Three Moooves

There has been a lot of cattle moving around this week. 

 First, we moved 2 loads of bred heifers to J's dad's house.   This involved getting them up, deworming, loading on the trailer,

 then unloading.

 Now they should be set until winter. 

 Then there was another cow that had twins.  J tried to get them together to go to the barnlot, but this little one took off in the opposite direction.  J finally got fed up with trying to herd him and just picked him up. 

 I got the halter out of the truck and we about had him halter broke by the time we got to the lot.  Farmercising, picking up and pulling.

 The J gave me the job of rotating the cattle here today.  They don't really come when I call but they know the sound of the 4-wheeler and they were ready for new pasture. 

A pretty easy move, just open the gate and get out of the way. 

Coupon Saturday #48

There was a big clearance event a couple of weeks ago, about $60 of more free stuff.   Somethings they actually paid me to take so I got pepsi, milk and chips for less.   I forgot to take a picture of it all before I put it away.  But I did find a unicorn. 

 Something about Dollar General's computer system, when they quit carrying an item it goes to a penny.  The workers are suppose to pull the item from the shelf and do whatever they do with them, my guess is the dumpster.  Anyway, sometimes things get missed and penny shopping is apparently a big thing with the couponers.  I haven't gotten interested in it at all but I did find this one by accident. 

And yes, a 10 pack of socks for a penny.   I just need to find someone with small feet.

View From My Porch

 J walked out on the porch and saw the bald eagle.  It was down by the creek, pretty far away, but J said he was able to see it because he was wearing his glasses.  He claims he can zero in on most anything with them on. 

 I, on the other hand, grabbed E's camera, and started taking pictures.  (after I went back in to get the memory card)

 The zoom lens is very nice, plus I had the porch rail to steady it with. 

It's pretty amazing to get to see an eagle from your porch. 

Insta-flower

Mary from work gave me a bucket of Black Eyed Susan plants last week.  They have been living in the garage for the last 4 days while I have tried to find a place to put them. It is getting more challenging every year to find spots for things.  

 But I think this will work.  I had to dig the grass back some to make it wide enough. 

 Then, tada! Flowers!  This is a bush like variety, tall with a little smaller flower.

 This is the kind I already had.  I transplanted these last year.

 But this is what most of mine look like right now, plenty of black eyes, very little Susan. 

I think if these make it, they will look very nice with the arborvitaes in the background. 

Moving Bulls

J has 8 different bulls.  During breeding season there is always some shuffling around to do.  He had put a young one out with the cows but he started limping after just a few days.  That meant sorting another one out of the bull lot to take to the cows.  Otoelene was called into service on that one.  The bull lot is very rough, steep, trees, gullies.  Plus, the one J wanted was submissive to two others in the lot.  At one point, the bull was trying to cut back around the water tank, Otoelene and I came around the other way and were face to face with him.  He tried butting Otoelene in the chest but she didn't budge.  My rein slapping and yelling finally got him to turn around and we got him out.

 That left the lame bull to get back in.

 Nothing near as dramatic here.

Otoelene does love her cattle work.

Just Kit Sunday #161

I really like how my flowers have done this year.  They have out done themselves with all the rain we have had. 

 I had some zinnias volunteer next to the house where I usually plant them.  But they always get too big there and end up taking over the sidewalk.  So this year, as we harvested the onions, I would move over a zinnia into the spot.  This has been a much better arrangement. 

 Then in place of where the zinnias have been, I planted blue salvia and vinca instead.  They have been much tamer, not overtaking the sidewalk but still giving a nice pop of color.

 Kit Kat didn't want to be left out of the photo shoot so he started strutting his stuff.

 I think he is ready for the runway, just look at that attitude.

Then back in the garden, I have never tried before but this year I thought I might go for a second round of lettuce.  Once again, with the rain, it looks like we will be getting a second crop.

Coupon Saturday #47 and New Wardrobe

Had to go to Dollar General for my weekly free stuff. 

 I did make a mistake this time.  Their wifi hasn't been working so I can't check to make sure the items attach to the digital coupons.  But I pretty much have all of this at home, so I just check before I go.  But I forgot to look at the Dentalife.  I couldn't remember if the coupon had expired or not.  I took a chance but it didn't pay off. 

 So instead of overage that should have taken care of most of my tax, I had to pay 40 cents plus tax.  Oh well, at least I got $32.66 for free.

Then our local Goody's has been going out of business for the last 8 months.   But they are getting serious now, some of the stuff is 90% off.  Nine shirts, 1 sweater, 4 pairs of pants and a dress.....$48.80!  That is definitely cheaper than Goodwill.  And the truly amazing thing is, even with no dressing rooms to try stuff on, it all fit.