This past Saturday, we shipped out our calves. Its been a good year and we were thrilled with the bottom dollar. Everything worked beautifully and we truly feel blessed. That being said....it was a might chilly Saturday morning when everyone headed out to the pens to saddle their horses. Brrrrr. I think this guy is glad he's sporting his winter coat, but I'll bet ol' Jack Frost was still nipping at his nose:
DH said it was 15° when he stepped outside! Blessed as we've been, I'm thinking everyone was praying for that blessing to warm up...and fast!
Seems that every year, when shipping day rolls around, it dawns as the coldest day of the year. So I know that the morning will begin well before dawn because everyone will appreciate a good, hot, hearty breakfast and I had better keep the coffee on.
I was accused of having lost my senses when I wandered outside, but it's been much too long since I got to enjoy some time behind the camera and I felt for the brand inspector (who is a friend and I hadn't seen in far too long), and the truck drivers, and the buyer. So I hauled out some coffee and some hot chocolate (for the truck driver's little boy) too. It was down right frosty out there and my pictures are horrible because my camera decided to put up a fuss and complain about the temperature. It wouldn't focus and kept giving me an 'error' reading that I have never seen before and then it just simply refused to do anything. So I apologize for these sad little excuses for photos.
Bringing in the herd:
Hard to believe that only a few short weeks ago, all of this grass was green. We're so thankful for the good, wet year we've had and that we've got good grass for the winter so brown grass, this time of year, is a blessing. Beats no grass. We've had years like that too.
These teenagers don't get too many days to sleep in around here:
Sometimes those early mornings just roll around a bit too early so as long as you're not caught sleeping on the job, a few extra winks are snuck in every now and then:
Driving the calves down the alley towards the scales:
He's probably wishing he hadn't neglected to pull on those long johns this morning:
Just whistle while you work...
Turning back calves:
The Bovine Express has arrived:
4 comments:
Burr It was cold this morning as well. DH dug out his longjohns for the first time this year.
Got the mag. today and enjoyed it very much. Thanks!
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I do enjoy looking at your pics. It so great to see how different some of the farm work is compair to Germany.
Wünsch dir noch einen schönen Tag!
Wish we shipped ours out. We keep them and put them on wheat pasture all winter...if/when we have it. It's been so horribly dry, I hope it starts growing better.
This is fun reading and looking at your photos. It's a totally different life than any I've known or have ever thought about except in Bonanza or something like that.
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