You outdid yourself on this one. Brings a smile and tears and that same time. God's critters. Thanks Donnie.

Thank you so much for these videos Donnie! It's gotta be a whole lot of work to make these but it's the highlight of my week to watch every Monday morning first thing. Also the way you preserve history is better than any book I ever read! It always takes me back to my childhood growing up in rural Missouri! Pretty soon there won't be any of us left to remember what it was like, growing up in a simple time. I especially like Dirty Dan and the turkey trot! 🤣

God Bless You Donnie! Thanks for all the wonderful episodes you produced in 2023. Happy New Year!

Well worth the wait Donnie, loved the turkey trot at the end. Have a blessed healthy and adventurous 2024. God bless all of you in Jesus name. Amen

This year end video brought tears to my eyes! So much peacefulness, so much beauty, and the animals are a joy to watch! Of course, Ol'Dirty Dan and his spouse are my favorites! Thank you so much for all the time and effort and hard work and money that you put into making these videos! Often, I go to sleep at night listening to all of your videos in one of your 'play all' uploads. And when I say often, I mean, nearly every night. You are an outstanding story teller, and I'm so blessed to have been led to your channel. Also, thank you for recommending Jared King to us, because that man has too been a blessing to me, through his story telling. More than ever, it's good to get away, step back, stop thinking about THINGS, and listen to a good story that takes you away, and you are THE BEST that I know, Donnie Laws. Thank you and God bless you and yours.

Happy New Year Mr. Donnie. Thank you for these wonderful videos. Watching these beautiful animals and hearing your voice helps us to hold on to our Southern roots. Most of our people have have passed on and my wife is fading away with dementia but she so looks forward to hearing your voice and seeing the animals. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.

Thanks, Donnie, for starting my New Year with a laugh. The Turkey Trot was delightful and seeing the Round Up on the Ridge was good, too. Love seeing our wild friends on The Ridge.

Time well spent Donnie, bringing all your friends out here an awesome video to enjoy. Your work is very healing to the soul, love all our little neighbors in the woods.

Thank you for all the wonderful content you made in 2023. I don't post very often, but I am happy to see content from you. Just want you to know how much you are appreciated and looking forward to 2024. Wishing you a Happy New Year.

Thank you Donnie for all your videos, I'm sure it takes a lot of time and work to produce these videos, it is really appreciated, my wife and I really enjoy your videos and especially your chat videos, I tell my wife I wish I had a neighbor like you, thank you my friend, Happy New Year

Watching these precious creatures live their lives warms my heart! Thank you for sharing!

Thank you Donnie, for your awesome video. Looking forward to visiting the ridge this new year. Many thanks, Happy New Year to you and everyone watching. God bless.

❤ Your videos such as As The Ridge Turns sure add a comforting atmosphere to an otherwise hectic day. God bless you brother Donnie❤

Thank you so much for sharing, Mr Donnie. You have one of the best voices, for narration. I especially enjoy your wildlife videos about animals, plants, trees, herbal medicine, and home remedies. I'm a yankee, born in Maryland. But, I enjoy learning as much as I can about nature, about Southern and Mountain folk, and ways of life. God Bless and keep you and your family. 😘💋😍🙏❤️☮️✨

Another great year of pictures of the animals. Thank you for your hard work in getting these put together. Looking forward to next year!

Thank you Mr. Donnie!! Love those animals ❣️ God Bless you and yours and may we all have a safe and blessed 2024.

Thank you so much for your wildlife and history videos! We really enjoy them and look forward to seeing them! We want to wish you a very prosperous 2024! Thank you for preserving a crucial part of our Southern heritage.

Awwww and it is the best of 2023! Awesome job Donnie! I know this couldn’t have been easy. And yes I loved the turkey trot! They we’re having a real hoe-down! Lol. The little squirrels have such small little paws. This is the only time I really get to see wildlife and enjoy the woodlands. I hope you & your wife are feeling better. Each & every animal has their own unique personality which makes watching them that much better! I so look forward to all your videos in 2024!! Blessings always! ❤️✝️

Hi Donnie and Happy New Year! I think you deserve an Academy Award for this video. 🏆 This was the perfect way to start my new year. Got my cup of coffee and settled down to watch the Best of 2023. It didn’t disappoint! Loved all the pictures of the animals. I didn’t know so many were without an eye like Sidewinder. That little guy has it rough but he’s tough. I hope you and your wife are feeling better. I’m praying you are. Thanks again for doing what you do and giving us all a few minutes of enjoyment in our day. “God Bless and I’ll See You Next Time.” Let’s us all make it a Happy New Year! 😊❤️🙏🏼🐈🦌🦨🐿️

