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Oh, yeah, baby!!! Art class is about to begin. Can you guess what we have in store for today? (hopefully it won’t draw into tomorrow but one never knows when Mr. Murphy decides to show up to the party) Until next time…~hobo

Always filled with fun and excitement! You get to enjoy the smoky summer sun, 92F temps, fresh air, sounds of mama cows gently mooing to their babies locked in the next pen, maybe a little bit of dust, one or two games of “where’s the wasp nest”, a little math & memory games, discovery thatContinue reading “days off from city work”

Autumn is a muscovy duck. Her sisters Merriweather & Penelope went broody and hatched a few ducklings…. ducklings that weren’t supposed to be hatched but someone decided that he didn’t want to risk his being hand chewed off by the grumpy broody mamas and that it was much safer to leave the eggs alone. Well,Continue reading “the mystery of Autumn”

when cows and calves get that ‘itch’… Oh, such a pleasant sight to see when you just get home from spending money…but, but she’s such a cute little brat heifer…. now ya know why farm stores have all their fencing supplies on sale during this time of year 😉 Until next time…~hobo

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You know, I started to write this post over a month ago. And I honestly believed that spring was around the corner. There were several signs. Yeah, I know… some time before this post I showed you a video of poor Mittens the barn cat in a terrible blizzard. At least he thought it wasContinue reading “signs of ‘spring’???”

Mittens is not amused…. Until next time…. ~hobo

Guess what we did over the summer? No, we didn’t go on vacation but it was pretty close. Over the course of one weekend, besides complaining commenting about the heat and smokey air we did our annual branding for the 2022 calves. Our way of branding is not like what you see in Hollywood westernContinue reading “flashback….branding 2022”

Silly cows. No wonder the beer fridge is always empty. Until next time~hobo

… to those farmers who sacrificed their second cutting of hay to the rain gods. The offering was accepted and about a tenth of rain fell from the sky. Enough to make windshields a dirty mess but it did settle the dust a bit. Even the critters seemed content. Until next time…~hobo