Sunday, June 26, 2011

JUST RANDOM PICTURES

 What better place to sleep than under the shade of a potted plant?  Crazy cat! 
 Kade and Tanner just hangin' out on the front porch.
 Playin' hard!  (Camo boots again!)
 This is one of my new Hereford heifers.  Notice her dewlap (we had to look it up to see what that body part is called! And for those who don't know, it's the floppy thing under her neck.)  According to the vet, she was bitten by a snake.  It was even more swollen and she could barely walk.  This is after a trip to the hospital for 3 days and lots of drugs.  Now what are the odds that I could have a horse snake bitten and now a cow?!  Okay.  I know I have bad luck!
 I have wanted my white-faced Brangus cow to have a black baldie baby.  Well she finally did this year.  His name is Special Eddie.  He walks around with his tongue hanging out of his mouth.  I'm not sure if that means something bad.  Guess we'll find out when we get a dime a pound at the sale barn!  LOL!
 Tanner trying to stay cool!
 Beau standing guard.  I love this dog!
 I made a trip to the southeast part of the state recently.  I took this while driving.  I know it wasn't safe to do but I couldn't believe the dust storm that blew up.  I nearly had to pull off the highway.  It is extremely dry there.
 See what you get if you're a good boy at the library.  I took Kade to library for the first time last week.  We were going to get dinosaur books but I couldn't figure out how to find them.  Does that tell you how long it's been since I went to the library?  Reading is not my thing!  Fortunately, the first book he picked up was about trains and he was happy.  Me too!


On a final note...our kids from Texas are coming for the 4th of July.  The kids will spend the week but Kaylyn has to fly back for work.  I am so excited!  Although, Cassidy is driving now.  I'm not sure I'm ready for that!  Especially in the mountains!  Hopefully, Colton and Kenneth can fish a little.  We have a family reunion to attend so that should be fun.

WHO SAYS TURTLES CAN'T MOVE FAST?



Every year about this time, land turtles are everywhere!  The day before, we had caught one.  Kade took it to his house and Mom and Dad finally convinced him to turn it loose in the flower bed.  (I caught him a toad and they had to sleep with it a couple of nights...in a toad box.)  We were on our way to the barn and this turtle was crossing the road.  I caught him and took him to Kade at the barn.  He thought it was the same one so who was I to tell him it wasn't?  Maybe it was...they all look alike!  Anyway, he spent at least an hour trying to get the turtle not to run away.  Every chance the little guy got, he scurried off toward the woods!  We finally put him in Mimi's flower bed.  Haven't seen him since.  Hmmm!  Cute pictures,  though!

IT'S SUMMER TIME!

 My mom used to say someone "had the life of Riley"???  Not sure where that came from as I am not sure where a lot of  her sayings came from,  but I know what she meant.  It applies here!  Just kicked back...not a care in the world and Mimi to serve him drinks!  Rotten!
 Oh, I know...underwear?!  Well the underwear is a step up!  He first streaked out in his birthday suit and refused to wear anything!  Good thing I live in the woods!



If you don't have a diving board...make one!

A BOY, A DOG, AND A PILE OF ROCKS!



Life is simple here!  Just give 'um a pile of rocks and they can play for hours!  But ya gotta have your camo boots!

LATEST PROJECT

Well, this has been a BIG project!  I would like to say we did it ourselves but we wouldn't live long enough to finish this one!  After pondering for a couple of years about a retaining wall in front of the house, we finally chose to use natural field stone.  All natural!  The guys that did this got a permit from the government and harvested all the stone for the wall in the national forest.  They hauled and hauled and hauled.  Three guys!  They loaded it, unloaded it then stacked it!  Fortunately they had a little tolerable weather but toward the end of the project they were draggin'!  I had intended to have them leave little planting areas for me to put fern, etc.  and make it really "Southern Living".   Then I thought about the snakes and scorpions and how much they will enjoy all this rock and the heart attack I would have when I had my first encounter with one...they rocked in the holes!  To "Mr. Fence" (Vince; Kade called him Mr. Fence) and the guys...thanks for a job well done!  Super guys!

Saturday, June 11, 2011

KADE'S SELF PORTRAIT

Don't you see the likeness?
Such a cutie!!