Last Saturday, I got really excited when I woke up to snow falling. In all of the years that we've done Christmas pictures with the horses, we've never had fresh snow on the ground.
However, Colorado was being Colorado, and within hours the snow was gone. Sunday, the day we chose to take our pictures, was gorgeous, bluebird sky, 50+ degrees, no wind. Absolutely perfect day for taking pictures, except for the lack of snow.
I crocheted the horses Christmas hats a couple of years ago, but Miss Pearl and Copper kept shaking theirs off, so this year, I added strings to tie them under their throats. Those strings were magic - suddenly the horses thought the hats were part of their halters and weren't bothered in the least. Goofy horses.
I went on a Christmas hat crocheting binge this year, and made hats for all the cats in the family, then thought, why not?, and made one for Mary Kathryn, the hen.
Before the chaos of the horses started, we began picture taking with Mary Kathryn. She did not approve.
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| L.E. and Mary Kathryn |
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| She's the only hen I like and will touch. It helps that she comes running to me when she sees me. (I'm not special, she loves all humans.) |
During our dress rehearsal a couple of weeks ago, she kept shaking it off, so I added a string to tie it under her 'chin' and behind her head thinking that would work. I had a plan - I was going to have L.E. put her down under the arch and get cute pictures while Mary Kathryn ran to me.
Here's the thing: Mary Kathryn has survived bobcat and hawk attacks. I don't know why I thought she wouldn't be able to outsmart the hat.
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| L.E. put her down, and Mary Kathryn said, "no, thank you". |
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| Hen: 1, Humans: 0 |
Well, at least it was funny (to us, MK is still mad at me). The horses were next, and things went much better with them.
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| Copper just adores hims daddy. |
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| Skeeter is a mare, adoration isn't in her vocabulary. |
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| The 'kids' look like teenagers dragged to an event they don't want to go :D |
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| L.E. and Miss Pearl (who does not believe in posing under the arch). |
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| L.E. and Fred the Farm Dog |
6 comments:
That’s pretty hilarious with Mary Kathryn! What a hen! Merry Christmas to you all !
Merry Christmas! Gotta give you an A for effort with MK! Silly hen....
The horse hats are cute
How Jolly....and the chicken hat is precious. Even if she doesn't like it! Hope your Christmas was as Merry as it was bright.
That hen is the best! She was mostly a good sport about the hat, even though I could feel her rolling her eyes at me.
Thanks, and Merry Christmas to you and your crew!
Too bad MK didn't think the hat was precious, lol. She's a great hen. I hope you had a Merry Christmas as well.
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