LOVE seeing all those amazing animals and their amusing antics. So much fun to watch and listen to. The bird songs are beautiful!! It's so very sweet that you name as many of your animal friends as you can. Really makes them part of the extended family!! I must send a shout out to Tipper and Matt Presley for suggesting your channel. Your videos are educational, interesting, perfectly compiled, and FUN! Love the soothing texture of your voice and hearing you share so many important aspects of our American heritage. Praying for your speedy recovery and looking forward to watching ALL of your fabulous videos! Thank you Donnie!!

Thank you Donnie! Loved the Turkey 🦃 trot! Hope you're wife is doing better ❣️🙏

Thank you again Mr. Donnie! Absolutely loved this 😊. It is so relaxing and your commentary is the best. You know so much about each and every one..the names you gave them fit them perfectly. I was eating my breakfast when it came up on the coyote, lolol. Needless to say I waited to finish my sandwich. I was laughing so hard. God Bless and hope you are feeling better 😀😀

Thank you Donnie for this special video for all of us to see, it was so nice to see all of God's creatures. We enjoyed it so much. We thank you for all your work, it gives us a look into their world that we would not normally see. Have not seen Spike the skunk on your weekly video in a long time, hope he is still alive. Our hearts go out for poor Sidewinder the possum. Happy New Year and God Bless you, our Friend

Thank you Mr. Donnie for all these wonderful videos and all the hard work you put into it. I'm so glad I found your channel cause I really do enjoy watching. I loved the turkey trot. I wish you many blessings in 2024. God bless you❤

Good Morning Donnie and Happy New Year!! Thank You for showing the best of 2023 of all the different animals! I hope You have a Wonderful Day My Friend!😊❤🙏🏻🎉

Thank you Donnie for a wonderful year of great videos….Praying you and your wife are feeling better…..Looking forward to more wonderful wildlife videos from you…..God Bless You….Lord willing I will see you next time ❤️🙏🏻

Happy New Year Donnie! I hope nothing but the best that 2024 has for you and your loved ones. I didn't quite get to finish the video, but I will be back to do so! Really enjoying it so far! Have a couple of things I have to get done right now...but looking forward to finishing this episode of As the Ridge Turns!

Thank you so much for sharing all these beautiful animals. I hope you have a great new year. I'm looking forward to seeing what this year bring with all the animals. We are bless to have someone like you to share these animals and all the stories of the mountains. God bless you.

Thankyou for the best on the ridge 2023😊 may 2024 be kind to you and all those great critters!

Thank you, thank you! A memory I'll treasure forever💜

That was just delightful. A Christmas party for the animals🎄 Love the turkey trot too.

Amazing compilation of the animals on the ridge... appreciate you sharing every week with us such amazing footage it's such a joy to watch as I am sipping my coffee first thing in the morning. So with that I wish you and your wife all the joy and prosperity the New Year brings...may your year be filled with great health and warm memories. Appreciate all of your hard work putting all the footage together. May the Lord bless and keep you my friend.😊🇺🇸😇🙏🎉

It's been a good year for the animals. May the new year be great to them. Thank you for sharing them.❤

Thankyou Donnie, my mom and I starting out the New Year 🎉with The Ridge, mom and I really appreciate All your hard work, to help us go where we couldn’t go otherwise-we look forward to watching,As The Ridge Turns in 2024-GOD BLESS you and your family-have a Wonderful BLESSED 2024🎉your friends, from north Georgia mountains, Tiffany and Doris✝️💕

Oh Donnie this is so cute and funny I so appreciate you and what you do for us all.

A wonderful show of the Ridge creatures, Donnie. I hope 2024 is a good year for you, and may God bless you!🙏❤️

My wife and I enjoyed this video so much last evening. Oh the Turkey trot is hysterical. Thank You for the great entertaining video. We hope God's healing touch has come upon You and Your wife.

