I am sure the seven-year drought is over because we had our Easter blizzard. It came in with an undeclared vengeance on Saturday morning. Before noon, we had six inches of heavy, wet snow on the ground. The weather service had only been predicting a gray, chilly day, no white stuff. Well, we got it. The electricity flickered on and off as the ice played on the lines. Just like the Easters of my college days. I remember trying to get home from Laramie on several Easters when the roads were closed. Seemed like it never failed.
We have just a tinge of green starting to color the hills. The mares and cattle are out chasing down every blade of green grass they can find. Today the wind is blowing about 60 miles per hour. The wind speed seems to correspond with the temperature. Sixty degrees - sixty mile per hour wind.
The four mares that are carrying foals are getting, well, as big as horses. Lady is still packing, and I am so thrilled. I may get another foal out of her after all. Poor Whitney, this is her first, and she is so uncomfortable. She is moving around like a slug and she actually grunts when she walks. Only about a month to go. I gave them their last Pneumabort shot a few days ago. Here's
We have just a tinge of green starting to color the hills. The mares and cattle are out chasing down every blade of green grass they can find. Today the wind is blowing about 60 miles per hour. The wind speed seems to correspond with the temperature. Sixty degrees - sixty mile per hour wind.
The four mares that are carrying foals are getting, well, as big as horses. Lady is still packing, and I am so thrilled. I may get another foal out of her after all. Poor Whitney, this is her first, and she is so uncomfortable. She is moving around like a slug and she actually grunts when she walks. Only about a month to go. I gave them their last Pneumabort shot a few days ago. Here's
Whitney.
My phone has been out again for about a week. Last month it was out for two weeks and the phone company had a very hard time finding the problem. Finally, they found where a tree had fallen down by the creek and there were rabbits living in the tree and burrowing down under it. The tree happened to fall right over where the phone line was buried. The rabbits encountered the cable in their burrow, so they chewed it in two. I guess they didn't see a need for a phone line in their house. I have an idea the process repeated itself this past week.
Although I don't like talking on the phone, it does make the isolation more acute when it goes out. My family and friends get worried, so I try to email most of them to let them know when the phone is out. One friend was about to call the Sheriff to have them come out and check on me last month when it was out for so long.
My phone used to dial 911 automatically, when it went out due to inclement weather. The dispatcher would try to call back, but with the phone out, they couldn't, so a deputy had to respond. They'd come flying out here usually on bad roads, to see if there was a problem. Then they would cause me to have a small heart attack when I looked out to see a deputy knocking on my door on a cold, dark night. I finally isolated the problem to a single phone jack in my house. Since I quit using that jack, there have been no more midnight rides to the Harvey Ranch.
My phone has been out again for about a week. Last month it was out for two weeks and the phone company had a very hard time finding the problem. Finally, they found where a tree had fallen down by the creek and there were rabbits living in the tree and burrowing down under it. The tree happened to fall right over where the phone line was buried. The rabbits encountered the cable in their burrow, so they chewed it in two. I guess they didn't see a need for a phone line in their house. I have an idea the process repeated itself this past week.
Although I don't like talking on the phone, it does make the isolation more acute when it goes out. My family and friends get worried, so I try to email most of them to let them know when the phone is out. One friend was about to call the Sheriff to have them come out and check on me last month when it was out for so long.
My phone used to dial 911 automatically, when it went out due to inclement weather. The dispatcher would try to call back, but with the phone out, they couldn't, so a deputy had to respond. They'd come flying out here usually on bad roads, to see if there was a problem. Then they would cause me to have a small heart attack when I looked out to see a deputy knocking on my door on a cold, dark night. I finally isolated the problem to a single phone jack in my house. Since I quit using that jack, there have been no more midnight rides to the Harvey Ranch.
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