Just more of the same old pictures, but current (3-31-07)

[Soapweed]

Spring is springing, the grass is rising; but to see this dandelion was a bit surprising.

First calf heifers and their babies that had just been fed

Looking down on Wilson Lake

Looking across Wilson Lake

On the feed ground

Getting the heavy cows separated from the newest pairs on Friday evening

Moving pairs to new pasture, or should I say new feedground

Pushing them along

Bird's eye view

Swans on Wilson Lake

Windbreak out in a pasture

My oldest son did a fine job fixing a broken arm.....

On the Hydra-bed

Have camera, will play

Nice to see water on the meadow

One of the most recent calves

Smokey expressing disdain about something

Cowboy crew on a chilly evening

The night man excited to be done for another season. He just works until about the first of April, which was 47 staight nights in a row for him. He will go back to Colorado for awhile now, and hopefully come back to do some fencing later in the spring. We are only about 80% done calving, but hopefully can get by now that the nights are warmer.

 

[Shortgrass]

How did you break that arm? Sure was a nice repair on it.

 

[Sundancer]

I know that is how I am "supposed" to weld......those are some pretty nice, even beads!

 

[Soapweed]

How did you break that arm? Sure was a nice repair on it.

We buy our neighbor's hay. The bales average about 1450 #, and are hauled home in stacks of 29 (two rows of ten with nine along the top). I should "unstack" the bales with a tractor, but usually just pull them apart with the Hydra-beds. Perhaps this is a bit hard on them. :?

I think the straw that broke the camel's back was getting a big bundle of fence posts a couple days ago. They were loaded on the pickup with a forklift, but I had them placed sideways so I could just unload them with the Hydra-bed arms. During the process, the band on one side of the bundle broke. This may have been when my troubles started, and not too many bales later the arm broke. After the fact, I can see where it had been broke earlier on the inside and gone unnoticed.

 

[MN Farm Girl]

Nice pictures as always. I am jealous that you have dandylions (sp?). It raining here after being foggy for all of 3 or 4 days. When we came out of church this morning it was snowing. It really wasn't snow, but it was slush. It is still drizzling. According to dad's weather forecasts it is going to be wet all April. He takes the day before, day of, and day after full moon. Whatever the weather was on the day before is what the weather is going to be for next week. The weather on the day of is the 2nd week. The day after is the third week. That tolds pretty true. We won't be able to get the crop in real early this year. But the good thing is that if we don't get much rain in July, this rain now might carry us. Last year on the 25th of April it rained for 3 days straight. We got 3 inches. Was a good thing too, got almost no rain in July or August. That 3 inches carried us for a long time. I'm rambling, so I'll close.


Catch ya later,
MN Farm Girl

 

[PPRM]

Damb Nice welding job......I'll send all my work, LOL,

Pat

 

[the_jersey_lilly_2000]

Granny always said that the first twelve days of the year would indicate how each month was gonna turn out weather wise.
Say if Jan 1, was raining, then the whole month of Jan would be wet...
etc. I've checked it a few times, but have a real hard time rememberin to right down what the weather was like for 12 strait days. However, now I've been a lil better about writin down foggy mornins, when it rains etc....maybe I got lucky and wrote down some weather durin the first 12 days and just haven't realized it. Need to go back and look. March was a really wet month for us.

 

[Shortgrass]

My father-in-law was a great one for "signs" as were a lot of old timers. Some of them seem to hold some merrit. My uncle just said trouble with signs is that they all fail in dry weather(which we get lots of).

 

[Jassy]

As usual, you've got some neat shots there Soapweed...Capturing that shadow of that cowboy standing still must of been a hard one to get... :lol: I bet yur gonna miss your nite man, so who gets the pleasure of that job now? I really like the lake pictures and the sky in the one with the windbreak..that one is cool. Even though green isn't my favorite color...I sure do like seeing it this time of year...

I started to write down foggy days to see if that ole tale holds true...but now I can't remember where I put it!..Oh well

 

[Richard Doolittle]

It kind of amazes me how guys think alike. I went through those nice pictures and the one that stood out to me was how nice the welding job was. Based on the other responses, I wasn't alone....

 

[Denny]

Looks like things are greening up even your trees have some leaves coming on.Were about 3 weeks behind you in that aspect.Your son welds pretty good maybe he needs a job in the north :wink:

 

[Soapweed]

It kind of amazes me how guys think alike. I went through those nice pictures and the one that stood out to me was how nice the welding job was. Based on the other responses, I wasn't alone....

Looks like things are greening up even your trees have some leaves coming on.Were about 3 weeks behind you in that aspect.Your son welds pretty good maybe he needs a job in the north :wink:

Thank you for the compliments on our son's welding ability. He loves doing that type of work, and inherited all of his mechanical ability from his mother. It is amazing that he chose welding as a career, while I have always avoided that type of work as much as possible. I like working with lumber and fencing, but avoid welding and mechanical stuff like the plague.

Our son took one year of welding at Western Dakota Technical Institute in Rapid City. When he graduated in the spring, the top student of each division was honored at a special breakfast on the morning of graduation. Peach Blossom and I were proud to get to attend this event with our son.

He likes the Sandhills, and likes being a week-end cowboy. On Wednesday evenings and some Sundays he enjoys going to ropings. With his grandmother's financial assistance, he bought a local machine shop and now has both the satisfaction and stress of owning his own business. Customers sometimes drive through other towns that have similar services because they appreciate his talents.

 

[Sundancer]

Soapweed, it was nice to get a little overview of you and your son's interests. I have concluded that you and your gang are a real genuine family and real fine folks. I really look forward to your pictures and posts and appreciate how you reply to the fine comments you receive here.

 

[Soapweed]

Soapweed, it was nice to get a little overview of you and your son's interests. I have concluded that you and your gang are a real genuine family and real fine folks. I really look forward to your pictures and posts and appreciate how you reply to the fine comments you receive here.

Thank you. Ranchers.Net is just full of good people, and that is why I enjoy hanging out here. It is like any other "neighborhood," and there is a lot we can learn from each other.