The calving season is underway on the MI Ranch! Soon it will feel like Andrew and I will be meeting ourselves coming and going!
Cute little British White calf! My uncle Fred mentioned to me that he thinks we live in the “Tabernacle of Heaven, except for those wind towers!” However, they don’t bother me like they used to … I guess a person gets used to the change in the landscape.One of the greatest joys in ranching is going out to the pasture and finding a new bouquet of baby calves!Hunting for gophers with mouse traps. Reports have been that the only thing caught was a 7 year olds fingers. 🤨. Tried my hand at coconut macaroons, oh so tasty! But one has to get them off the pan quick otherwise they are very hard to remove! These almost didn’t make it to dessert time. Everyone here enjoys coconut, so these were given the thumbs up🥥😋.These articles were sent to Simon since he’s been training his pony. These are some old time pictures! We probably won’t be “earring our pony” down, that’s an outdated practice.I wonder if she’ll ever realize how much joy she has already brought to us? Or is that something only God knows? I took this picture last week but never got it posted. She is rolling around like a whirlwind and she’ll get caught in furniture and let us know when she can’t move anymore so we move her back to the middle of the room and there she goes again! She seems very precocious. When she and Andrew are chatting at night it seems like she’s trying to talk to him. I think she’s a Daddy’s girl. Simon’s egg business continues to thrive! I never thought I’d see the day when orders had to be put in days ahead or we wouldn’t be able to fill them! If this world doesn’t straighten out soon, we might have to think about doubling our flock!My pandemic boots! This is the first pair of work boots I’ve ever gotten brand new! Usually I’m using worn-out old tennis shoes with holes in them. I’m excited that these work boots will keep the cactus and cockleburrs off of my feet! + Protect them when large critters hooves find my feet! 🤎. Andrew asked why didn’t I pick ones with laces on them, I told him getting four young people ready to do chores twice a day is an accomplishment, and if I took extra time to lace up shoes the mob would turn on me! He likes to wear his new birthday boots!Tagging calves. Andrew always reminds me of such a great white hunter when he catches them.Going in for the catch! Andrew is a go-getter and learned about this strategy called cell grazing, ask him about it sometime. He purchased a mobile, easy to put up fence that he is using to divide our home pasture. It’s supposed to make grazing much more efficient and save a lot of grass/hay while at the same time providing the herd with plenty of green grass. If you zoom in on the picture you’ll see a bunch of black posts running lengthwise across the pasture. Andrew put them in over his lunch hour on Wednesday. He purchased some more of those posts and plans to put in more soon.Watching Daddy change the oil, spark plugs, and put in a new air filter. Thank goodness Andrew knows how to do these things, that’s beyond my realm right now.Ambrose loves stopping to say, “hello” to Speckles when we do our noon chores!Please say prayers for the repose of the soul of Bill Schuh, his late daughter, Mary was one of my bridesmaids. My heart hurts for his family. A decade ago they lost Mary and now him. Mary to a tragic accident and he to cancer. Bill was an extremely admirable man who brought out the best in those he met. Eternal rest grant unto him O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace. Amen. May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
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