Rain

It has been painfully dry this summer and the 90 plus temperature and wind haven't been helping.

Thankfully, we got an inch of rain this morning. I almost went out and played in it.

Yard Ornaments

The farm we bought a few years ago had a big collection of old farm equipment.

A couple of years ago J gave it to some local boys to haul off for scrap. I requested that we keep the iron wheels. We finally got them back this week.
Now I get to decide what to do with them.

More Fair

A few more pictures from the fair.

Couldn't resist taking a picture of this family "watching" the cattle show.

Fair

J, V, and E have spent the last 2 days at the NRV fair. I didn't have to go until today.

V took the Hereford heifer she showed a couple of months ago.
She didn't place in showmanship and was 3rd out of 3 in her heifer class. We weren't expecting that the heifer would do well so we weren't disappointed.
We suspect this was the real reason she wanted to go to the fair.
She did place 5th in the Stockman's contest. But it was a long, hot, tiring day for all.

Peppers

I planted a variety pack of rainbow peppers this year.

The yellow and greens look nice but the purple is a little puney. They all taste good however.

Quote of the Day, "If I have my dog cremated will he still look the same?"

4-H Arena Day

Another 4-H meeting at the arena.

E still isn't home from the beach with Aunt A, so I took Hank and V rode Jessica.
Only one other 4-Her came. Katelyn with Scribbles. The horses all did well. Hank's second time in a real arena and after the nerves wore off he did fine. It is so frustrating the so many people in the county have horses yet no one will bring their children to a 4-H meeting.

500th Post ! Road Trip

Today our cattle are heading west.

We sent 60 along with 11 from a neighbor.
The tractor trailer can't get into our farm so we have to haul them across town to a barn with a scale.
The truck can only haul 49500 pounds legally so it's imperative the the scale be read correctly.
J was getting the final count while they were being loaded.
They should arrive in Nebraska tomorrow morning.