1st of June

Today marks one week that Poppy has been gone.  We went out to Nanny's house yesterday and spent some time out there.  It was great, as always, but different without him.  We appreciate all your prayers and thoughts. 

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On Friday, we five headed to a pasture we call the Blue Stem.  We had some replacement heifers there and needed to move them elsewhere.  (With this rain, we now have too many pastures full of weeds, yucca blooms, and grass!  It's hard to know where to put the cattle to get the most out of it all.) 

There were some pairs as well in that bunch, so we roped a couple of bull calves to cut them (make them steers).  Big J. and Dad roped, I stood on the ground, ready to flank anything they brought me, and Mom watched closely to know when to hurry to the calf and cut him.  Little J. bravely rode her steed and made sure the mama cows didn't get too close to the workers.

One calf was a fighter and it took Dad, Big J., and me to hold it down.  Even then it was a little tricky.

When we had finished cutting the calves, I thought we should get a family photo.  And so we did.

Big J., Dad, Mom, Little J., and me.

 After the "photo shoot", we moved the heifers and pairs through a couple of pastures and kicked them into our horse pasture. 

Have a good Monday, everyone.  : )

I started playing with this picture.  It looks cool...doesn't it?