Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Things to Think About
My Darling Wife received this via e-mail and I share it with you.<br />n<br />nThis should probably be taped to your bathroom mirror where you could read it every day. You may not realize it, but it’s 100% true.<br />n<br />n1. There are at least two people in this world that you would die for.<br…
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Like Goats
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Yearlings/goats05112006?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Yearlings/goats05112006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Why my cattle get this irresistible urge to play mountain goat on the steepest ridges they can find is beyond me. It sure makes gathering them hard though. Taken 5/11/2006.</center>
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Hired Hand Update
Well, This new guy has been here a week now and I can all ready see that this is not going to work out. He is the typical "cowboy" that a person seems to get. So what's a typical "cowboy" type? Lazy, know nothing, person who thinks they can do it all and can't even…
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Sad State of Affairs
<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/05/13/npreg13.xml"> Pregnant at 11 and 'happy to be a mum'</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A 12-year-old girl will become Britain's youngest mother when she gives birth next month.<br />n<br />nShe became pregnant at the age of 11 when she lost her virginity to a 15-year-old boy during a drunken night out.<br />n<br />n…..<br />n<br />nThe girl, from…
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Panorama
The other day I was up on a tall hill scouting out a wild cow when I decided to take a bunch of snapshots and make a panorama of where I was. I will not vouch for the quality of the pictures but the results are up for you to see. The first on is…
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The Cavvy
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/horses/cavvy05082006?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/horses/cavvy05082006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The Cavvy. Looking for a couple of more horses but not having much luck. Taken 5/8/2006.</center>
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Leash
Two stories caught my eye in the Gazette this morning. Of course they both have to do with my [sarcastic]favorite Governor[/sarcastic].<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/05/12/news/state/35-schweitzer.txt">Schweitzer goes East to boost state, politics</a><br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/05/12/news/state/50-leash.txt">Even governor's dog has to be leashed</a><br />n<br />nMy first thought when reading these headlines was that maybe we need to leash our…
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Heard
Heard from my oldest when I informed her that she had been placed on the vehicle insurance, now that she got her license, and that it was going to cost quite a bit more money now.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>You mean you have to <b>pay</b> for insurance? I thought it was to protect us so why do…
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Breakfast
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/chickens/breakfast05072006?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/chickens/breakfast05072006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The chickens coming out to thier morning meal and enjoying it. Taken 5/7/2006.</center>
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Rain
Yay!!! We got about .40 inches of rain yesterday. I wish it would have been more but I will take all I can get. The seeding we did earlier hasn't seen any rain yet and this will help. Most of the seed was planted in moisture so i was not to worried about it but…