New Year's Day for teachers

Having a pensive moment on Santa Cruz Island...summer's last fling.

In fifteen  minutes, the new year begins.  This is according to a teacher's calendar.  Last night, we should have toasted the end of summer and the beginning of our work year.  Outside, there are sunflowers sprouting everywhere...because of bird feeder debris?  I walk around the ranch and check their progress, hoping that they have enough time to flower before frost hits. Yesterday, the goats got into the neighboring horse pasture. We scolded the horses, who put on a who me? all innocence posture, for encouraging the goats to come visit.  The goats put on a we don't know how this happened, all of a sudden we were on the wrong side of the fence and we want to come home posture.