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Cold, snow, wind… must be March in SD! Not much new, feed cows, go to Mass, pray for moisture…. Same old, same old… 🙂 I have been working on my chinks too!

As Jed Clampett used to say1 The roads in the Hills are not fun, unless you have a reckless bent… tho’ we did see a few wrecks! Chance’s pickup is in the shop so Hope was supposed to go pick him up..I volunteered to go, she had cakes that needed delivered, Cliff needed a ride,Continue reading “Weeeee doggies!”

By grandkids! 🙂 Hope had to go in to meet a lady about a cake so dropped the kids off here after Gus gout out of school. Luckily Gramma got home at about the same time! Tee came a little before noon and we got in a pretty good day of working on saddles. HeContinue reading “We have been invaded!”

After I had harnessed and hooked the team to the bale wagon this morning, I took off across the yard, headed south to the bales across the road…3 dogs were with me, two Border collies and one a combination of several cow eating breeds… 😉 Just as we got halfway across the driveway, my horsesContinue reading “Observations…”

Just keeps hanging in there….my Apprentice saddle maker came out Monday morning and also Andrea Graham our resident Folklorist who interviewed us and check on our progress…I fed them steak fajita’s for lunch and then Andrea took off and Tee and I worked on saddles for a spell. AI had to leave him at itContinue reading “Cold wind..”

I took off yesterday afternoon and met Cindy and we went to Chuck Timmons wedding, stuck around for the after part and ate some real good smoked brisket that Jim had made. we had planned on going to Hill City for the open Mic but the weather was getting nasty and I’d had a reportContinue reading “Adventures”

Green grass!!!!1 Yeah, it’s pretty short and pretty sparse, but it IS green! Woo hoo!!!

Cindy said the temp in her Nitro said it was 77 when she left Sturgis about 2. Sure is nice out. Got the carving all done on the saddle, oiled it and waiting for it to soak in so I can put it all together…cows hadn’t even cleaned up all the hay I fed themContinue reading “Almost hot out!”

The weather! Wind dropped down to a breeze, warmed up to shirt sleeve weather…suh weet! Took the team and tolled the cows up to Harry’s with a bale of hay, came back and got the lowboy wagon and some bean, picked up Hope and all the kids and we took the bean up to theContinue reading “Fantastic!”