Frost Warning

It never seems like spring ever comes and stays. It gets warm, everything comes up and blooms, then it freezes and kills every thing back. I thought this year that I would try to cover the hostas and apple trees. Maybe we will be able to save a few apples.

Humming Bird

I always enjoy when the humming birds arrive back at our house. One will usually fly up to the kitchen window to announce their return so I can put out the feeder.Sometimes there will be as many as six fighting for position.

Thunder

Counting down to the show/sale for Thunder. It is still touch and go as to whether or not V will be able to show him. He still seems as if he could blow up at any second.

Working Cattle

J and I worked the fall calves today.Ralgro implant,

dewormed, and vaccinated.

These are waiting their turn. It took about an hour to work 37 calves and 8 bred heifers.

Cattle Guard

Sometimes the goats get a little too curious about how things in the yard might taste. Unfortunately, the cattle guard does not stop them. What usually does is the electric wire we have to stretch out over the cattle guard.

Flowers

A few flowers blooming in the yard this spring.These purple tulips are in E's garden. I planted some in one of my flower beds at the same time about 3 years ago but they are almost gone. E's are still doing quite well.

I don't know what these small bell shaped flowers are. I dug them up from an old log cabin site.

The red buds are in full bloom now. It has always been one of my favorite spring trees. I got this one from the Arbor Day Foundation.

Sunday Morning

J came in the house Sunday morning before church to announce we had to pull a calf. Fortunately, it was only the third one this year.

The calf and cow were fine but the part you don't see is us using the calf jack. It's hard to work a 6' long pole and ratchet system hooked to chains around the calf's legs while a 1200 pound cow is swinging back and forth and take a picture.
current calf count 113