Took a couple horses up to the neighbors to get their teeth floated. Only had to work on one. Sore throat is getting better. Got some antibiotics in town yesterday. Also, been getting some WHINING about a picture of the new dog, Buck. Here’s a picture.
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More wind
But supposed to go down this evening and not blow quite so hard tomorrow. I just did some odds and ends this morning and then Dean stopped in and had tea on his way to Punkin Center. I didn’t feel like cooking anything so rode along and Kelli was nice enough to buy us lunch!Continue reading “More wind”
Movin’ heifers
Delbert and Glen came over this morning and we moved the heifers across the road and handier to ship them on Friday. We rode thru’ our pairs and picked up four that should not have been in there. I noticed one of my calves with an ear down, so this afternoon I saddled Beaver andContinue reading “Movin’ heifers”
Dang
Woke up about 5 this morning with a real, real dry throat. Must have been snoring and it felt like there was a flap of skin hanging down in there. Set up and read on the computer for awhile then went back to bed. Felt a little better when I woke up later. Still tiredContinue reading “Dang”
Overheard at Valentine
this weekend. “I ain’t saying she was fat, but we was gonn’a have to quarter her to pack her out!” “He won the door prize last year, a pink toilet brush., when I saw him yesterday I asked how that worked out for him and he said, “Oh I tried it for about a weekContinue reading “Overheard at Valentine”
Dark thirty
When we took off. I met Lyle at his corner and he and his horse jumped in with me and Buck. We got over to the Association and went with the feller who runs it and his wife and nephew and rode west into a small holding pasture and gathered. Cows weren’t real cooperative, butContinue reading “Dark thirty”
More hay
Got another 6 loads in today. Bales weighing about 1100#. Got about 200 tn on hand now so I feel better about winter coming. Cindy helped me swap the bucket on the loader from the wide bucket to the narrow bucket, so it was handier to handle the bales. When we got all done unloadingContinue reading “More hay”
Long drive
I took of Saturday morning and headed west. Went over to Gillette and headed north and west until I got to a crossroads and headed north again. Eventually crossed into Montana and deiced I had missed a turn. Turned around and headed back to where I thought I should have went west again, called theContinue reading “Long drive”
Not as much fun
Went over to Punkin Center and had Norman fix my hub that wouldn’t roll on the trailer that ruined the tire. Brakes in it froze up, so there is no brake assembly in it at the moment, but the hub rolls and that new tire he stuck on there works real well! 😉 Then wentContinue reading “Not as much fun”
Fun
Got up pretty early before daylihght and loaded two horses and headed over west of Belle to help a guy over there work a few calves and he also tested some cows. Then we drove over east of im a ways and set up portable corrals and gathered a small bunch of Chance’s boss’s cattleContinue reading “Fun”