"If my life is fruitless, it does not matter who praises me, and if my life is fruitful, it does not matter who criticizes me."
- John Bunyan
Today, Mother's Day, our youngest son, Jacob, brought his Mom a rose bush. She has not decided where to plant it yet and is going to mull it over for a few days. She has always wanted to have roses but we have never had any luck with the ones we have tried. maybe this one will be different.
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IJK
Glinda was in a hurry to get the Juniper planted and knew right where she wanted it put. She has it planted and is now actively engaged in putting rocks around it. It took her three trailer loads before she was satisfied. I went and started the evening chores and wqhen she was done she joined me.
Finished with the rocks. I took this after milking and the shadows are getting long.
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IJK
The calves are more interested in eating their evening meal of grain than they are in me. I like to stand and watch them eat heartily. This ethanol bs has caused the price of grain to soar and it costs more each day to feed them. I used to be able to buy the feed for a little over $140 a ton and now it is up to $280 per ton. That is a huge increase driven by the speculators buying the corn. I wish the dern speculators had to actually take physical possession of the corn when they purchased it.
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IJK
It sure is nice having a granddaughter to assist in gathering the cows for the evening milking on a warm spring day here in the Ozarks. "Flossie" seems to enjoy being out in the fields with me. Sure saves me a lot of steps.
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IJK
My wife's sister Anna has a son, Rick, who was traveling from Arkansas to visit his Mom on Mothers Day. It had been a long cold ride and he decided to stop in and visit and warm up for a bit before he went on to Mtn Grove. It seems he has recently purchased this 750 Kawasaki Vulcan. Although the bike is 22 years old he rolled it over the 4000 mile mark on the trip. The wind was blowing cold all the way up here and it took him an hour to thaw out. We hadn't seen him for a couple of years.
As we were returning to the house yesterday evening following the evening chores we found this handsome devil stretched across the step under the door. Glinda would not enter the house until I moved him down to the field. He is the first we had seen this year. He appears to be about 4 feet long but he was not aggressive.
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IJK
The VFW Post that I am a member of conducted a "Flag Retirement Ceremony" at Norwood School on May 9, 2008. A full report complete with photos can be accessed at Flag Retirement Ceremony
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IJK