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Welcome to the
Adventures of Dear Abbie's Wife
Hello
& Welcome to our Diary page. The purpose of this diary is to record our
adventures, folks who stop by, travels and events at the Thorne Ranch.
It was primarily meant for family and friends in the beginning, but we have
grown a large number of faithful readers in the past seven years.
Over 90,000 from all over the world have visited us. We don't
intend to offend anyone or to glorify our life here. It's pretty
boring most of the time as you will see! We are pretty common folks
trying to make a living doing what we love, breeding and raising cattle. Our
wish is that someday this Diary will be enjoyed and appreciated
by our grandchildren and great grandchildren. In the mean
time we hope you get a few good laughs at our expense.
When we stop laughing, we stop living.
Learn
from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to
make them all yourself."
- Joan
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Abbie and
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April
1 - Well hope you didn't get any April fools tricks pulled on you today!
I made it a whole day with out any tricks! The trailers started
rolling in about 1:15 and they rolled out about 6:30-7:00. We
had no riding accidents either, which was a great feat when you get this
many cowboys, cowgirls and frisky horses together. We rode the south
part of the ranch today and also stopped in with Mr. Richardson's permission
to ride his 30 acre wooded area and creeks. We had one
picture I wish I had had my camera for! We rode around a little pond
and the horses and riders were mirrored in the pond! What a pretty
picture! Think we counted 23 horses and riders.
We had 43 sign up and that's about usual for half to make it!
Something always seems to come up un expectedly for most of us.
My horse Tee was a real mess today and if anyone had a bronc it was me! ha
He didn't start to ride good until we were about done! He saw about
everything but the boogie monster out there today! Guess I shouldn't
have been feeding him such high protein feed. He is getting cut
back, way back! ha
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I got a few pictures
Notice all the horse rage now! Horse jewelry!
Yep now you have to have identification beads with your horses name on his
tail. That way if he gets lost in the horse parking lot you have a license
plate! ha This one says Jazzy and he belongs to Sherry!!
Intricate detail for a horses back end! ha Between Sherry and Rita you
couldn't sneak up on the bad guys with those twinkling beads and bells! ha
I told them I thought they sounded like the Budweiser horses traveling along! ha
Leave it to Rita to come up with something new and fashionable for your horse!
ha I can only imagine if I had put some twinkling beads on Tee
today! They would still be looking for me! We raised $600 for
the
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
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Horse License Plate! |
Trail Ride Crew heading south down the lane!
The cattle were in awe! ha |
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April 2-3
Monday was catch up day and also Donor breeding day! So Abbie spent most
of the day at the barn! Bob and Karen came by with their Angus Donor cows
to breed. So they had lunch with us. I made it to Pryor
and then onto Claremore for the FFA Speech Contest. I had the honor of
being one of the judges with friend Nancy Blakley and Mrs. Savage the Speech and
Drama Teacher for Claremore High School. We judged 18
participants from several FFA Chapters on the FFA Creed. I made it
home about 9:30 and Abbie was still at the barn breeding donors!
With all the low barometric changes they were not having good standing heats.
So he bred them three times hoping to out smart mother nature! Bob
and Karen came to pick up their cows this morning. I worked on web sites
today for
Smith Land and Cattle
, Duba Trailers, and the
Diamonds in the Rough Cattle
Co.! Vinnie and Nancy came by on their way to pick up beef and brought
some new pictures of their calves. Vinnie calls them Diamonds! ha
He could write a book on all their show ring episodes. He has
forgotten more about showing than I will ever know! ha Talking about Shows! We had great news from
the Braunvieh World! TLC Bud's Star was Show
Heifer of the Year. TLC Bud her daddy was 3rd place Show
Sire of the Year and her Dam, GCC 5/8 was 2nd Place Show Dam of the Year.
We were also 5th Place Show Breeder of the year with 131 points.
