Backyard Bonanza

Here are a few pictures of our backyard and the chaos that ensues.

It's been windy here for the past week - mostly in the late morning/afternoon - which is when I do laundry. It's soooooo annoying. I did two loads of laundry today then spent most of the afternoon chasing down socks, shirts, and unmentionables that were flying off the line into the dirt. Makes me very crabby.

Here are a few pictures of our finished dog cage. Michael is proud of its Redneck qualities including the broken bricks that line the bottom - because Sadie found a way to crawl under the fence and escape - and the cardboard pieces and tattered yellow shower curtain twist-tied to the side for shade. The cage also features a scrap door with bungee cord fixtures.



Bricks now line the cage inside and out after Sadie's Houdini-type qualities found her outside the cage happily chasing leaves while a depressed Belle moped and whined from inside.

A couple days ago I heard a strange noise outside my kitchen window and discovered two goats grazing on some bushes. Wow. Only in Mexico. The goats made their way to our backyard, under the clothes line, and stopped abruptly when they stumbled upon the dogs. Of course, the dogs made their presence known with a wild showcase of howls and yelps. The goats, seemingly unfazed, just stared at them in bewilderment.

As I was taking pictures of the goats from my laundry room, a frantic horse galloped by in full speed. He was neighing and causing quite a stir. Then his rope got tangled in a tree and he was rearing and carrying on like a child told "no" in a candy store. Goodness. Only in Mexico.

After things settled down, I went outside to let the dogs out. The three dogs were eating food from their 5-gallon bucket while the two goats, and two horses grazed near-by. Only in Mexico.