There are some things to smile about the past two years. For instance, we saw this at Freddie’s last January. Or Boy checking on his baby chicks. He was hilarious. Every morning he wanted to go into the workshop and check on them. As they got bigger he seemed to gain a lot of joy

We had been here a few years before we saw the first pair of quail. It was the year after the neighbors clear cut. It started with just one pair, running crazily along the driveway as they do, the female dodging one direction and the male trying to lead us away from her the opposite.

Close! The National Weather Service says Rain starting Friday! Yay! I am excited. That week of extreme heat burnt a lot around the farm. It put the pastures down hard. When Crystal called our hay suppliers one said he normally gets eight tons an acre, but this year the yield was only two . .

We are down to three brood cows. It is the plan. To transition from a herd to feeder calves each year. It is not an overnight thing, it has another two years to run it’s course. I’m glad we will have these cows to put a smackdown on the calves we bring on farm. The

Earlier this week I spotted a car come up the driveway and park off the side of the road. I went out and around to see who they were and what they were upto? When the guy driving saw me, he started up and took off. OK, no harm, no foul right? The next day