Hello from KY love your channel ❤️.Thank you Donnie for all the memories.These videos are just everything to me.Thank you so much for your devotion to your fans.Happy New Year ❤️

I will watch this beautiful video, all year long, it's so beautiful ❤️😊

Hi MrDonnie, may God bless you and your family with good health and love. Thank you so much for sharing these beautiful precious critters. We are up in North West Indiana and have many of these critters too. But you have to really watch and look for them. My 🐿️ are always on my porch. I miss the mountains and hope to living back there in a few years after college. ❤

Mr. Donnie…you’re such a blessing! I find myself smiling while I’m watching your videos. Thank you for that! I wish you and your family love and blessings this new year and always. ❤️

Donnie, I suffer from daily chronic pain and listening to you helps me cope with and helps decrease my pain because your voice relaxes me and soothes me. Thank you and much love from Janice to you and your wonderful stories ❤😅

Donnie may you & your family have a safe & wonderful 2024. Hopefully this time god willing I be able to do this post again. Both us getting up in ages now.

Happy New Year To Y'all And Thank You So Very Much For Taking The Time To Produce And Edit All These Critters That The Lord Put on This Great Land We Call Home I Enjoy Them So Much Can't Wait To See What Happens With Their Live On The Ridge To You Donnie And Mrs. Donnie Blessings And Please Be Safe In 2024 May Our Lord Jesus Christ Watch Over Y'all This Upcoming Year ✌️

Best story teller ever TY when my anxiety acts up i turn on your videos hear your beautiful voice get lost in the beauty of Gods nature and i always feel better god bless you

Thank you Mr Donnie laws for all your fantastic content hope you and your family are safe and well. Have a wonderful New Year my friend. God bless you 🙏

They're all so cute! I want to hold them all lol The turkey trot was funny tee hee. They had a great Christmas party, no leftovers. Such a wonderful compilation, thanks so much! Happy New Year to you and yours.

Morning Donnie, thanks for sharing this great wildlife video. Happy New Year to you and your family 🎉

Happy New Year, my friend!! This was so relaxing, I love nature and the animals that live in it. Thank you for this 😊. The turkeys taught me some new dance moves, lol. Thank you once again, my friend. I'm about to go watch the strange things😮😊

Love this!!! I pray your healing more with each new day ❤❤❤

I love the turkey 🦃 trot,mr Donnie, you are a true blessing ❤.

I've never heard whistle pigs ☺ I really enjoyed seeing all the different critters and the turkey trot ☺ Thanks for spending so much time creating this special video Donnie...have a very blessed and Happy New Year🎉🎉🎉

So relaxing and peaceful, Donnie 😊

Thanks for all the hard work you put in to produce these videos. Happy New Year!

Wonderful👏👏👏👏Seems like my MT wildlife shares breakfast time with me on a routine schedule; I love those summer time mornings having breakfast outdoors! Donnie here is your healthy prayer power📖 for tonight and Wednesday.

I think I love all of God's creatures like you do Donnie. Thankyou so much for sharing everything with all of us. I'm disabled nurse and can't get outside and enjoy nature like I've always loved too. You don't know how much I appreciate all your great videos. I also Watch Tipper Pressly and her family. Great videos too. God bless you and your family with great health and happiness. Appalachian people are amazing. I'm an Appalachia person too. Virginia.

I sure do appreciate all the work you put into making these video's, Thank you Mr.Donnie. Cant wait to see what 2024 will bring to the ridge. I sure would like to see Dirty Dan and his girl have some little ones. Well, I sure did enjoy this 2023 compilation video, it is a joy to be a part of your world ;)

God bless you so much,I love this beautiful video.i look forward to seeing your wonderful videos in 2024.

A most soothing voice... thank you sir

What a wonderful way to start the new year. The trail cam videos are always a delight. Much love and God bless you. Happy New Year ❤️

Thank you brother Donnie for taking us along with you in the woods each week. God’s creation is so beautiful and precious. I enjoy all your videos. Happy New Year and sending the Lord’s blessings to you and all your family ✝️

Thank you very much for this video Donnie! A lot of work that we all appreciate!

Absolutely love this video, and the ending with the Turkey jig!!! 😂😂😂 Had to watch again to remind me of donnie's finest film and editing work! 😊👍💙

Happy New Year.....the world has been in turmoil...We need to really lift this world up in prayer. Even though I find beauty in your videos and the critters and God made a beautiful world for us. I hope everyone has a great year 1 day at a time...how I love the mountains . I got knocked around a couple times but always land on my feet. God is so good. Good health I pray to all.❤❤❤❤❤

What an amazing one Donnie! Thank you so so much for putting so much work into this one for us. Happy New Year and God bless you my awesome mountain brother 🙏

Good morning friend, thank you for sharing, have a happy new year and God Bless

The videoa you have shared are wo beautiful!!

