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We had to take a load of beautiful cows to the sale, another one will leave in the morning. The only strike against these cows is they didn’t get bred in the first 30 days with the bulls last year.  This year unless a cow is absolutely perfect they are being culled.  It can take decades to build a good herd and one sale to take a bunch of that work away. The prices are running from dismal to okay… I’m hoping for the okay side.  The price of hay is the highest I’ve ever seen, and the hay crop is not producing due to drought.  Last week we lost one cow to lightning, one cow found a bog and got stuck in it in the same pasture we rent, and one cow may have eaten a toxic weed.  A tough year to be in ranching.  

97 degrees, made it to the Championship Game, but lost by 1.  Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.  The players should be proud of getting 2nd of 6 teams, they played hard and hopefully had fun!

I think he was the most excited boy in the Midwest! He’s been waiting for months for his assortment of fancy baby chicks from Murray McMurray hatchery.

Haying has begun!  Andrew located a new to us haybine. I was able to contact the seller and Grandpa went to pick it up a few weeks ago. Seems to be working well!

My mother’s heart is warmed when these two help each other.

We sorted, worked, and hauled a package of late calvers today.

Rounding up.

We received .90 last night.  This moisture is sure making the garden perk up.  The heat stress is leaving the plants.

Locking up the ducks and goslings last evening.💙💜💛

After a week of 90 degree weather and dry, hot wind, we received a much needed .75 of rain last night.  Everything is breathing a sigh of relief…all the plants in the garden even though it’s being watered were withering.