gcreekrch
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My sister's husband, their grandson and SIL from Australia were here for 2 days and we got the mudballs sheared again. My BIL was a shearer in his younger day but between his back and mine you wouldn't make a whole man. We call it the Guichon Creek Tag Team Shearing. While one is shearing a sheep the other can stand straight for a bit.
This year, everyone including our French Ag student had a go at shearing, hoping my sister's grandson will take up the family tradition and aleviate the work from 2 "old men". :lol:
Anyway, my leg apparently took a beating as it is complaining this morning.
We took Mathieu to the tame rodeo in Bella Coola last week. His first. I took him behind the chutes and showed him what the contractor and riders were doing. When they found out where he was from they all took a bit of time to explain a few things, it was great. He got educated a bit about how a flank works and spent a bit of time going over one to find there was no nails or barb wire in one to make the animal perform. :wink:
Mathieu said he took 200 pictures and a few videos of the day. :lol:
Now that he is initiated we are taking him to the Anahim Stampede this weekend. It can be pretty wild! Stay tuned.
This year, everyone including our French Ag student had a go at shearing, hoping my sister's grandson will take up the family tradition and aleviate the work from 2 "old men". :lol:
Anyway, my leg apparently took a beating as it is complaining this morning.
We took Mathieu to the tame rodeo in Bella Coola last week. His first. I took him behind the chutes and showed him what the contractor and riders were doing. When they found out where he was from they all took a bit of time to explain a few things, it was great. He got educated a bit about how a flank works and spent a bit of time going over one to find there was no nails or barb wire in one to make the animal perform. :wink:
Mathieu said he took 200 pictures and a few videos of the day. :lol:
Now that he is initiated we are taking him to the Anahim Stampede this weekend. It can be pretty wild! Stay tuned.
