All Quiet on the Western Front

After a spell of warmer temperatures, Sunday we experienced a bit of stormy weather.

First the wind came.

Then the rain.

Then the snow? Then more rain.

Then the clouds cleared up into a beautiful sunset.

 New Mexico, land of enchantment.

My  husbands sister is having her first baby any day now, so the whole family is away leaving him and I to hold down the homestead for a couple of weeks. Yesterday evening we headed over to the east side of the ranch to feed up and found the cattle had made themselves right at home, in my father-in-law's yard.

They helped themselves to the garden, the porch, and the back yard.

They must think they are pets, and they belong inside to get baths, eat and sleep with us in bed at night. Or they must not think at all. I'm guessing the latter.

Next time ol' John Wayne will have to run 'em out of the yard, because I am packing my bags and fleeing from the ranch to a much more civilized place, Washington DC. Was "civilized" really the right terminology??
Scratch that.
I'm packing my bags and heading straight into my seesters arms!

So long cattle, horses, buffalo, longhorns, antelope, mule deer, chihuahuas, my dear, dear husband :(

So long mountain lions :)