The RunARound Ranch Report

Good Fences #140 - The Final

2016-11-23T14:30:00.000-06:00

*I am opening the link early to make it easier for U.S. folks to join in before family Thanksgiving feasts on Thursday*

Home...where the heart is...and the hay bales. :)

On this U.S. Thanksgiving Day, I am grateful to everyone who has participated in Good Fences, and for your faithful visits and comments - even those silent visits. Your friendship, your loyalty has been astounding. I wish blessings for each and every one of you.

As I announced last week, this is the last Good Fences link-in. ~~No one has volunteered to take it over. Perhaps after the holidays someone will feel ready to host a fence photo link-up...~~ Gosia at Looking for Identity has commented she would be willing to host, so check out her site in the future!

Find joy and beauty in each day. Be kind to one another. Be well. Fare well.

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good. -Helen Keller

One last time, here's the link-up.

1. Link in a post featuring a photo or photos of fences or gates.

2. Link back to Run*A*Round Ranch Report in your post or use the badge code to display the Good Fences button in your post that automatically links back here.

3. If time allows, please visit some of the other participants and comment on their shared posts.

THANK YOU - FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART!!!

Announcement

2016-11-19T09:32:00.000-06:00

This next week's Good Fences link-in will be my last. I've wanted to take a blog break for a while now, but I've hung in there to keep Good Fences going. I am hopeful someone will want to take over a Fence Photo link-in. If so, leave me a comment and I'll be happy to share your blog address here so folks can find you in the future.

I've been blogging for over 6 1/2 years. Time to step back and let my on-line presence fade. Blogging has been my only social media, and I've met some of the kindest, warmest souls here. You share your talents, humor, opinions, skills, beauty, stories, joys, sorrows and hearts. It has been a true pleasure sharing your Blogland neighborhood.

I'll see you on Thursday, and then I'll just say, "See you A*Round." -TexWisGirl

Good Fences #139

2016-11-17T05:30:00.000-06:00

A few ways to 'dress up' an entrance...

1. Erect new fencing to frame your driveway,

adding some personal adornments (wheel, horseshoe, mail slot, "Pettigrew" family name sign, wooden duck, etc.)

2. Paint the old fencing - paint it bright!

3. Keep that bright paint idea and add some personal adornments for whatever season you're in,

in this case, it was autumn and Halloween.

These three places are all on one road within a mile of each other.

Here's the link-up.

1. Link in a post featuring a photo or photos of fences or gates.

2. Link back to Run*A*Round Ranch Report in your post or use the badge code to display the Good Fences button in your post that automatically links back here.

3. If time allows, please visit some of the other participants and comment on their shared posts.

Thank you!

Good Fences #138

2016-11-10T05:30:00.000-06:00

A nice looking place.

Thank you to all Veterans. God bless America.

Here's the link-up.

1. Link in a post featuring a photo or photos of fences or gates.

2. Link back to Run*A*Round Ranch Report in your post or use the badge code to display the Good Fences button in your post that automatically links back here.

3. If time allows, please visit some of the other participants and comment on their shared posts.

Thank you!

A Bit of a Photo Dump

2016-11-06T08:22:00.001-06:00

Miscellaneous photos, just because...

Fog sneaking over the back pasture in June.

Tiny parasol mushrooms - showing how much rain we received this year.

The trumpet vines over the metal gazebo loved the rains.

The pond filled for the first time in years.

Yes, those are Whistlers out there.

A neighbor's hog kept 'visiting' to eat the scratch feed I put out for the ducks.

They finally fixed their fence after I threatened to have it trapped and hauled off.

A beautiful sky on the way home from work one September day.

A beautiful sky on the way in to work one September morning

Complete with a Sun Dog spot.

By September, the summer weather had the pond receding, again.

Leaving pond fences exposed and "Longhorn" tree limbs balanced on them.

Or just creating neat reflection patterns.

With a little cooler temps in October, it was time to enjoy walks on the driveway, again.
(That tiny white spot in the center of the driveway is Thelma Jean doing her Run*A*Round walkabout)

And the last of the day's light shared with Gemilyn (the white spot in the back pasture)

Early morning...

or evening...October's skies changing.

Leading to cooler November mornings with fog across the driveway lit by my headlights.

The Earth keeps spinning.

I try to stay in step with the seasons.

And truly enjoy the beauty here at home.

Good Fences #137

2016-11-03T05:30:00.000-05:00

The pair of spotted donkeys down on the corner had a little one recently.

Pretty darn adorable...

Here's the link-up.

1. Link in a post featuring a photo or photos of fences or gates.

2. Link back to Run*A*Round Ranch Report in your post or use the badge code to display the Good Fences button in your post that automatically links back here.

3. If time allows, please visit some of the other participants and comment on their shared posts.

Thank you!

Good Fences #136

2016-10-27T05:30:00.000-05:00

A nearby place likes to mix whimsical, spooky and funny for Halloween...

