MERRY CHRISTMANUKHA TO ALL

To me these holidays are a vehicle for connecting with family and counting blessings. I don't really care about the rest of it.

You wouldn't say that if you had my family.

(Edited to say not my kids, they're great, but my dad's side of the family contains some real arseholes.)

I'm not religious, but you can't live just down the road from Glastonbury and Stonehenge without knowing a bit about Paganism.

I doubt your biker gang are real Pagans, because all the Pagans I've met are quite nice, some are a bit flaky and others have completely gone, but they all seem decent enough.

Today, as part of our neighbor visitation ceremony, I hooked up Bonnie and Clyde to a small Amish "dually". They must have had some experience with a harness and reins. I borrowed the cart from an AMish neighbor and went to a friend who raises mulles and has some burros. I used the burro harness and hooked em up.

They took to the experience quite well with one exception. You should make them understand "whooaa".
We went and drove a bit through a wooded path and woun up at a neighbor who has a horse training businss. We got out of the wagon an walked to the house where we spent a few half hours having a little meeting and enjoying Russian Tea. When we came out to look over our new "tem" , they were gone. What happened was that Bonnie or Clyde had loosened the reins and just meandered off through the road. They were going back home for we caught up with them a few minutes later and they were just walking and pulling this little wagon. So I turned em around, went back to the neighbrors where we began a "Donkies for Dummies" session. It appears that donkies, like border collies, need some mental stimulation and just standing there hitched up to a wagon aint that.

Im under a learning schedule (for us all) to exercise the two donkies at least a half hour a day. I went down to our Walmart and got some rubber kiddie basketballs so they have something to kick around in their paddock. And, hiding treats , such as molasses and cracked oats n corn balls is just perfect stimulation for them.

At least Bonnie and Clyde fared better than their namesakes.

Donkeys roam wild in the New Forest. I've been stuck behind a group of them slowly walking down the middle of the road more times than I'd care to mention.

Im becoming a real fan of donkeys. They are so cool with their big dog attitude. When they tke to you they can be almost become disciples. I go walking out into the field or I drive the ATV into an upper pasture and they now hve to follow my every move. I now need to carry apples with me so I cn keep em at a bit of a distance, otherwise they are trying to nip my woolrich jacket and get real close.

Even though they roam wild, most tend to congregate around this pub.



I know those are horses, but there's even more donkeys.

those are horses, not donkeys.
Perhaps the donkeys are INSIDE , enjoying a pint??

The donkeys are round the back in the stable with Jesus.

Sorry here they are, other side of the road.