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Got the snow melted down to soft ice and water. Must be our January thaw, but it’s been so nice, I didn’t expect it to get better! Supposed to stay like this for awhile too. Great!

Dean stopped in for a visit and tea this morning. We had tea and a good visit. I had caught up the horses this morning while I was choring so this afternoon I went out and hooked up Wren with Ron. Cindy got home before I was done so she snapped some pictures and video. May be able to upload some video to Youtube, as I can’t on here.

I sure like this little chariot for starting these colts!

Here’s some photo’s. Click to make ‘em bigger.

: View from the drivers seat

: Wren must be a mare, she sure looks crabby! ;-)

: Shadow, doing what his name is…

: Ron on your left and Wren his full sister on the right

: Looks like Ron is working by himself!

: Still workin’ by himself, dang females!

: A better trained and more tired Wren and Ron.

Happy Birthday Sam!

January 24, 2012 in Family, Leatherwork, Saddles | 10 comments

Chance and Hopes second son, Sam is 4 years old today! Hopefully we will get to see him. Because I just love to give kids their birthday spankings on their birthday!

Here is the latest progress on my saddle.

Warning! Adult material in following post!

January 23, 2012 in other peoples stuff, politics, rants | 2 comments

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Another glorius day!

January 23, 2012 in adventures, animals, Cattle, dogs, Family, friends, Horses, Leatherwork, Saddles, weather | Leave a comment

Sun is shining and there is just a very lite breeze. Only those who have gone thru’ hurricane force winds can probably appreciate a calm day, to the best effect.

The horses were in getting a drink when I went out so I caught up the team and Gramma and Spike rode along on the wagon when I took bean down to the cows, down south. Seeing as the team had not been used much of late and that it is such a nice day, they acted like they were trotters more than a farm team. I kept them in and the young team was hanging out when I put them away so I kept them in also. I will try and play with them, especially Rill, as she is so spooky acting and not trusting of humans, and perhaps someone will come visit and I will have help to go along and drive these young ones alongside the old ones.

Seeing as it was fairly calm, I burnt all the old salt sacks that were piling up in the granary.

Now, back to my saddle!

Wet, windy and SLIPPERY

January 22, 2012 in adventures, animals, Cattle, dogs, Family, friends, Horses, Leatherwork, Saddles, weather | 7 comments

Wow. got a little rain last night and maybe some snow and when you walk out there, you wish you was sharp shod. Not too cold, tho’ that wind has a bite to it, but I about fell down several times as the snow is real slippery from the rain . It’s in the 30′s and water dripping off the roof when I let the dogs out of their house. Horses were in the corral looking for a handout,and I suppose with their wet backs they are a bit chilly, so they are ramming and jamming to get warm. Glad I don’t have to saddle one and step on as my butt is just too round for that and I’d fall off. Any way I try to travel, looks like an old feller like me could slip and break a hip!

I had fed yesterday, knowing it was going to be like this today, so every thing should be set. I’d gotten some 2 inch styrafoam when I was in town the other day and put it over the float for the cattle down south to insulate it where the float is and the tank for the horses and calves wasn’t iced over, so it looks like I can go in the shop and get back to work on my saddle.

Cindy didn’t go in to work today because of the roads and she is feeling guilty. but I don’t know why. Hell, she couldn’t hardly get out of the driveway! Let alone 60 miles to town.

The Bishop was out to Mass last night. I hope he has safe travels on to the other parishes today!

Grandkids!

January 21, 2012 in adventures, Family, weather | 2 comments

I got my chores done and then went to Punkin’ Center to get the fuel filter changed in my pickup, as it was wanting to gell on me the other day. then picked up a half a beef to take to people at Rapid City. Ate some lunch at Bull Creek cafe and then on into Sturgis where I got a few things done, while waiting for Cindy to get off work. she had me bring her Kindle, so I read a book I had downloaded to it while I waited.

She came out and got in the pickup and on to Rapid. She watched the meat while I did a little shopping and then over to the meet for the meat place.

Got the meat to the ladies, got paid and then we went and loaded down with wood pellets, ate a bite and then on to Gabe and Lige’s wrestling match. I was not properly informed of the start time, so we were way early and I was tired of bleacher seating before it ever started! But when it did I loosened up fast. Gabe won his first match with a pin and Lige lost his to a pin. Then in the second round, Gabe had a pretty hard opponent, but he managed to win by points. Did a great job. Lige lost his second match by a pin again. We had to leave but Tate posted that Gabe won his first tournament, so must have been victorious in his last match also! Woo Hoo!

Supposed to get up in the 40′s by this afternoon! Woo Hoo!

Fr Tyler’s birthday today. Woo Hoo!

Bishop is coming to Mass this afternoon. Woo hoo!

Oops, maybe didn’t need a woo hoo on that one.

Cold cowboys!

January 19, 2012 in adventures, animals, Cattle, cowboyin', dayworkin', Family, friends, Horses, poetry, weather | 8 comments

Got up at 4:30 this morning, did the chores around here and headed to Chances. Pickup wanted to gel up (seeing as it was below zero and I hadn’t mixed the same stuff in the fuel I usually do) so I turned around and came back home, got the cold car and headed out again. It was snowing softly and real hard to see at times. Too almost 2 hours to get there. Chance had brought Pilgrim for me to ride so he and I got ahorseback and Johhny and Jim tolled the cows close to the corral with the feeder pickup and then we got them penned and went to sorting. Good crew and we got it done pretty quick for the amount of cattle we had and the pens we had to work in. Who ever designed their sorting alley set the gates up backwards, so you can only sort a small jag at a time and then can only split them. Pretty hard to tell the steers from the heifers with all the hair they’ve got and then too lots of the steers had bus holding their sheaths up to their bellies. Almost had to resort to the “feel” method!

We got them done, had a wild cow jump over a tank and fence and ruin the tank and broke a plank on top, to which Johhny commented, “I’ve got more boards…” Chance had the gate open so she could go out but she was too stupid. Ought to shoot bitches like that.

We loaded the calves and I headed for the Hills. Literally. Had to finish up some stuff from the event we did at Beslers and then headed home. I stopped and bot a few bags of wood pellets as we were out. (Why I wanted to take the pickup this morning) I felt like a redneck loading bags of pellets in the back seat of the car, but oh well….

Dang, we have been spoiled! My fingers are all broken out for this little cold snap. And I am TIRED! A little sleep and the warmer weather coming this way will fix all that, tho’!