Just keeps hanging in there….my Apprentice saddle maker came out Monday morning and also Andrea Graham our resident Folklorist who interviewed us and check on our progress…I fed them steak fajita’s for lunch and then Andrea took off and Tee and I worked on saddles for a spell. AI had to leave him at itContinue reading “Cold wind..”
Monthly Archives: March 2013
Adventures
I took off yesterday afternoon and met Cindy and we went to Chuck Timmons wedding, stuck around for the after part and ate some real good smoked brisket that Jim had made. we had planned on going to Hill City for the open Mic but the weather was getting nasty and I’d had a reportContinue reading “Adventures”
Well looky there!
Green grass!!!!1 Yeah, it’s pretty short and pretty sparse, but it IS green! Woo hoo!!!
New saddle
Almost hot out!
Cindy said the temp in her Nitro said it was 77 when she left Sturgis about 2. Sure is nice out. Got the carving all done on the saddle, oiled it and waiting for it to soak in so I can put it all together…cows hadn’t even cleaned up all the hay I fed themContinue reading “Almost hot out!”
Fantastic!
The weather! Wind dropped down to a breeze, warmed up to shirt sleeve weather…suh weet! Took the team and tolled the cows up to Harry’s with a bale of hay, came back and got the lowboy wagon and some bean, picked up Hope and all the kids and we took the bean up to theContinue reading “Fantastic!”
Dang!
Still windy and pretty cool this morning. I used the tractor as i wanted to feed one of the new bales and several had ripped the net wrap and I knew I’d lose some with the team. I took Addy Bear with me. Most of the cows were up west, so hauled one up thereContinue reading “Dang!”
Yup, still windy!
Seems like it really has to blow… I guess it is March, but I don’t think that matters around here… supposedly we only have no wind 5% of the time and they consider a wind anything over 5 mph….must be why there used to be so many windmills on wells in this country. If weContinue reading “Yup, still windy!”
No rain or snow
Like they had predicted, but I did get some company on Saturday! Kelly is a nice young lady who I met last fall and she is missing riding horses so I told her to come ride. So she did! We had a great time, she went along with me to feed cows with the teamContinue reading “No rain or snow”
Sweatin’
This mornin’…yesterday I caught up Wren and kept her in so after I fed (Sam rode along with me) I left Ron and Roz harnessed and caught Wren and put her between them in the stall, harnessed her and hooked her with Ron and drove her until she was doing good. Then I drove themContinue reading “Sweatin’”