I love Sundays!

 Sundays are great.

We generally stay home, unless we we are out showing real estate to a client.  This time of year, or at least this year, things are pretty quiet, so yesterday we were at home. Yesterday's   sunrise over the marsh was beautiful in pastels;  pinks and lavenders.  In the Islands, often the first hour of the day is clear, with clouds moving in later. That's what happened on Sunday,  it clouded up  and a light rain began to fall.

We watched the buck visiting our apple tree. The deer have been hard on our fences this fall!

 

When the rains let up, I went out and tacked up Black Elk. Prior to working him, we shoveled the area, he followed me around with the lead rope over my shoulder. This would be his fifth ride, and he is doing great. I always lunge him first and check out his steering and does he remember that pressure on his nose means to stop?

He's looking pretty handsome! 

 Hey, check out the ears! This is supposed to be a sign of a dependable horse!

Black Elk has the longest stride, tracking up 3 hoof prints at an easy walk.  

 

                                Black Elk and kitty Theo have taken a liking to one another.

Well, he is kinda big!

Yum...

We have two little apple trees inside our fenced garden area. These tiny trees have produced about 100 apples. We are waiting for a frost before picking them, to bring up the sugars. Orcas is the perfect climate for growing fruit trees.

We went inside for a warm dinner of venison stew and mashed squash, a warm fire, and long talks about life, blogs and real estate. It was a typical Sunday for us.