I am so excited to pass this news on. These are two new ones and so far are great. Check them out.

http://prairiefather.blogspot.com/

This is the blog of my eldest son, Fr Tyler. I look forward to each post he will make.

http://www.cornerfencepost.blogspot.com/

This is a blog from a very smart young lady who is working in the local/state government in Ag, and is a great advocate for us. Check her out.

Both of these young people are very well educated with a grounding and raising on ranches. It gives them some special insight into this country where I live.

We got 1.8 inches in the rain gauge.

Supposed to get more tomorrow. I’ve got branding’s scheduled for the next 3 days. I wonder how many will get done?

Seeing as the scheduled branding rained out, I ran into town to exchange the parts we got the other day. they were the wrong size. We got over an inch and a half when last I looked. Chance and the boys were here.  He went around a small pasture, fixing the fence and got plumb soaked. We have a pretty fair chance for rain most of this week it looks like. Must be 90 days after all that fog we had!

Hope all you mothers have a great day.

I miss mine. Enjoy them while you’ve got them!

Fixed some fence and waited on trucks with the yearlings. They never got here until evening. But they are here for the summer and into the fall. Here’s a few photos.

Got pretty nippy last night. Pretty thick frost on the windshield this morning.

Went to a branding yesterday. Chance went along. Cool and windy, but we worked the cows and then branded the calves in a fair sized shed. Worked fine, just a little crowded to drag calves to the fire.

Then in the late afternoon, Jim and Sue, who are visiting the neighbor, came down and went with Chance and I and we got the older pairs in and gave the calves a shot of over eating. Weaned off the fall calves also.

Now, if we don’t get the calves branded for awhile it isn’t too big of a deal. Shouldn’t lose any to over eating anyway. Over eating usually gets the biggest and oldest calves who’s mothers are milking really good. They get so much rich milk it causes toxicity in their gut and kills them. Some give the shot when the calf is first born, tho some vets claim the calf is too small to have it do any good. But I know several neighbors who used to lose calves from over eating until they started giving that shot at birth. Guess the calves didn’t know it wasn’t doing them any good! When we give the branding time shots there is over eating in that shot. Also for blackleg.

Sunny and calm out there this morning. Looks like another beautiful day in wonderland! Sure is nice to feel good again.

British sniper nails two Taliban from world record 8,120 feet – NYPOST.com.

Hard to say rained out as part of it is snow I think. Ground is wet, but no white stuff sticking, tho’ a buddy over east of the Bighorns say’s they got it and more coming. Another buddy up northwest of us has big snowflakes falling. If you can, go find the song Moisture, by Ian Tyson. It explains it pretty good!

Got to love it!