Most of those points came from the two shows we attended, Ozark Farm Fest and
Tulsa State Fair. You can see Star's pictures of her career at the
News Page She is going to be a
hard one to replace this coming year! But we might have a sister or two on
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| April 4-5
Carol
dropped by today and we went to see the new calves. She was
impressed with Buff! She thought he was a real little chunk of
lead! ha She took Abbie and I out for lunch at Luther's in Adair,
A nice surprise! It's been a good day to be inside with the
north wind blowing in big snow flakes and rain off and on! I covered
up few plants that are blooming to try and salvage them. Jeremy called
today and he is fretting about their alfalfa being knee high and probably
going to catch this hard frost. I would be out cutting it down
to try and save what I could! If it frosts they are going to
have to cut if off anyway! This winter blast is going to send
repercussions to farmers and ranchers both! It could ruin the
wheat crops in Kansas and Oklahoma! We are sending 20 units of
TLC Bud semen to a gentleman in North Carolina. We are expecting
the folks from East of Houston in the morning. They said that
they were leaving this afternoon headed our way! We hope they
have a safe trip! It's not going to be a very nice day tomorrow to
look at cattle. I don't think we will do it in the mule or cart for
sure! It's down in the low 30's right now! Worked up
an ad for the Braunvieh World today. Flying I Ranch and us will share
a one page ad! Full color one page ad is almost $800.00!
Ridiculously over priced for the publications mailing list! We
could put a full page ad in Show Box or Show Circuit for half as much and
reach three to four times the people! I am not real sold on paper and
magazine advertising much any more with the low cost of internet advertising
being the most cost efficient source that seems to work for us! The
search engines like us thank heavens. It's due to lots of time spent
typing on this web site too! Keeping it updated and current helps them
like us! Go to your favorite search engine
and type in; Club Calves or Braunvieh and we are usually in
the top ten of thousands of sites. You say how did you do that?
Consistent new info and every free sight out there that will take a free
link. We do pay for a few Links but not many! They have to
be outstanding sites first to warrant a dollar from us! |
Veronica
Star and Rachel at Montgomery
County 2007 Fair |
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April 6 Good
Friday! The wind is burr cold from the north today! I
covered up several plants last night and they say it's going to get colder
tonight! The Broom family got here about 11:00 and we showed them all
the steers and heifers for sale. They selected Kelly for their
Major Texas shows for next year. He is a big tiger steer that will
surely do well for them we hope! They also picked out TLC Bud's
Comet a Purebred Braunvieh heifer. They really wanted a good heifer to
breed later on too. The Bud daughters are making beautiful momma
cows. We took them to the truck stop for lunch and they got loaded and
headed south about 4:30 just in time to stop at the vet clinic for health
papers. They have hauled five steers and now two heifers out of
this ranch! Great friends and customers! Good luck with
your TLC cattle. Sorry it was so darn cold while you were all here on
vacation from the south.
Mike Rose stopped by for a visit and paid for
his two head that they got last week. He said Andy is doing well and
really starting to put on the pounds already. The little Angus
orphan Mat got for a bucket calf project was acting pretty stubborn I guess
but they will probably become fast friends before the summer is over and
Mayes County Fair.
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Harold, Marisa and Cynthia
Broom freezing from the cold north wind. They were glad to head back
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April 7-8-9 A real chilly weekend for the Easter celebration! It frosted
everything that wasn't covered up! The trees and flowers that were
out got a real cold slap! The Bermuda grass that was coming earlier
than I ever remember turned brown too! So now we are going to see
things set back for several weeks again. There was ice on the water
tank of my gold fish! They weren't moving very fast either. Jeffrey, Diann and Logan got here on Saturday afternoon.
We had a great time with Logan and he is getting to be a real character.
Of course we had to spoil him rotten since we don't get to see him very
often. He started calling me Jo Jo. Sure better than
Grandma! ha He is quite the little Easter egg hunter too!
It was too cold to hunt them outside so we hid them in the house.
He is very deliberate and his strategy for hunting is far superior than most
18 month olds. He is weighing around 30 pounds now
and is already 3 foot tall. He is quite the load to pick up too!
We had a nice quiet Easter dinner of ham, sweet potatoes and veggies along
with an Italian Cream Cake. We had a great card game of pitch to
finish off the day! Of course Jeffrey and I waxed Diann and Abbie.
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Abbie, Logan and Nana Jo |
We heard from
Madison on Saturday.
She went to Perry
OK for that show and did really well! Her TLC Steer Bear was
Champion Angus and was also selected Reserve Grand Champion Prospect Steer in
both rings. She said there were about 40 steers in the competition.
Her Braunvieh heifer was breed champion and her Crossbred heifer was Champion
Crossbred and also selected Grand Champion Female in one ring and Reserve Grand
in the other ring. We also heard that Crystal had the Champion
Hereford Steer. Didn't hear how Bryce did with his Charolais Cross
steer.
