The last one kidded this morning. Finished. That is the last one to kid here.

Took the 4th off. Completely off. I laid on the couch until 7 am. I cooked a steak dog for lunch at 11 am. I took a nap. I didn’t answer the phone or texts. I worked around the barn and pens with the ear phones in. I went swimming at the in-laws while everybody else was at the lake. It was awesome. Now, back to the real world.

Duke and I shot a pile of fireworks on Tuesday night. We would have shot more, but it was to windy to shoot the big ones. Thanks to Fred Urban for providing Duke with this pickup load of firecrackers. We dang sure shot all of the bottle rockets. There is a reason those things are illegal in most states. Dang, they are fun.

I did sample the sand plum wine. It tasted pretty good, but it is obvious that there needs to be a soft spot to land if a person has too much of it at any one time.