Bats, skeletons, a cemetery, hanging mummy, ghosts, pumpkins, and candy corn.

Some of the tombstones read: M.I. Dead, Real E. Olde, Myra Manes, C. Yalater, Bo Nee, Yule B. Next
Note the skeleton fellow sitting on the commode back there.

My favorite grouping - the two fellows celebrating with refreshing beverages and skeleton dog chasing skeleton man.

Here's the link-up!

1. Link in a post featuring a photo or photos of fences or gates.

2. Link back to Run*A*Round Ranch Report in your post or use the badge code to display the Good Fences button in your post that automatically links back here.

3. If time allows, please visit some of the other participants and comment on their shared posts.

Thank you!

Good Fences #135

2016-10-20T05:30:00.000-05:00

Wagon wheels are always a good choice to dress up an entrance...

or fence...

Here's the link-up!

1. Link in a post featuring a photo or photos of fences or gates.

2. Link back to Run*A*Round Ranch Report in your post or use the badge code to display the Good Fences button in your post that automatically links back here.

3. If time allows, please visit some of the other participants and comment on their shared posts.

Thank you!

Touching

2016-10-15T08:29:00.000-05:00

As a four-dog household, I am grateful they get along so well.

Thelma and BB - sisters by adoption

Thelma and Louise - sisters by blood

Thelma, Baron, Louise - playing 'connect the dogs'

Baron and BB - siblings by adoption - eating kibble off the tile floor

Such sweetness

And one of my favorite photos of them - they're not touching, but it touches my heart so and reminds me to look forward, no matter what.

Linking to Saturday's Critters

Good Fences #134

2016-10-13T05:30:00.000-05:00

One day at the end of August, I chased a rainbow on the way home from work.

I stopped to see the Longhorn couple before heading around the corner to home.

Here's the link-up.

1. Link in a post featuring a photo or photos of fences or gates.

2. Link back to Run*A*Round Ranch Report in your post or use the badge code to display the Good Fences button in your post that automatically links back here.

3. If time allows, please visit some of the other participants and comment on their shared posts.

Thank you!

A Few Autumn Critters

2016-10-08T12:03:00.001-05:00

A turtle making its getaway into the pond after coming ashore to grab scratch feed scattered along the edge. He or she had actually grabbed a large horse feed pellet in its mouth before hastily departing. (I wasn't quick enough with my cell phone.)

A few Whistlers along the fence in the background.

Daddy Long-Legs or as I've learned it is called in Europe, the Harvester Spider.

It's leg span was far larger than my hand.

Farm Girl always asks about the Walking Sticks. Yes, they're here for fall.

Such fascinating creatures.

A Tree Frog clung to the house early one morning.

Adorable webby feet and sticky toes. :)

Another sure sign of autumn, Red Spider Lilies (Licoris Radiata.)

And my four pups, enjoying the wonderful fall weather.

Linking to Saturday's Critters

Good Fences #133

2016-10-06T05:30:00.000-05:00

A few of the neighbors on the move.

White mule and bay horse among the Snow-On-The-Prairie blooms and Mesquite trees.

Following the Paint.

Here's the link-up.

1. Link in a post featuring a photo or photos of fences or gates.

2. Link back to Run*A*Round Ranch Report in your post or use the badge code to display the Good Fences button in your post that automatically links back here.

3. If time allows, please visit some of the other participants and comment on their shared posts.

Thank you!

Good Fences #132

2016-09-29T05:30:00.000-05:00

An estate in town that has a wide, sweeping lawn

with grand trees and a wonderful, old, iron fence

and a wonderfully-framed old gate.

(A lousy zoom and crop in an attempt to show some detail, but at least it caught the rocking chair on the front porch). :)

Here's the link-up.

1. Link in a post featuring a photo or photos of fences or gates.

2. Link back to Run*A*Round Ranch Report in your post or use the badge code to display the Good Fences button in your post that automatically links back here.

3. If time allows, please visit some of the other participants and comment on their shared posts.

Thank you!

Skinny Chicken

2016-09-24T10:01:00.001-05:00

Yes, the Skinny Chickens (aka Greater Roadrunners) are still around. Here's a goofy one peeking into the sliding glass doors from the deck.

I approached with my cell phone, expecting him to bolt.

Instead, he stayed and gawked around.

Such a fine tail.

A bit of preening for the camera.

One more fluff.

Then back to gawking.

Goofy bird.

Yes, all these were shot with my cell phone. A quick video of him primping...

And if you thought he didn't know I was on the other side of the glass, here's a bit to show you he saw me.

Linking to Saturday's Critters and The Bird D'Pot

Good Fences #131

2016-09-22T05:30:00.000-05:00

Enjoying the view.

Here's the link-up.

1. Link in a post featuring a photo or photos of fences or gates.

2. Link back to Run*A*Round Ranch Report in your post or use the badge code to display the Good Fences button in your post that automatically links back here.

