EmptyPockets
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Summer is winding down and it's been quite a year so far. As with every ranch, water is a vital part of the operation. Seems everything comes in extremes. Too hot, too cold, too wet, and too dry. Of course it's usually always too windy out here on the plains. Here some water related pics I took around our little desert.
Sometimes when it's hot you have a hankering for a cool drink!
A bird enjoying the waters edge.
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You drink wherever you can find a few drops.
Sometimes you have to fight for the little bit that's left.
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Of course if you have a few sheep around......you run into quite a bit of these predicaments.
You ever try getting a wool soaked woolie out of the mud....not easy and impossible to keep from getting all mudded up yourself.
A sure sign you haven't had any runnoff for a few years. Still thankful there some water left.
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This last week we've had turtles showing up at our doorstep. I gave them a lift to the nearest waterhole a couple miles away. Where do you put them while opening a gate. On the gatepost, of course.
Didn't seem to bother it too much. :wink:
A mom and baby waterhole reflecting.
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I see the geese are starting to gather for their fall run.
And finally a late summer sunset.
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Here's a poem I wrote a while back. Wife didn't like it, but I did so thought I'd share anyways.
H2O
Ever since the beginning
Man has searched the land
To find a source of water
For making a permanent stand
It may be a rippling brook,
A pond or even a well
Cause you'll need it every day
Whether it's cold or hot as hell
Babies, puppies, it don't matter
We all need that liquid source
For growing, cooking, drinking
And bathing too of course
It comes in snow, sleet and rain
Sometimes even dreaded hail
You take it for granted when you have it
But without you'll always fail
You'll pray for it , curse it, love it
And it might even take you down
When it comes in the form of a blizzard
Or a flood that can make you drown
It raises crops, grass and weeds
And even the largest of lakes
Now they sell it in a bottle
What's next for goodness sakes
It will be with you your entire life
And can help you achieve some riches
It'll tell when you're getting old.....
When you wet your britches
So here's to water or h2o
The preferred drink of our mankind
Actually of all mother nature
It's the best drink you'll ever find
Go grab a glass full and raise it high
It's the greatest drink there will ever be
Of course some like it on the rocks
Or as a splash in their whiskey!
However you enjoy it
Here's a toast to our precious Lord
Thank him for this liquid miracle
Which we all use to our own accord!
:wink: EP
Sometimes when it's hot you have a hankering for a cool drink!
A bird enjoying the waters edge.
[/img]
You drink wherever you can find a few drops.
Sometimes you have to fight for the little bit that's left.
[/img]
Of course if you have a few sheep around......you run into quite a bit of these predicaments.
A sure sign you haven't had any runnoff for a few years. Still thankful there some water left.
[/img]
This last week we've had turtles showing up at our doorstep. I gave them a lift to the nearest waterhole a couple miles away. Where do you put them while opening a gate. On the gatepost, of course.
A mom and baby waterhole reflecting.
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I see the geese are starting to gather for their fall run.
And finally a late summer sunset.
[/img]
Here's a poem I wrote a while back. Wife didn't like it, but I did so thought I'd share anyways.
H2O
Ever since the beginning
Man has searched the land
To find a source of water
For making a permanent stand
It may be a rippling brook,
A pond or even a well
Cause you'll need it every day
Whether it's cold or hot as hell
Babies, puppies, it don't matter
We all need that liquid source
For growing, cooking, drinking
And bathing too of course
It comes in snow, sleet and rain
Sometimes even dreaded hail
You take it for granted when you have it
But without you'll always fail
You'll pray for it , curse it, love it
And it might even take you down
When it comes in the form of a blizzard
Or a flood that can make you drown
It raises crops, grass and weeds
And even the largest of lakes
Now they sell it in a bottle
What's next for goodness sakes
It will be with you your entire life
And can help you achieve some riches
It'll tell when you're getting old.....
When you wet your britches
So here's to water or h2o
The preferred drink of our mankind
Actually of all mother nature
It's the best drink you'll ever find
Go grab a glass full and raise it high
It's the greatest drink there will ever be
Of course some like it on the rocks
Or as a splash in their whiskey!
However you enjoy it
Here's a toast to our precious Lord
Thank him for this liquid miracle
Which we all use to our own accord!
:wink: EP
