Coffee anyone ?

[Alaskan]

Great! We need a book trained ag person to tell us if it's near real life out here.

Now, now, I might be old and grumpy but I did get ag papers way back when.

Ya know, I am so old I road a dinosaur to school. No snow though, since I went to Texas A&M.

I got a B.S. in Range Science and a Masters of Ag in Rangeland Ecology and Management. I got AI certified too, but I never did that for money.

She will have all of the Shiney new knowledge. Probably gets to have robot teachers or some such.

 

[Alaskan]

At least she has an upbringing in Ag. Seems like lots of people go to college for whatever major then teach "it" without actually ever doing "it". Makes no sense to me. It's like making a bunch of things that need to be a specific length and using the most recent one made to measure the next. By the time you get to the last one it might vary significantly from the first one.

I completely agree.

However, at least in range, maybe 90+% of the kids were there because they were from ranch backgrounds and wanted a better idea of how to manage the land more effectively ... or some such.

 

[Blue Sky]

Below a sketch of my neighbor’s longhorns. I’d like to do a painting with dramatic lights and darks since they are in the woods. Hanging out close to the house today because it’s really windy. Blowing the chickens around.

 

[Baymule]

Below a sketch of my neighbor’s longhorns. I’d like to do a painting with dramatic lights and darks since they are in the woods. Hanging out close to the house today because it’s really windy. Blowing the chickens around.

Really nice drawing. If you do that in a painting, post a picture of it! Real windy here too. Winds 20-30 MPH with gusts up to 40 MPH. Your poor chickens!

 

[Baymule]

Strong winds today up to 47 MPH gusts and 30 MPH sustained. A pine tree top twisted out and landed next to the driveway.

Trees are down all over the area, blocking roads and knocking down power lines. More than 25,000 out of power across east Texas. Wind stripped a metal roof off a commercial building in Kilgore, a nearby town.

I worked outside today, taking down cow panels and pulling up T-posts in the garden. Got a little more to do. For me at least, it’s been a nice day!

 

[Bruce]

Seems like a lot of damage! We get winds like that many times a year.

 

[Alaskan]

Strong winds today up to 47 MPH gusts and 30 MPH sustained. A pine tree top twisted out and landed next to the driveway.

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Trees are down all over the area, blocking roads and knocking down power lines. More than 25,000 out of power across east Texas. Wind stripped a metal roof off a commercial building in Kilgore, a nearby town.

I worked outside today, taking down cow panels and pulling up T-posts in the garden. Got a little more to do. For me at least, it’s been a nice day!

Sure am glad you weren't blown away while working outside!

 

[Mini Horses]

Up at 4....thanks to a really loud truck passing by out there! Open windows let's a lot of noise in that you'd never have if closed. fresh air and natural cooling can have a cost. Truly it's unusual out here but, happens. Usually it's a motorcycle or such that is "touring" around and not this time of day/night. Oh well....had to get up sometime. But a rooster wake up at daybreak is better.

I'm getting the rain they suggested. Hear it now. Supposedly half inch or so over several hours. Plus it's predicted to be windy with this front. May stay more coastal and I won't get a lot of any of it. Working today, so not an issue either way as I'll be in stores. Few hrs in each, won't even have much in and out to vehicle. Would be nice for it to stop while I feed this morning though

Coffee is good but, I'm thinking food would be, too. Couple sausage patties and heat those leftover fried apples is sounding tasty. Guess I'll do that to start my day. Maybe add an English muffin.

 

[Baymule]

Sounds like a good breakfast! I guess working yesterday got me tired. I woke up at 3 AM, but went back to sleep and got up at 7. I sure needed that sleep! Think I'll go back to the garden today and finish pulling up T-posts and take down the 3 remaining cow panels. Have to pull up the tomato vines, they are in the way.

 

[Alaskan]

Yawn.

We tend to sleep in until 8:30 on Friday... so of course got a call at 8 sharp... after a night of tossing and turning i was dead asleep at 8.

The call was that we are pre-approved for a refinance on our home mortgage.




We are on the home stretch on that thing... already have a pretty good interest. Anyway, not interested.