The Boyz, Gracie and Harriet enjoyed a blueberry and raspberry topped cake for Bernard’s birthday a couple of weeks ago.

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As usual, the herd’s facial expressions were priceless:

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After the birthday boy got the first bite of cake, everyone else got to enjoy too:

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7.31.13 addendum: Okay, my bad. I didn’t take the time to write a narrative for this post, and in doing so, created some confusion. We’ve had Meggie, a.k.a. Meggie Moo, a.k.a. the Moominator, since 2007.

While she is now very sweet, Meggie hasn’t always been this way. I think she’s mellowing with age, and I think she really enjoys being around us now. She still really digs a good scratch.

We got a boatload of rain last Friday, and the barn turnouts ended up under water. It’s because of that we decided to bring Meggie into the backyard with the Hairy Hacienda crew… and she loved it. She’s still in charge… and the girls and Whisky didn’t mind one bit.

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It was 10 years ago on June 3rd that my African Queens flew from Nairobi, Kenya to their new life in America.

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Naturally, we had a party last week to celebrate their anniversary birthday.

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My beautiful girls.

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Still so polite.

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Happy Birthday, Kike Coyote. Happy Birthday, Suni Lou Who.

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It was all so far away – there was quiet and an untouched feel to the country and I could work as I pleased.

~ Georgia O’Keeffe

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We celebrated Nigel’s birthday on Tuesday afternoon. It was a madhouse.

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A fun one, but a madhouse nonetheless. You see, compared to everyone else, Nigel is incredibly shy.

Look at Ellsworth, for example. He has no shame:

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Neither does Patrick:

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You probably know by now that the birthday boy or girl here always gets the first bite of cake.

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In the midst of the mayhem, sweet Nigel was ever the timid one:

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Don finally managed to serve Nigel his first bite:

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Nigel thoroughly enjoyed his cake:

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And so did everyone else. Here are the lovebirds; Mr. and Mrs. Worthington J. Worth:

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Ellsworth most definitely has no shame:

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Neither does Harriet, really:

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And Patrick licked the spoon. Madhouse. The end.

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