3. If time allows, please visit some of the other participants and comment on their shared posts.

Thank you!

Good Fences #130

2016-09-15T05:30:00.000-05:00

I stopped one morning to say hello to the neighborhood llama.

Here's the link-up.

1. Link in a post featuring a photo or photos of fences or gates.

2. Link back to Run*A*Round Ranch Report in your post or use the badge code to display the Good Fences button in your post that automatically links back here.

3. If time allows, please visit some of the other participants and comment on their shared posts.

Thank you!

Home Skies

2016-09-11T12:07:00.002-05:00

In all seasons.

Linking to SkyWatch

Good Fences #129

2016-09-08T05:30:00.000-05:00

I found this rather forlorn 'leftover' gate standing along a country road.

There was no fence, no driveway, just overgrown field.

"FI RANCHITO"

It must have been a grand entrance at some point in the past.

Here's the link-up.

1. Link in a post featuring a photo or photos of fences or gates.

2. Link back to Run*A*Round Ranch Report in your post or use the badge code to display the Good Fences button in your post that automatically links back here.

3. If time allows, please visit some of the other participants and comment on their shared posts.

Thank you!

My World At My Feet

2016-09-05T16:45:00.004-05:00

During a bad thunderstorm they come to Mom.

Greeting the day while Mom has coffee on the porch.

I got up to take a photo of my Lantana blooms...

but my pups made a much prettier picture.

My guardians. My pack. My babies.

Good Fences #128

2016-09-01T05:30:00.000-05:00

Some recent thunderheads forming near Run*A*Round...

Don't worry, the fences held them back. ;)

Here's the link-up.

1. Link in a post featuring a photo or photos of fences or gates.

2. Link back to Run*A*Round Ranch Report in your post or use the badge code to display the Good Fences button in your post that automatically links back here.

3. If time allows, please visit some of the other participants and comment on their shared posts.

Thank you!

Good Fences #127

2016-08-25T05:30:00.000-05:00

Just a view of "my" Texas on the way home.

Here's the link-up.

1. Link in a post featuring a photo or photos of fences or gates.

2. Link back to Run*A*Round Ranch Report in your post or use the badge code to display the Good Fences button in your post that automatically links back here.

3. If time allows, please visit some of the other participants and comment on their shared posts.

Thank you!

Grandam of Toads

2016-08-20T07:26:00.005-05:00

Back in March, I posted about this amazing toad. I saw her again this month, resting overnight in the pan of water I keep under the dryer vent (in hot, dry weather, the toads love having their own night spa.)

When I saw her a second night, I took the chance to hold her for a moment.

She was squiggling to get away.

I quickly set her down to resume life.

She is a marvel.
Linking to Saturday's Critters

Good Fences #126

2016-08-18T05:30:00.000-05:00

Caught in the act, a juvenile attempting trespass into a neighboring pasture...The suspect had already been half-way through and started backing up by the time I got a photo.

"Who me?! I wasn't doing anything!"

Here's the link-up.

1. Link in a post featuring a photo or photos of fences or gates.

2. Link back to Run*A*Round Ranch Report in your post or use the badge code to display the Good Fences button in your post that automatically links back here.

3. If time allows, please visit some of the other participants and comment on their shared posts.

Thank you!

Good Fences #125

2016-08-11T05:30:00.000-05:00

I grew up calling these metal structures 'pole buildings'. Here is one that was built specifically to be a residence.

Of course they have a ranch gate. :)

Here's the link-up.

1. Link in a post featuring a photo or photos of fences or gates.

2. Link back to Run*A*Round Ranch Report in your post or use the badge code to display the Good Fences button in your post that automatically links back here.

3. If time allows, please visit some of the other participants and comment on their shared posts.

Thank you!

Good Fences #124

2016-08-04T05:30:00.000-05:00

Down the road and around the curve, I've shared this gate before, but this is the first time I've seen horses grazing in the front paddock.

Double SS Arena

Here's the link-up.

1. Link in a post featuring a photo or photos of fences or gates.

2. Link back to Run*A*Round Ranch Report in your post or use the badge code to display the Good Fences button in your post that automatically links back here.

3. If time allows, please visit some of the other participants and comment on their shared posts.

Thank you!

The Run*A*Round Ranch Report

Good Fences #140 - The Final

Announcement

Good Fences #139

Good Fences #138

A Bit of a Photo Dump

Good Fences #137

Good Fences #136

Good Fences #135

Touching

Good Fences #134

A Few Autumn Critters

Good Fences #133

Good Fences #132

Skinny Chicken

Good Fences #131

Good Fences #130

Home Skies

Good Fences #129

My World At My Feet

Good Fences #128

Good Fences #127

Grandam of Toads

Good Fences #126

Good Fences #125

Good Fences #124

The RunARound Ranch Report