And so it begins

Rainy rain rain

"It was a dark and stormy night...":

...except that it was morning:

And it was time to feed the animals:

Chester celebrated Oregon's return to all-that-is-wet-and-muddy by getting something stuck up his nose:

Poor boy, I can't imagine 1) how he managed to do this and 2) not having an opposable thumb and forefinger to pull it out:

Here, sweetie, use mine:

The concerning thing is, it was quite difficult to remove. I had to pull hard. Now I'm worried that when I pulled, I may not have gotten an embedded part out and it still may be in his nose:

But at least nothing is sticking out of his nose any longer:

(What do you suppose the chances are of him holding completely still while I shine a flashlight up his nose to take a look around?):

We celebrated the pokey-object-in-nose-removal by having breakfast inside. It was just that kind of day:

I was even able to coax Kai under cover:

She's normally an all-weather girl who prefers staying out where she can keep an eye on her property:

George, our barn cat, was so surprised to see her inside, he had to take a (much) closer look:

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But, you know, even though Chester had his issue - and despite it being a torrential downpour for the entire morning- we all had a pretty good day.

See all that straw flowing out of the goat house door? Yup, it was goat house clean-out day today:

My buddies, Scott and Honey, were on-hand to assist:

Reggie was in fine form and made sure he did his part throughout the event, be it scratching his head on the pitchfork I was using or walking ever so slowly in front of the wheelbarrow Scott was trying to push around:

The evening brought a special treat. My man, Jim, went crabbing over the weekend and brought home five Dungeness crab for us:

We ate piles of fresh crab last night and, tonight, a friend of mine offered to share with me his favorite crab cake recipe:

With fresh eggs from my girls, and sweet red pepper and chives from my garden...ohhhh my....

These were so incredibly delicious:

Today turned out so well, we're very curious what tomorrow might have in store for us: