have gone to market. Just this morning it was. Lucinda Duck                                                           The Outlaw Chickens and Lucinda                                                                          Random Lamb                                                                         Once...