No I'm not happy at the vista -- I just take lousy posed pictures. The white on the ground is ash, not sand. Loki is helping me check it out. Those used to be trees.
Bill, Bo (the horse), Jolly (the goat), Jan & Steph (petting Jolly) check out the damage -- note the fire came right down to the fence.
Red barn (where Jan lives greathall-style), green grass, black hills. Awesome color contrast.
Jolly was attacked by a couple of stray dogs about a week ago. He seemed to be healing fine, trotting around and eating hay, but closer examination showed he was more seriously injured than anyone thought.
After a midnight trip to the vet, he's now on serious antibiotics and doing better. And he has a nifty accessory.
Be warned -- some of it is not pretty.
Jolly is now sporting this nifty new harness, courtesy of Ariadne.