Warm, very little wind. My saddle making apprentice came out this afternoon and we got a good start on saddles. I am making one and showing him how I do it. Then he does the work on his saddle. He will be back next week it sounds like. He lives about 85 miles away andContinue reading “Another nice day”
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Mud!
Got up over 40 today and a south stiff breeze so lots more snow got squished down…I don’t know if it is the weather coming in or what , but I just couldn’t sleep last night…kind of dozed and then was awake so i got up and watched TV for awhile…. finally went back toContinue reading “Mud!”
I’m ready…
For the thaw… Laramie came and shod the team today. so now it can get warm which will cause the snow to melt, but eventually it will freeze and leave ice, but I don’t give a dang now…. Sam and Gus went with me to feed today, then when we got done me and theContinue reading “I’m ready…”
Winter fun
This afternoon Hope and I took the kids over to the neighbors for sledding.
Merry Christ’s Mass Evening…
I hooked the team up this morning (-10 below anyway) and me and the dogs hauled them some hay up west. I knew it was gonn’a get cold, but didn’t think it was gonn’a be that cold. I kind of think my cheap thermometer might have been lying as it didn’t feel that bad. Tho’Continue reading “Merry Christ’s Mass Evening…”
I hope she’s happy
For Christmas Hope wanted to be moved into her OWN house. Looks like it will happen. Couple good friends came over and Tate drove out from Custer to help and they got it all insulated and skirted, water turned on and bam, they are ready! I cut insulation so they could fit it in andContinue reading “I hope she’s happy”
Brrr
Wasn’t even up to 20 at 10 am…supposed to stay in the teens or below for the next duration, be a cold Christmas day…took the team and hauled a heavy bale up west. Cows are staying up there and picking pretty good… I woke up about 12:30 and couldn’t go back to sleep until 4:30….Continue reading “Brrr”
Evidently they were wrong….
The Mayans… but then what do you expect from a bunch of people who thought eating each other for food was a good thing? 😉 Sunny, no breeze, just a real nice winter solstice or what ever it is. Least amount of day light anyway and the daylight hours start getting longer now! Hooked theContinue reading “Evidently they were wrong….”
Christmas poem
Got a new keyboard today so I am back at my usual pace… 😉 Read this out loud for best effect… JW You’d never guess from looking the name they hung on him at his birth I guess it wasn’t what you’d maybe expect it was Johnathan William Hinklesworth Now, that’s a purty long nameContinue reading “Christmas poem”