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Finally! I hooked up the team to the dump rake and got the hay out behind the house all raked into windrows…not very good hay but something will eat it this winter I bet… I may go back and rake it into big piles… I need a horse sweep… Roz’s eye still looks bad butContinue reading “Raking”

I have went to three in the last week, fist Rod McQueary’s, then Jerry Croft’s and today, Dan Wicks…lot’s of people at these last two… which is to be understood, Jerry and Dan had lot’s of friends… so did Rod, but this was the second memorial for Rod there had also been a couple inContinue reading “Memorials”

On foot sore yearlings. Chance and I roped and vaccinated 6 tonight, a couple had bad eyes, so it wasn’t just the feet.. I think the eyes are coming from all the flies, not sure what is the problem causing the sore feet, there is iodized salt blocks out, but I may need to getContinue reading “Doctoring”

I got the mower hooked up and it worked fine… had to make a few minor repairs as i mowed. I got the hay yard across the road mowed, the calving pasture on the east slope and the road ditches…now I have to get the rake fixed up and the team hooked up and getContinue reading “Mowing”

Monday morning I took off fro Wyoming. A friend who had passed away some time back, his wife and in-laws were erecting a ,monument on the home ranch for him and all friends and relatives were invited to it as a celebration of his life. Rough rugged country, just off the Powder river on BitterContinue reading “Away and back..”

Got the last of them hauled in this morning, took the flatbed back to cliff’s and dropped it off, no body home, so I will have to give him a call…this afternoon I went north and hauled ans stacked the bales up there… when I got done and came home, I was hot and tiredContinue reading “Done with bales”

I hauled and stacked bales today until about 3…. I am building a stack behind Hope and Chances house that will double as a windbreak… Fr Tyler called yesterday and asked us to come in and share a meal with him this evening, we did so… he is off in the morning for a TripContinue reading “Another day…”

I took the Case up west and worked on the Plum crossing to smooth out the ruts a bit this morning and went to ricking up bales, two side by side…Cindy came and got me a bit before noon and we counted bales and ten took my pickup to Punkin Center, fueled it up andContinue reading “Hither and yon…”

Yesterday i took Lige and Gabe and met their folks in Hill City. We watched some logging contests as it was a celebration there… I had to take off about 2 so left the boys with their folks and headed to Rapid to meet up with Chance and then we drove to Hay Creek campContinue reading “Quiet”

This evening Chance and two of the minions and I rode down to move steers and doctor any that needed it.. found a dead one, must have been lightning…found one who had a bad eye, so Chance slips up and sneaks a nice head shot on, I wave a hip shot on as he blowsContinue reading “I’ll be darned…”