August 2014 pictures

[Soapweed]

Getting a selling cow and her calf closer to home

Grasshopper covered antlers

Deer skull at dusk

Tour through the hills

RBT from Ranchers.net. We had a good time with him, his wife, and his sister, who has been a longtime friend of our family.

Boat on SB Lake

Aunt and nephew

Rigging up a windsurfer

The trees we planted 25 years ago finally came in handy.

Seeking shade

Fun in the sun

Say "cheese."

Peach's sister and their mother

Kosmo Kid's bride

The water looks deep.

Peach on the windsurfer going strong.

Boat people

Kosmo Kid trying his stuff

Two peas in a pod

Accupuncture to fix my leg

A rat's azz for those who give one :wink:

Road to the wild blue yonder

Nice run-off

On our new solar well and tank

In South Dakota, the tank has to be ten feet from the well. We need to put up cribbing before allowing cattle to be in the pasture.

This needs lowered. The before picture.

The after picture. About three feet of casing was cut off, and the windmill and tank were lowered.

Critters

I even did some raking today.

The baler is in action on the other side.

Rain is coming. We got done just in time.

 

[nd]

Awesome pics as always, Soapweed!! Your pics are the main reason I visit this page...What's the reason for "10 feet" from the tank in SD ?

 

[Faster horses]

Is the acupuncture helping your leg, Soap? Nice to see you are out raking. Do you have a lot of 'hoppers?

Your calves look like short yearlings!! They have summered well!

Thanks for the pictures! I don't think there is much your family can't do or participate in, is there? What a great way to live.

 

[Soapweed]

Awesome pics as always, Soapweed!! Your pics are the main reason I visit this page...What's the reason for "10 feet" from the tank in SD ?

Thanks, nd. Probably the only reason for the "10 feet" law, is for some bureaucrat to justify his existence and try to act like he has made a monumental decision.

Is the acupuncture helping your leg, Soap? Nice to see you are out raking. Do you have a lot of 'hoppers?

Your calves look like short yearlings!! They have summered well!

Thanks for the pictures! I don't think there is much your family can't do or participate in, is there? What a great way to live.

In all honesty, our family doesn't much enjoy ball games of any kind. My sons almost dislike ball games more than I do. For what it is worth. :roll: They do like golf and bowling.

It's too early to tell on the acupuncture. We have a lot of grasshoppers, but they are finally going away or dying off. The rains have kept plenty of grass growing for both the cattle and the 'hoppers. We got a nice six tenths of an inch of rain last evening, bringing our summer total up to over 16 inches of beautifully timed rains.

 

[George]

Awesome pics as always, Soapweed!! Your pics are the main reason I visit this page...What's the reason for "10 feet" from the tank in SD ?

In the 1950s I used to spend summers on my Uncles farm. They built a concrete tank ( about 12' diameter and 3' deep ) with the well right in the middle and the windmill legs bolted to the tank.

As a youngster I loved that it was fenced so that animals could drink from 4 different lots and he kept fish in it and we would get in on hot days baling hay.

I thought it was a great system!

 

[Shelly]

Hey, Soapweed. I and the hubby passed through your neck of the woods yesterday. Just wanted to say hi. Sitting in Norfolk right now, we're taking in Thunder by the River. We don't have tractor pulling in Saskatchewan like there is down here.

 

[Soapweed]

Hey, Soapweed. I and the hubby passed through your neck of the woods yesterday. Just wanted to say hi. Sitting in Norfolk right now, we're taking in Thunder by the River. We don't have tractor pulling in Saskatchewan like there is down here.

Great to hear your "voice" again, Shelly. We have missed you. Swing by on your way back through, if there is time. I will P.M. my cell number to you. Keep posting. You have always been a big part of the Ranchers.net family.

 

[Faster horses]

Yes, Shelley. Nice to see you post again. We have missed you!

 

[Shelly]

Hey, Soapweed. I and the hubby passed through your neck of the woods yesterday. Just wanted to say hi. Sitting in Norfolk right now, we're taking in Thunder by the River. We don't have tractor pulling in Saskatchewan like there is down here.

Great to hear your "voice" again, Shelly. We have missed you. Swing by on your way back through, if there is time. I will P.M. my cell number to you. Keep posting. You have always been a big part of the Ranchers.net
family.

Thanks for your phone number. I actually just got your pm yesterday afternoon and we're already home. Maybe next time, we seem to go to or through Nebraska once or twice a year. Pretty state, btw. Very different from what I think of when I think of Nebraska.

 

[Shortgrass]

I don't think accupuncture worked out too well on the rat; maybe too big a needle?

 

[Soapweed]

I don't think accupuncture worked out too well on the rat; maybe too big a needle?

Possibly the needle comprised too big a percent of the rat's body. :wink: