"Walter".....Breaking Bad......and living up to his name, LOL!!

The bottle baby has officially been named Walter (I named him after Brian Cranston's character from the show Breaking Bad.) Turns out, I couldn't have named him more appropriately.... he is living up to his name, that's for sure!  He is very fiesty....he has already gotten out of his paddock once, and had the horses after him, then got back out into the yard and headed for the road,  but we got him back in.

 I wish I had my camera when we were catching him.....Terry had to tackle him to keep him from running down the driveway into the road....it was a sight to see! It was raining and storming (of course), and Terry ended up covered in mud, but we got him back up.  Earlier that morning, we had let him out to graze and explore the yard a little, so I snapped some pictures....

Checking out the bushes and plants in the yard.......with Gunner and Dior watching through the fence......

Here, he stopped to grab a bite of my monkey grass and watch the cats playing......

Terry brushing and trimming one of the mules' mane..........

Whatcha got there?

While I had the camera, I snapped a couple pictures of my Clematis that is climbing up my front porch rail. It is so pretty this year, it finally took off and started growing..........

A wider view..........

 

Have a great Tuesday everyone!

~DEANNA~

Silly Dog........

While cleaning out my truck, I ran inside for a moment, and came back out to this....

She loves to go for a ride....I guess she wanted to drive this time, LOL.....she cracks me up sometimes!

So, while I had the camera, I took some more pics of the critters

I found Ralphie in the tree........

Greta spotted him too, and started barking at him. He protested, and told her to get lost......

Since I have posted pictures of Sonny and Mr T lately, I thought it was only fair to snap some of our other two guys, Dior and Gunner......

I cleaned out their water tank and refilled it, so they let me get some pics...

Dior, restin', waiting for the water to fill..........

A close up.......notice the flies, they are here already.....time to get out the fly masks.......

Gunner, waiting on the water........

Gunner loves to play with the water hose.........

And splash in the water, LOL............

Licking the salt block..............

Dior is almost shed out, but Gunner is just now letting go of all his hair........

He is covered from head to toe in this.........

......and you can't touch him without getting covered in hair!

 I can't wait till it's all gone, and he is slicked out  :-)

Have a great day everyone!

Deanna

Babies, and More Babies....

Well, two more of our cows have calved, so I thought I'd post some pictures of the new arrivals.

This one was born Monday......

He didn't like me taking his picture, so he ran back to mama........

And yesterday, our red cow delivered a HUGE chocolate colored bull calf. He is a doll, and he let me walk right up to him and touch him and take his picture. But he'll get over that in a day or two, then he'll run and keep up with mom....... you can see her in the background, she didn't want to hang around when I got close, so she backed up, LOL......

He is as big as a couple of our calves that are 2-3 weeks old!..........

What a face!!.............

More pictures of Sonny and Mr. T at suppertime yesterday.........

Can we eat now??

Sonny.....giving me the "whatcha doing....are you trying to catch me?" look......

Well, that's all for now, I am tired and dirty, I have worked in the garden and yard all morning, so I'm gonna take a shower and rest before time to start supper and go out and feed.

Have a great afternoon everyone!

Just Pictures of dogs and horses...........

Not really much to write about, so I'm just posting

 some recent pictures of the gang........

Ruby Jane in her new UT jersey..........

GO VOLS!

Greta hoggin' the recliner..........

Woody peekin' out from under the covers.....he's always cold, LOL.......

I snapped a couple pics of the horses yesterday when I went out to clean water tanks

They finally look like horses again, LOL, they have almost completely shed their winter coat,

and look so much better!

This is Sans Sunday Smoke.....a.k.a.  "Sonny"

Here is Traditional Terms a.k.a.  "Mr. T".....he always stands right by the water trough

the whole time it is filling up.  Even though it had water in it,

 he always waits for that fresh, cold water, LOL.......... 

Well, I'm off to bed, got a busy day tomorrow, hope everyone has a great week!

~DEANNA~

We have a new baby........

Is this not the cutest face you have ever seen?

We have been expecting this little girl for over a week, and she finally decided to come into this world yesterday. This was her mom's first time calving so we were keeping a close eye on her...and it's a good thing we did! Being a first time mom, she didn't know what to do, she kept trying to pin the baby down and flip her over, so we put her up and worked with her until she accepted the baby. We were really afriaid she would hurt her badly or kill her, so we stayed close for about 3 hours, until she finally figured out what was going on.

She also wouldn't let the heifer nurse, so here we put her in gates and made her stand still to let the baby nurse.........

The baby is really strong and a good size for a first calf, she has a good strong suckle reflex!........

Here she is just born about 5 minutes old...........

Another shot with mom after she finally got to her feet........

Here she fell back down to rest before trying to get up and nurse......

I love it when they have these unusual face markings....it makes it so much easier to glance into the herd and see which calf goes with which cow. When they are all solid black or look the same it makes it much harder to tell them apart, LOL......

We are expecting 3 more any day now, I will try to get pictures to post of each one if possible. Everyone have a great weekend!

It's Finally Done!

After spending all week working on the fence, I finally finished it this morning. I pressure washed it Monday and Tuesday, and finished the painting this morning. Whew...what a job! I put two coats of paint on it, so hopefully it will last for a few years, LOL.... You can tell by the picture of the header of this blog how badly it needed painting. What little paint was left on it was chipping off, and it had lots of green algea and slimy stuff from years of "neglect". It is made from pressure treated lumber, so thankfully, it is still in excellent condition to be 10 years old.

This is after the washing and after I had prepped the corners getting ready to paint the boards and posts. Underneath all the crud, the boards looked like brand new....amazing how well pressure treated lumber holds up over time, LOL......

Here is the finished product, it looks sooooo much better............

Another shot of the front pasture.............

And here's a picture of miss Greta with her favorite frisbee sitting in front of the corner posts and gate.........

And last but not least, while I was taking pictures, Gunner had to come up and check out what I was doing, LOL....he was my painting buddy, he would follow me around while I painted, then sniff the paint, and take off running and bucking, silly boy!..........

Whew.....it's amazing how much better you feel to complete a project that you have been putting off for awhile, LOL.....But, now I need to do the same thing to the fence around our side pasture. It needs to have a few boards replaced first, then I can get started on it, there's always something to do around here!

Well, I'm gonna go out now and mow a little, it is absolutley gorgeous here today, hope everyone has a great Friday and weekend!

I'm Back....and so is the baby!

I am finally finding time to post, it has been a very busy couple of weeks! This time of year, I am always trying to get some outside spring cleaning done. I have been very busy doing yardwork, and am currently working on painting the board fence that goes around our yard and paddock. I worked all day yesterday and a couple hours today pressure washing it to clean it and strip what little paint was left on it off. Tomorrow I will start painting, and I figure it will take me until the weekend to get it fiinished. But it needs it terribly bad, LOL.....it has been about 8 years since it was painted, so I am looking forward to seeing it when it is finished!

Well, the twin bull calf is back with us.....we had put him back on his mama, and although she was letting him nurse some, we were still having to supplement him with a bottle. Sometimes she would let him nurse and sometimes she would kick him away. His twin sister is literally almost twice his size, so we made the decision to bring him back to the house and keep him in a paddock so I can up his milk, and get him started on feed. He is healthy and strong, but pretty small and is gonna need some TLC. I don't mind, he is so much fun!

Here he is this morning waiting on his bottle.....

Here's his favorite thing to do, LOL..........

John Boy and Billy are in the adjoining paddock, and they watch every move the calf makes, here is Billy looking over the gate watching him nurse..........

John Boy Posin' for the camera...........

John Boy and Billy trying to stick their noses through the gate to get a better look.......

And this is John Boy's favorite.....every morning he comes up to get his big ole head scratched (and I do mean big, LOL)....Billy is a little skittish and doesn't like to be petted alot, so he took off when I got the camera out.......

Well, I have tons of things to do, but I am gonna try to post more often, hope everyone is having a great spring, I know we are. It is hectic around here, but I wouldn't have it any other way!