It sounds like I am being mean, but I think I am really just tired.
We had our hired man out to work around the house today, and he brought five extra guys with him to work in the yard. The main thing I wanted done was to bury the various water connections around the property in the underground boxes, so they will be protected from freezing, and I will not have to wrap pipes like I did last year. The other men worked in the yard, and dismantled various pieces of wooden structures that had been left behind by the previous owners. The jungle-gym is now gone, as is the 'blown over' lattice work back drop the previous owners had used when they were running the iris farm here. Little by little we are getting things done to suit us, it will just take some time. I also moved the three-and-a-half bales of hay the Micheal baled for us last week, and moved them over with the other bales, so things are looking a little bit cleaner today.
On the cattle front, everything seems to be going well, no issues. I do not think there was a peep out of the two cows that were separated from their calves yesterday. We fully expected to hear from protests and calls for their young, but we did not hear anything last night, and I have been back there a couple times today, and no one seems to be the least bit agitated. All is calm on that front. Orchid's calf was eight months old, so she may well have been ready for him to go, and Daphne still has her first calf with her (Violet was not sired by Speckles, so we are keeping her for our breeding program), so she may not mind either. Anyway, it is all a nice peaceable kingdom in the back pastures.
Tonight is going to be a quiet night, no fire in the fireplace, but quiet none the less. I finished my latest book (Water for Elephants) and I found it to be very good, but I find it difficult to comprehend (this is the chauvinist side of me coming out) that it was written by a woman. I do not feel that a woman could not have written the book, I just would have expected the story to be told from the female characters point of view if it were written by a woman. Okay, go ahead, I am ready...
Deeds, Kindnesses, Changes, Actions, FUN!
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