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Saturday afternoon/evening we went in to a wedding. We went early and took Chance as Hope made the cake and wanted him in there to help set it up. she and her sister build cakes, mostly out of her sisters house in Rapid. They have been extremely busy this time of the year…. Sunday weContinue reading “Busy…”

I worked on a pair of Armita’s for a friend and then this afternoon, Gabe and I caught up Patrick the pony and he rode him. I rigged up a heavier bosal and jury rigged a britchen on the saddle so it wouldn’t pull over his front end when he was pulling on his hard,Continue reading “Today”

We got it done. Gabe and Sam and I rode up west and moved all the pairs into the lower part of Harry’s. then we rode back, got the gates all set and brought the crazy spayed heifers into the corral, at which point I took Sam out of the game as he was moreContinue reading “Well…..”

Saturday morning Gabe and I cleaned up, loaded up in Cindy’s outfit and headed north to Sentinal Butte to do a benefit gig, trying to help raise some money for Lon and Cathy Davis. Cathy had breast cancer and has it on the run but no insurance….we had rain the night before and road northContinue reading “Here and there…”

We got two extra grandsons last night as their mom had to run their sister to the hospital as she has rsvp or something and she wasn’t responding at home (she is back home now, looks like, I left them alone as they probably both need the rest), so….we got the calf fed on aContinue reading “Busy morning!”

Spayed pasture heifers yesterday morning , then Gabe and I took off for where Dusty works to help them brand their heifer bunch… we got Gabe on Sunday.. not sure how long he’s staying but I intend to get lots of work out of him! We got home a bit before midnight this morning… IContinue reading “Here and there..”

Tee came out yesterday and today and we got a lot done on his saddle and also the one I am building. I rode out this evening and looked at cows and kicked some pairs out..windy cloudy and overcast, we had another 1.25 inches out of this last rainy spell..it’s sure green and wonderful outContinue reading “Leatherwork”

I picked up the grand kids on the way to check cows and they hung out with me until the tree planter came. We got them planted except for a few hand plants and then I went to get watering drip hose at CRS, but they were out. so Cindy will have to get meContinue reading “Tree day”

Gramma and I picked up Hope and the kids when we went to check cows this morning and the boys just ended up staying with me or us all day…we went and fixed on a tank Cindy and i had worked on the other day and had a blowout when we turned the water on,mContinue reading “Another sweet spring day”

I posted on the blog roll on the side of my blog….Rod and Denise Nikkle are saddle tree makers. Lot’s of info and easy to go find their older posts dealing with many subjects. This is very good reading for anyone who rides saddles and/or builds them. Check it out! http://www.rodnikkel.com/content/index.php/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/