What a Day!
7/28/06 - 6th Day - Evening. Well, I was right about it being an interesting day. My morning post was sent out just before 8 a.m. Not too long after that we got a shout from Mark that there was a small animal in the paddock. Turns out that the Siffords cow "Ami" had just calved. You can read that story HERE.
So, Danielle and I left to go check the mail sometime before noon and we stopped to check out the cow and new calf. Maria was acting funny and wouldn't come to me, so Danielle said, "I'm pretty sure that she is in labor, she is going to drop soon".
On the way back to the ranch we received a call from Tracy, Maria had calved as well! So we had two calves in one day. Our herd went from 4 to 6!
My mother and sister and a young nephew of mine came out to visit the children. I tried to continue my online work, but that became more and more difficult, so I joined the fellas in the root cellar at about 2:30. We dug for about two hours in the searing heat, then we quit and went and sat in the shade. Brother David came back from his trip to the park to talk to the Park Rangers. It turns out we were right, Barney Fife the goofy cop wannabe Park Host had overstepped his authority. We are allowed to go to the park for showers and water and we can even dump trash so long as it is "reasonable". They talked to the Park Manager and said they would go handle Barney so that he doesn't keep harassing honest paying customers.
I had a good talk with the fellas about work and the doing of it.
Tonight we had a special treat. Spaghetti made with our own homemade garden-grown sauce, with fresh garden green beans and fresh garden grown cantaloupe. The sauce was a huge hit, and the cantaloupe was so sweet it was like candy. A nice end to a nice day when you can have a great meal that you grew yourself.
So, all-in-all it was a good day, except we ran out of gas for the generators, and money to fill them. But, then, it is a process driven life.
Michael
So, Danielle and I left to go check the mail sometime before noon and we stopped to check out the cow and new calf. Maria was acting funny and wouldn't come to me, so Danielle said, "I'm pretty sure that she is in labor, she is going to drop soon".
On the way back to the ranch we received a call from Tracy, Maria had calved as well! So we had two calves in one day. Our herd went from 4 to 6!
My mother and sister and a young nephew of mine came out to visit the children. I tried to continue my online work, but that became more and more difficult, so I joined the fellas in the root cellar at about 2:30. We dug for about two hours in the searing heat, then we quit and went and sat in the shade. Brother David came back from his trip to the park to talk to the Park Rangers. It turns out we were right, Barney Fife the goofy cop wannabe Park Host had overstepped his authority. We are allowed to go to the park for showers and water and we can even dump trash so long as it is "reasonable". They talked to the Park Manager and said they would go handle Barney so that he doesn't keep harassing honest paying customers.
I had a good talk with the fellas about work and the doing of it.
Tonight we had a special treat. Spaghetti made with our own homemade garden-grown sauce, with fresh garden green beans and fresh garden grown cantaloupe. The sauce was a huge hit, and the cantaloupe was so sweet it was like candy. A nice end to a nice day when you can have a great meal that you grew yourself.
So, all-in-all it was a good day, except we ran out of gas for the generators, and money to fill them. But, then, it is a process driven life.
Michael
posted by Michael Bunker at 7/28/2006 04:28:00 PM
2 Comments:
Welcome to the blogosphere, Mr. Bunker.
I am always blessed by your papal antichrist writings, which I treasure.
Glad to hear all is well, for the most part, down on the farm.
Good to hear from you John. We pray all is well with you all. God Bless.
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