We have a lot of large 40-60 year old Elm trees around our place. Every time that we have a wind storm or ice, I get to haul off a lot of branches. Every time this happens, I tell Tammy, “Next time, I am buying a grapple for the tractor.”
It is a crappy song but I still kind of like it. You know the song “Ice, Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice. It is a catchy ditty. Ding, ding, ding, da, da, ding, ding. The Ice Armageddon finally hit OK on this fine day. Thankfully, it wasn’t near what
I watched an actual episode of Law & Order SVU tonight. I had only really watched reruns on USA channel at 4am. Cool. I do have a new favorite TV show. Forged in Fire on the history channel. This is a well made reality program that shows people using blacksmith
I was cruising the internet on this fine evening, trying to do a bit of research to help a kid with a speech topic. One of the items that we were looking for has to do with America’s favorite condiment. For decades, it was ketchup (catsup, if you prefer) that
It was cold this morning. 10 degrees is what the pickup and the tv both said. The ground was covered with a very powdery, very dry snow. Maybe 2 or 3 inches. I went about chores and getting fresh water to all of the stock. I made it back in
The new year is here, and so far, it has been a very pleasant year. The wind did NOT howl on the 1st and the weather was absolutelty perfect in NW OK on the 2nd. I’m talking short sleeves, no wind, awesome evening kind of weather. But the wheels will
These things can be frustrating. Especially, if you don’t have time to sit, watch and make sure that they consumate the deal. Sometimes, you just have to put the doe in with them, walk off and hope that they get it done. However, if you had a young buck just
I don’t exactly love hunting. But there are things that I do love about hunting. For example, I just spent this Wednesday hunting quail with friends and family. I don’t exactly enjoy cleaning birds. I dang sure don’t normally walk that much in a given day. And I don’t enjoy
Just got done looking at facebook and all of the posts of stock showers headed to Phoenix. Our family has had numerous fun trips to the ANLS. Duke and I discussed whether we were going this year and we both had the same opionion–we wanted to go, but didn’t really
I haven’t made it to the keyboard for most of this week. This weather has been crazy. Frozen & windy to sunny and nice. I’ve been dealing with some stuff this week. Very important stuff. First, it is scary how many perfume/cologne ads are on tv this time of year.