Happy New Year, Donnie! The world is a mess, but your video is a light in the darkness. I really appreciate all the work you’ve done to put this together. May God bless you in this new year. ❤

Happy New Year! I loved seeing The Best of The Ridge “Stars” for 2023! Dirty Dan and you provided me with a couple answers to questions about Groundhogs I’ve been wanting to know: 1. Do you also know them as “Whistle Pigs”? 2. What does their whistle sound like? I was really thrilled to know you do, and you even recorded on video, Dirty Dan giving a sample of the whistle sound! The bonus fact was learning from you, it is used to call their mate!!! Thank you! I am a little been wiser on the subject now! God willing, Let truth and justice prevail in 2024!

Hi Donnie! This compilation was a wonderful start to my 2024! I love seeing all the animals in your beautiful foothills. And I agree, Mr. and Mrs. Dirty Dan do squabble like old married folk! Or do we squabble like them? Not sayin' a word... 😄 When I saw the name Turkey Trot on that show, I was expecting bluegrass music or maybe Flatt and Scruggs, not razor edge guitar, lol! But whoever picked that track out made the perfect choice! Anybody who's ever been chased by a bunch of turkey can tell you that! Comical indeed!❤ Hoping you and yours have a happy and healthy New Year in 2024! May God bless y'all. 😊

Absolutely beautiful

Awesome video Donnie of the best of 2023👍👍👍 take good care and God bless

Thank You Thank, You Thank You

This is a fantastic wildlife video! I appreciate all you do to make is these amazing videos! God Bless, Donnie. Happy New Year to you and yours.

Happy New Year to you and your Mrs., Donnie. 🎉 I enjoyed watching As the Ridge Turns every Monday. Thanks for putting out these videos of all the animals. I know it's work to get out there to pull those camera cards and editing, but on the other hand I know you love getting out there too. Praying for much health to you this new year so you can get out there.❤

I love watching all the animals. Thank you Donnie.

Thank you for the year worth of the animals they are beautiful little critters Happy New Year Donnie keep up the good work I do enjoy watching 👀

Thank you Mr. Laws! What a fun video with fabulous commentary! You’ve outdone yourself! Such a treat to watch!😊 Happy New Year to you and your family!🎉

Oh great! The best of! My cat and myself are settling in on the couch and watching this! Thank you for this video

Thank you so much for these, and all your vids. I very much enjoy the little animals as well as hearing about all the history! Wishing you a blessed New Year!

Love this

Donnie, I've been watching your channel for the past two years and I really enjoy it. You and your channel are one of a kind. Love you Brother. David

Better than the Academy Awards! Thank you Donnie❤

Thank you so much for sharing. God bless

I have the hardest time deciding which season I like best. I live in FL now, and we only got Summer. But I remember the four seasons in Appalachia. I love ever one of them, too.

Turkey Trot! I've heard of that but never saw it before. Thanks for sharing, your friend, Louise

Heres to another good year

Hello my name is mario I am an Mexican Americans live in Las Vegas Nv I just love your video I just don't leave any comments but you are the first to leave any comment, most videos I watch I ignore them, by the way I am 67 years of age a stroke victim since 2019. Just love your videos even, the get cat, I guess you know that I'm watching your videos the same time I'm writing my comments to you, Donnie just love to see Mister and Mrs. Dirty Dan.

Donnie, I appreciate how you categorized the different seasons in the different animals.

Happy New Year Donnie. May our Lord bless you and keep you safe as you tell the stories of the animals on the ridge and keep them safe. 😮

Loved it❤ Thank you!

Thank You For That Superb Video. GOD BLESS YOU

Thank you Donnie for putting this together. Happy New Year’s and God bless you! Looking forward to what you have to share in the future.

Oh, boy! I saved this till the miss and I could watch it together and I'm sure glad I did! She's a bute, this one. Best wishes and prayers. 👍👍

I’m definitely going to enjoy this! Happy New Year! ❤

Let me thank you for your hard work, your knowledge, your commentary, and your respect for all the animals and doing groups. How soothing and lovely your voice is. Love the turkey trot at the end.

I love the animals you share thank you

Thats a great video, love those turkeys.

Awesome videos, thanks for sharing with us Donnie! ❤

Thank-you Sir. 🐿️