I found summer last Saturday.  It was a 104 degrees near Guthrie, TX.  I’m not ready for that heat.  Sunday was not a fun day here.  Started the day assessing hail damage.  Then realized that the diesel tank was leaking.  Good thing I had the CooP fill those tanks earlier in the week.  Duke got to catch several buckets (clean white buckets from NE OK) of farm diesel while I went and stole a fuel trailer to off-load onto.

Then, I tried to farm.  Ruined a tire on the sweep plow.  Hooked up to the offset disk.  One of those tires had gone flat and lost its bead.  So, Tuesday morning found Duke and I getting two tires fixed on his pickup and the two implement tires.  And oil changes in two pickups.  And it all takes money.  And the AC is going out in the tractor.  And people, I can tell that tractor ain’t going to run without AC.

And I still don’t like does.  And the exhaust fan on the greenhouse went out on Sunday.  Plants took a bit of a hit but have rebounded nicely.  A new belt is installed and we are back up and running.

As you can tell, it wasn’t a fun holiday weekend.  However, I kept calm and we got stuff done.  Once, the farming came to a stop, Duke and I clipped some 5 week old kids.  I was in a better mood.  Had the first Manilla Gorilla babies born.  I was in a good mood.

Had a pair of Wyoming ladies here to pick up some online purchases.  We always enjoy repeat customers.  And we will gladly walk and talk goats.  It is a pleasure dealing with people that are trying to build a quality herd while staying within a budget but willing to put some time and effort into the project.

Cheers to Halie Schovanec as she plays in several all-star/all-state basketball games this week.  She ain’t tall but she is fast and mean on the court.  I think that her dad might have been an all-state catcher.  Maybe not. I’m sure that he was all-state in something.

I enjoyed the text that I got from a grandpa, with his grandkids and Mickey Mouse at Disney World.  And he is holding a Moscow Mule in the pic.  I never really cared about going to Disney World but I think that I could.

The wife and I are getting to where we like to go look at the cows.  We don’t have that same enjoyment looking at the doe herd.

Here’s to a good week ahead and nothing but horseshoes and shamrocks to all of you that take time to read this stuff.  Have a good one and a better tomorrow.