New fridge and new tires, too

 We got the borrowed fridge moved over this morning to make room for our new one. Lowes delivered it today.

 Here it is, all set up and ice maker running. I really missed having an icemaker. We switched the door hinges and handles so that it swings open to the left. That will be better for this kitchen setup.

 Heather's bad old (bald) tires. They have been on the truck since the early '90's. She really got every mile out of them.

 The nice new ones. I put them on the back and moved the rears up to the front.

 They replaced the baldies on the front. The tread was still good on these snows and they will make good fronts.

We taught Yogi to drink his milk from a bucket. Where food is concerned, he is a quick learner.

Moving Harvey and Southern Lights

 Lisa decided to call him Harvey. He went to his new home this morning. It was getting very crowded in our little barn, and he'll have more room now.

 We went to the Southern Lights display at the horse park with Lisa and Jim tonight. It was a beautiful display.

There were a lot of very elaborate displays and a quite a few with animation. It made for a very pleasant evening.

More cattle

 I hooked the truck and trailer up yesterday so I could get an earlier start. As it turns out, I was there over an hour ahead. It wasn't as far away as I thought it was.

 This is the extremely narrow road going in the the farm. I'm glad the farmer was kind enough to meet me out on the main road and lead me in. I never would have found the place.

These are the newest "Larrys" for our freezer in a few years. One holstein and two more jerseys. They haven't been named yet. Any suggestions?

Wire and a rabbit box

 We are getting started putting a strand of barbed wire up around the front of our pasture.

 The side is anchored and pulled tight, ready for the stapling to begin.

 We ran a strand all the way around the front of the pasture. As you can see, Tessa is hard on the wire. Hopefully, this will keep her from leaning on it and pushing it down.

 Then it was on to the bunny box. Heather drew it and I cut it out for her.

The box  mostly assembled. It's for one of the red New Zealands.

Thanksgiving dinner at the Warner's

 Lisa is finishing up the deviled eggs. She used the banty eggs for this, so they were bite sized.

 The turkey was perfect. It looked good and tasted even better.

 We all enjoyed the meal and the company. It was a wonderful afternoon and evening.

There were some leftovers, too. They will be lunch a couple of times. Yumm!

PRETZELS

 This is sight that is not seen very often.... Heather cooking. She does a fine job rolling the dough out.

 Heather and Lynne twisting the pretzel dough so it will look like a regular pretzel.

The first batch coming out of the oven and the next bunch is ready to go in. They taste as good as they look.

Halloween riding

 Heather and Marianne rounded up the horses and walked them over to the yard to be saddled up for the ride.

 Boo got her first ride on a 4-wheeler as we followed them around the field taking pictures. We made sure we didn't get TOO close. Neither horse is afraid of the wheeler, so they ignored us.

Afterwards, I took Bahloo around the front part of the field, with Marianne and Phoenix in the lead. We all enjoyed getting out in the sunshine and fresh air.

First Kentucky deer and the garage sale

 Lynne and Heather set up our sale under the carport in case it rained. We had a very nice weekend and it didn't rain. The wind blew instead. This picture was taken on Saturday. I added a bar for hanging clothes this morning. What we expected to sell didn't and what we thought would sit, got sold. Maybe we'll figure it out next year.

I was hunting this weekend. Early muzzle loader was this weekend, and I was out. I got my first Kentucky deer Sunday at sunset. It was a challenge to field dress it while holding a flashlight. I'll figure something out. I hope to get more and it might be near dark again. As you can see, it was kind of warm today. I'm used to colder weather by now, but I can make some adjustments.

Finally some fun

 I put in at the Alfrey ramp in the Twin Knobs recreation area and headed north towards the dam on Cave Run Lake.

 The fall colors are starting to become visible on some of the trees around the lake.

 Much of the lake was smooth as glass. This is the type of water my boat does best in. I took this shot at near top speed, and the boat is as smooth as can be.

I came home a different route and found this ramp below the dam. This is the Licking River, which Cave Run Lake feeds. I'll be exploring this at a later date.

More work, still no play

 Heather lost the brakes on the car on the way home from the rabbit show. We're glad nothing happened to her. First thing was to rebuild the brakes, only to find out afterward that the line had blown. It was in a place I couldn't get to, so we took it to the shop.

The yard still needed mowing when we got back, so I got that done. It was getting dark when I finished up.

Routine chores today

The car was up first today. It was time for an oil change. I have done a little on the "no headlights" problem, but haven't found the main cause yet.

Then we fixed the fence that was taken down by the tree last week. The pasture is now ready for the horses to come back over. We're not planning to move them for another week or two.

Pasture cleanup

 It was the Roark's pasture that we were cleaning up. There were some very large grubs under part of the trunk.

 The trunk landed on this frog, or he rode the trunk down. Either way, it was a paper thin frog.

All cleaned up. We still have to repair the fence before the horses come back over here.

Great day on the lake

 I'm hooked up and ready to head out to Cave Run Lake.

 The launches were mostly empty, with school on and it being a weekday.

 The lake was mostly empty, too. It was warm and sunny today, a perfect day to be out on the water.

The closest boat to me was almost a mile away. I don't like crowded, so today was great. The water has cooled substantially since last week, but is still warm enough for swimming. It was 79-80 today, but was 86-87 last week when I was out.

Cleaning up the other pasture

 One of the maple trees along the church side of the Roark's pasture fell in the storm a couple of days ago. It only tore down a small section of the fence.

 The trunk snapped cleanly, but the treetop kept the pieces close together. Sorry about the sideways picture. I cut a couple of the smaller supporting branches and that dropped it to the ground.

Then I cut it up. Most of it will be firewood for the Roarks and the really small stuff will be a brush pile to burn after it dries out good.

More fencing done

 I started the holes a couple of days ago, but the ground was too dry for the auger. We watered the holes and then got some rain, so the hole drilling went well today.

 The post are in the holes and Heather cemented the back section in where the holes are slightly shallow. They are down to rock, so that's as far as we go. The front ones were deep enough for just dirt packing.

The back of the pasture is now ready for wire. Heather got all the metal posts pounded in and ready to go. We should be able to finish it up by this coming weekend.