Rain again

If you have me on Facebook, you will know the thing I hate is grey drizzly days and this was one. I am really tired of it.

I took a riding bat with me when I got Sage today to put her in and popped her on the shoulder with it when she started crowding. She respected it for the most part. Just need to work her more but I just can't do it in the rain and knee deep mud.

Bob bought a fat young cow at the auction today. We have customers who want beef now, not this fall when most of the ones we have will be ready. She is evil. She paws the ground and charges. We put her in the round pen, I hope she stays there until the butcher guy gets here. We had quite a time unloading her and getting the trailer out of the way. She kept charging at me. I don't want to deal with her.

I told you about the white chili I made. It went over very well. It was really good especially with a plop of sour cream and a glug of salsa on it. I was glad that I made it.

Blessings -

Sad day

My sweet pet Oliver died sometime in the night. He was a sweetheart of a goat and I loved him. He was about 11. I can't remember just the exact year I got him. I will miss his antics around here. He kept things interesting.

We saw this little group of deer on the way to church. There were more but they all didn't fit into my lens.

Mr. Bald Eagle.

He was sitting watching the swans. When we came home from church he was circling overhead.

The last three swans swimming in the wheat field. They are so beautiful. Wish I knew where they were headed for.

The Huckleberry Mountains north and west of us. Just thought they were so pretty up there in the morning sun.

No pictures of Sage today. She has not been worked with enough. The weather has not cooperated. I took her on a little walk about and she thought the tractor was going to eat her alive and she jumped sideways and banged my ankle up. Its large and purple. She didn't get away from me though. We did do some grooming. They are all shedding like mad.

I hope your weekend was good.

Blessings.

A good day

I am making white chili today. It is simmering on the stove. Hope it tastes as good as it smells. I think it might be a little more zippy than I thought. We are going to a chili feed tomorrow afternoon and Bob wanted to take something a little different. It doesn't look like chili but tastes like it.

Bob and I went to the Outdoor Show at the fairgrounds this afternoon. I enjoyed it but walking on concrete really huts my heels and knees. I did not know there were as many outfitters in the country, little lone in one place. Hunting and fishing trips to all over the world. I can not imagine hunting an elephant or a lion. Some of the deer, elk and moose horns were incredible in their size. I enjoyed a bird refuge area. They had a great horned owl that sat on their arm. She had lost a wing and could not fly. So instead of putting her down, they keep her at the refuge to educational purposes. They also had a screech owl. I did not realize they were so small. She was blind. Also a Red Tail Hawk which are prevalent around here. She only had one wing also and loved being talked to. She was sitting on a ladies arm. Of course they are on a tether lest they forget they can't fly. They also had a huge tank of glass that they were demonstrating fishing stuff. Didn't catch any when we were there but it was fun to watch those big fish swim around.

Sage tried to jump out of her pen when Bob was putting horses in. She likes to go first and Bob did her last. Maybe she is a little spoiled? Anyway, when he did go get her she was a lady about going in. If she had taken a run at it she probably could have jumped it but she tried it flat footed and just knocked her pen askew.

Maybe tomorrow I will get some pictures.

Blessings.

Basketball

Started out having lunch with a sweet new friend Lisa. We had such a good talk, I had to make myself say it was time to go home. She is an absolutely darling young woman. So alike are we.

This afternoon we went to a Middle School basketball game. Ryan's team lost. He was down in the dumps but that's life I guess. They played hard though. Also his younger brother Seth had a game earlier 6th. grade intramural. I didn't know whether to laugh or tell him good job. He said he scored all the points and they won but I didn't ask how many points. It was hard to remain serious.

Gonzaga won their first game in the NCAA tournament. Good game. I love watching them and the Cougars or WSU play. Don't care about anyone else. Probably doesn't matter to anyone else but I like it.

Sage was so calm when I put her in this evening it was nice. Sometimes she gets a little excited going back to the barn.

A funny story - at least for me. Bob got the tractor out yesterday and I told you, WELL its stuck again but not so bad. I just had to laugh.

Blessings

Its Unstuck

No pictures because my printer/scanner is fighting with me. Drat. Anyway it took Bob and our neighbor John 4 plus hours to get the tractor out. It looked to me like they were burying it deeper and deeper but they finally pulled it backwards to get it out. They both were covered with mud and Bob's boots were filled with water. I wanted to laugh but didn't think he would appreciate it. Neither of them.

Bob has trouble every time he is the one to move Sage from stall out/out into the stall. He was ready to swear this morning but when I got her in this evening she just walked along and was as polite as could be. She loves me what can I say.

Mostly I stayed in the house away from the two men. Got some things accomplished. Mainly the checkbook balanced. Hate that job worse than doing dishes but got it accomplished. Bob should not write checks under the influence of pain meds. At least I didn't make the mistakes this time. LOL.

Tomorrow I am have coffee with my sweet friend Lisa. That will be fun. She just grabbed a piece of my heart the first time I met her.

Blessings.

The joys of Mud

The chickens know their house is on the other side of the lake.
What happens when you try to cross where you shouln't have. I asked Bob is I could laugh. He said no.

She starts to wade across. The next step was much deeper and she fell in and managed to fly out. The brown one went to the barn.

The tractor is still there. He could not get it jacked up enough. A neighbor is coming down tomorrow with a large tractor and they will attempt to pull it out. He did get the cows fed first. He is muttering to himself but at least he tried to get it himself.

Last night Bob got a call from a vet and today he hauled a horse down to Wazoo for a lady. He probably has a broken hip but maybe not. Bob got this idea a while back to put his name out with some vets that he would haul horses when people didn't have trailers and they had emergencys. It was a good idea. The people today were so greatful.

When I put the horses out it was not raining and a few hours later it was pouring and they were glad to see me. Pepper is doing well, Sage is fine and Amelia is OK. She needs some pounds. Need to figure out some way to add calories to her diet. She gets vitamins, beet pulp soaked, a cup of corn oil and half a coffee can of Senior Feed night and morning plus alfalfa grass hay. Any ideas?

Blessings.

Swans

This what we saw on our way home from church yesterday. Have not seen swans like this before. I have seen them on the Turnbull Game Refuge but not in a wheat field. The entire view was awesome. All these pictures are at the same place.

Had fun taking the pictures. Swans, Geese and Ducks. We spent several minutes there watching and taking pictures.

Still nasty weather and lest I start complaining, I will just say......

Blessings.