Three Things Plus One

First, the plus one.  The drone is sunk.  We couldn’t get it to work today.  The 10 minutes it worked was fun.  I am thinking of getting another one. 

It has been a couple of weeks since I rode Draper.  I caught her today, got on and rode normally.  The ground is too wet and soggy to ride outside much, but I did ride around outside the barn a little.

She did really well with her barn work too.  She is still acting like a normal horse and not some crazy thing.   I hope this continues for some good springtime riding. 

 Speaking of wet ground, Joe got two loads of gravel today for the road down to the old barn.  The calves are getting hauled out Thursday and they are calling for yet more rain.  Joe doesn’t want the road conditions to hamper getting the trucks and trailers in and out.  He is ready for the feedlot to takeover this group.

Yesterday we went birding with Keiran and Emily.  I was just taking a picture of the two of them, while Keiran was pointing at something, when Emily sneezed.  If you didn’t know better, it looks like there was something more violent happening.  

But they made up and continued birding.

Maiden Voyage, Not Unlike The Titanic

I got Joe a drone for Christmas.  I have tinkered around with it a little inside but had not had a good opportunity to really figure it out.  

Emily and Keiran were here today and Keiran seemed very interested in getting it to work.  He picked up where I had left off and actually got it flying.
 

Things were off to a good start.

I was even able to take some pictures from the drone. 

And since the purpose of it was to be able to find the goats, we went looking for them.  I started having a little problem with the video, so Keiran started bringing the drone back.

He was doing great bringing it in, until a gust of wind caught it.

And deposited it in the top of the maple tree. 

A lot of discussion ensued.  Keiran said he could climb the tree and get close if we had a long grabber.  Joe’s extendable calf catcher pole was just the thing. Keiran climbed as far as he felt comfortable and took the pole and was able to shake the branch enough to get the drone to drop out.

Too bad one of the propellers broke.  I’ve worked on it with some glue tonight.  Tomorrow we will see if it still works, or if like the Titanic, its maiden voyage will be its last.