Baymule’s Journal

[SageHill]

Son and I are going to Corpus Christi tomorrow to see middle granddaughter in a school play. The play is Little Orphan Annie and granddaughter has a speaking part, she is a fellow orphan. We will head back home Wednesday.

I got 3/4" of rain on Thursday and 3/4" on Saturday. Not a lot, but it helps. The sheep are going on dry lot to give the grass a chance to get ahead of them. I'm going to figure out a way to fence off the backside of the yard so the sheep can graze the yard area. With all the clean up that's been going on, the back is wide open and the back field is not fenced. Hogs have come back and left big holes in the back field. Once the back field gets fenced, I'm going to disc it from side to side, back to front, probably cris-cross and drag it to smooth it.

My neighbors Sarah and Catherine came over yesterday for Impossible Buttermilk Pie and iced tea. We visited then went out to see the sheep. Buford sniffed them over, growled at Catherine, he didn't like her cap so she dropped it over the gate.. Then she was acceptable. He even took animal crackers from them and hovered close by for more! The sheep did not disappoint, several nosy ones came up for treats and to get shedding wool plucked off. Lots of petting, scratches and rubbing fingers back and forth to loosen up the wool. Some of the girls used the visitors for rubbing posts, which delighted them. They babysat Tinkerbelle and Mabelline when they were tiny bottle babies and got to pet them too. They were awed by how they had grown. Tinkerbell nibbled their fingers in her insatiable quest for milk. Any bare skin she finds will get bumped and she tries to latch on to suck. Catherine and Sarah had so much fun with the sheep.

Carson got lots of attention from Catherine and Sarah too and he got his share of animal crackers. Rocky was grazing in the front yard so we went out on the porch and sat down on the steps. Rocky came up to get petted and scratches. I showed then how to scratch under his chin and stroke the side of his face, NEVER on top of his head, it's an invitation to fight. He got animal crackers too. We had a good visit.

Sounds like a wonderful day. Have a safe trip!

 

[Baymule]

Layne didn’t go to Corpus Christi. He got a job and had to take a drug test Tuesday. He packed up his trailer on Wednesday plus putting the bush hog back on my tractor and the hay spear on his big Kubota. And he went to Houston and bought a flatbed trailer with 7,000 pound axels. He’s been looking for one. He left Thursday morning and called me late afternoon to say he got there. He’s in Amarillo, up in the panhandle. He also got a job in Cameron Louisiana but it won’t start for several more weeks. He’ll drag up and go to that one when they call, more overtime.

The play was Orphan Annie and granddaughter was an orphan. She had several speaking parts and to our surprise, she sang a solo!

Youngest granddaughter did props, working backstage and did a skit on stage. She was dressed all in black and remarked, “I look like I’m going to a funeral,”

Oldest granddaughter drove over from San Marcos to see the play too.

Along the roadside in South Texas were lots of Texas Thistle, much a smaller and prettier than the monster thistles on my place.

The landscaping in Corpus Christi is mostly mesquite and Palo Verde. The Palo Verde was blooming.

 

[Baymule]

Yesterday I dragged 2 cow panels to the front of the driveway, stood them up, clipped to the fence and to each other. I really need a gate.

Then I turned the sheep out on the driveway to eat the grass. Buford guarded from his side of the fence.

I scooped only one front end loader bucket of dirt and filled a few dog holes. Only one. By end of day, sheep had chewed grass down to the ground. Didn’t have to mow!

 

[drstratton]

Layne didn’t go to Corpus Christi. He got a job and had to take a drug test Tuesday. He packed up his trailer on Wednesday plus putting the bush hog back on my tractor and the hay spear on his big Kubota. And he went to Houston and bought a flatbed trailer with 7,000 pound axels. He’s been looking for one. He left Thursday morning and called me late afternoon to say he got there. He’s in Amarillo, up in the panhandle. He also got a job in Cameron Louisiana but it won’t start for several more weeks. He’ll drag up and go to that one when they call, more overtime.

The play was Orphan Annie and granddaughter was an orphan. She had several speaking parts and to our surprise, she sang a solo!

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Youngest granddaughter did props, working backstage and did a skit on stage. She was dressed all in black and remarked, “I look like I’m going to a funeral,”

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Oldest granddaughter drove over from San Marcos to see the play too.

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Along the roadside in South Texas were lots of Texas Thistle, much a smaller and prettier than the monster thistles on my place.

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The landscaping in Corpus Christi is mostly mesquite and Palo Verde. The Palo Verde was blooming.

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Love the pictures you share. You have a beautiful family!

 

[Ridgetop]

DH said there were thistles in our pasture too. He was going to dig thrm out but said he mght not have time and they were blooming. I told him to go cut the blossoms and buds right now, bag them, and put them in the trash per what Baymule was doing. He said he doesn't have time to dig all of them up before he flies to CA tonight for 5 days.

 

[Baymule]

DH said there were thistles in our pasture too. He was going to dig thrm out but said he mght not have time and they were blooming. I told him to go cut the blossoms and buds right now, bag them, and put them in the trash per what Baymule was doing. He said he doesn't have time to dig all of them up before he flies to CA tonight for 5 days.

You will have more next year! The gift that keeps on giving!

 

[fuzzi]

DH said there were thistles in our pasture too. He was going to dig thrm out but said he mght not have time and they were blooming. I told him to go cut the blossoms and buds right now, bag them, and put them in the trash per what Baymule was doing. He said he doesn't have time to dig all of them up before he flies to CA tonight for 5 days.

Then he should dig up what he can.

 

[murphysranch]

I adore your photos, Bay.

 

[Baymule]

I don’t think I posted this, but if I did, here it is again. LOL

Back behind the sheds in the back yard, was an old roping chute. And it was filled with huge, thorny blackberry canes, 10 feet tall. A tangled awful mess. Naturally the fence was stapled on the inside.

The end of January, Layne and I measured off 80 feet and cut the wire on both sides of the chute. Then he used his grapple to pull the posts and wire up.

Then he mowed down all those awful blackberry vines.

Just freaking awesome! I couldn’t believe how much better it looked!

Then a few days later I hurt my back, had to go to ER and I was down and couldn’t do a darn thing.

March 2, Layne moved a shipping container over in its nice clean spot!

It is now leveled and blocked up. I’m beyond thrilled. I’ll be able to start moving my tools in it, put shelves in it and maybe finally be able to find stuff! The other one is still out in the field, maybe next time he’s off.

 

[Mini Horses]

Wow. Just wow! Things like that are so much "relief" and accomplishment. At least one is ready to use! Just reorganizing will be a huge mental boost -- not to mention $relief for not buying another ???? that was hiding