Back with my babies

Returning from a wonderful road trip vacation , I arrived home to find fall flowers:

Rain-soaked maple leaves:

And the Parade-to-the-Barn-for-Breakfast procession of two donkeys, a llama, two cats and a chicken:

Honey (and her heavy-hiney) always falls to the rear of the line at the steep part of the hill:

Beau has been very generous with his big soft kisses:

Mr. Goldy, the big animal stock tank goldfish, is alive and well:

Roxy is back to her job of leading the goats to pasture:

Though they were totally naughty today en-route when they stopped to chew on the Japanese Maple tree:

Once her goats were safely deposited in the middle pasture with Kai llama, Roxy played attentive farm doggy...:

until she heard a funny noise in the woods and came over to sit close to my leg:

Pete and Reggie let me know how much they missed me by lavishing their special brand of goat-y attention on my knees:

Followed by the taste-testing of my fashionable plaid shirt:

and momentary patient sitting at my feet:

To my delight, I finally have some ripe tomatoes. George has been regularly on-hand to help me pick the ripest ones:

It's really good to be home: