Well....I have just about had enough of winter, and the whole of next week looks like its going to be more of the same! To make matters worse, the power went off at 9:00am this morning just as I was sitting down with my cereal and a hot cup of coffee. This is a very rare occurance here, and I expected it to come right back on.....nuh uh, it took a good 3 hours before it came back on and in the mean time, to add insult to injury a strong south wind blew in. This combined with some rediculously cold temps equaled 2 frozen waterbowls and 40 cows plus 16 heifers and a couple of bulls that thought their world would come to an end if they didn't get a drink RIGHT NOW. Luckily it was only the top float assembly on both bowls that had frozen, they hadn't been without power long enough for the freezing to keep going south. Kya came with me and while I worked on the waterbowl, she gathered cows and pushed them back out to the field.....much nicer than having cattle breathing down your neck while you're trying to operate a wrench :o)
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Sunday, February 20, 2011
Grumble Grumble - Bitch bitch
SUCCESS!!
Well....I have just about had enough of winter, and the whole of next week looks like its going to be more of the same! To make matters worse, the power went off at 9:00am this morning just as I was sitting down with my cereal and a hot cup of coffee. This is a very rare occurance here, and I expected it to come right back on.....nuh uh, it took a good 3 hours before it came back on and in the mean time, to add insult to injury a strong south wind blew in. This combined with some rediculously cold temps equaled 2 frozen waterbowls and 40 cows plus 16 heifers and a couple of bulls that thought their world would come to an end if they didn't get a drink RIGHT NOW. Luckily it was only the top float assembly on both bowls that had frozen, they hadn't been without power long enough for the freezing to keep going south. Kya came with me and while I worked on the waterbowl, she gathered cows and pushed them back out to the field.....much nicer than having cattle breathing down your neck while you're trying to operate a wrench :o)
Well....I have just about had enough of winter, and the whole of next week looks like its going to be more of the same! To make matters worse, the power went off at 9:00am this morning just as I was sitting down with my cereal and a hot cup of coffee. This is a very rare occurance here, and I expected it to come right back on.....nuh uh, it took a good 3 hours before it came back on and in the mean time, to add insult to injury a strong south wind blew in. This combined with some rediculously cold temps equaled 2 frozen waterbowls and 40 cows plus 16 heifers and a couple of bulls that thought their world would come to an end if they didn't get a drink RIGHT NOW. Luckily it was only the top float assembly on both bowls that had frozen, they hadn't been without power long enough for the freezing to keep going south. Kya came with me and while I worked on the waterbowl, she gathered cows and pushed them back out to the field.....much nicer than having cattle breathing down your neck while you're trying to operate a wrench :o)
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Completed Project
Jaime....not real happy with this turn of events ! :)
Well here it is......my grooming table is complete! I've wanted a grooming table for a long time, just because it makes it so much easier on a persons back rather than bending over to groom dogs, or find an available "something" to put them up on. This design is from my friend Pat who owns two grooming shops and it works really well, its nice to have a shelf underneath the table to keep your tools handy! My dogs are pretty sure I've lost my mind, and are not very enthusiastic about this new addition to their routines, but with regular use I'm sure they'll learn to live with it :o)
Well here it is......my grooming table is complete! I've wanted a grooming table for a long time, just because it makes it so much easier on a persons back rather than bending over to groom dogs, or find an available "something" to put them up on. This design is from my friend Pat who owns two grooming shops and it works really well, its nice to have a shelf underneath the table to keep your tools handy! My dogs are pretty sure I've lost my mind, and are not very enthusiastic about this new addition to their routines, but with regular use I'm sure they'll learn to live with it :o)
Happy Birthday Old Man
Yesterday Hawk turned 11 years old! I ran out of time yesterday and didn't get it posted.......and didn't even manage to get a new picture of him, so I'll post ones that are from his youth! He really doesn't look or act any differently now, except he's a little grayer in the face. Still a goofball tho :o)
Happy birthday old man we love ya :o)
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