Monday we got up early to prepare for flush day!
We did 7 donors. Two of ours and five of our friends cows!
One Angus cow had 29 out of 32 good embryos! It was a good day and
we got an average of 10 embryos per donor. It warmed up some
and we see lots of trees loosing their frosted off leaves. It killed some
of the weeds coming too! Sure hope it killed some flies and ticks!
The kids got left after lunch. Sure wish they lived closer than
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Logan and his quaking and
dancing Duck we sent home with him! ha One nice thing about being a
grandparent you get to buy them annoying toys! |
Logan and Diann with
Jeffrey's little red wagon.
It works pretty good when
you oil the wheels. |
Diann, Jeffrey and Logan on
Easter Morning |
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April 10
Hope you like the new look! I have been looking for a long time
for something better to do with this page. I finally found the
background I was looking for. Not to say that I won't change
it again. That is a woman's way you know to change things! I
drive my husband crazy with paint, new curtains and decorations.
He thinks that everything should stay the same once you get it done!
Even if it was done 20 years ago! ha Wishing sister in law,
Becki a Happy Birthday today the 10th! Hope your enduring this
cold spell! We think we were cold here. They were down
to 16-18 degrees in Nebraska. I spent most of the day inside
paying bills! By the time we get done paying the feed and
vet bill we are lucky to pay the lights and propane bill! ha
Guess that is what being in business is all about.. especially the
cattle business. Our cost has risen and our income pretty
much stays the same. But if you are happy doing what you do
it makes it acceptable! All you have to do is look at this picture
of our grandchildren running through the blue bells in Texas to make you
feel good about being alive. |
Granddaughter Ruby
and Grandson Logan in
Texas Blue Bells in
Full Bloom |
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My Roan ponies, Jeta, Tee,
Jazz and Jayce the old Gray Mare
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Met Carol for lunch in Pryor today. We had a good visit! I had
to buy a new monitor today! The other one quit working! It cost
me around 500 dollars about three years ago! Today I spent $235 for
the latest and greatest. Picked up some supplies and made it home to
visit with Terry and Susan. Susan helped me hook up the new monitor.
Wow it's sure crystal clear and 19 inches of radiation now! ha
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April 12 Happy
Birthday Dad! How many years young are you? You are just an
antique little boy at heart. I remember all the times I spent
trailing you around when I was growing up! I was always in awe of
how you always knew what calf was out of which cow and which bulls you
put in with that group of cows. Now I finally realize that you
probably wrote it down in your little black book and you had it all
memorized like I do now. Some people remember numbers and
some folks don't! Some people don't clog up their brain cells with
anything other than the daily routine numbers they have to remember.
We saw on the television today that
Mr. Ed the talking horse is buried in Tahlaquah OK. He was a
famous talking horse that most folks won't remember but he was a TV Show
that I hurried home from school to watch. He was a palomino and he
moved his lips like he was talking. So in memory of old Mr.
Ed here is a picture of my equine coming up from the lake to greet me.
They thought they might get a bite of feed is why they are hurrying! ha
The frost sure did kill off the grass and leaves on the trees! It
will be hard for some of it to come back! From what we hear it
might even get us again this weekend!
Bob and Karen dropped by and they
helped us bring in some of the heavies from other north! Filling
up the calving pasture again for round six!
Took some pictures of TLC
Turk today our top herd sire prospect. He
is so gentle you can't get him to perk up or hardly move! I needed
a flag waver! ha It was a pretty nice day today to take pictures,
at least the wind didn't blow 90 miles an hour like yesterday. You
had to set stakes to keep from getting blown over yesterday.
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April 13
It was another cool day and I kept some of my plants covered up. Went
to Pryor today to pick up some stuff! It rained most of the day! |
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April 14 Today was
the Pryor Spring Show. Abbie had heifers induced so he spent his
time watching first calf heifers. I went to support the
cattle kids! Brooke, Jacob,
Madison, Crystal, Bryce and Brock showed cattle. It was
another rainy and cold day but at least the wind wasn't blowing 90 miles
an hour. The kids and cattle all did well. The show was kind
of a disappointment. They allowed all the steers in and then after
they selected the grand and reserve grand steer they had to weigh in
under 1000 to be qualified to win the show. To make a long
story short they had four winners that all weighed too much! They
were kicked out of the running and they finally found two steers that
were under the weight. Redman was one of those! So he won by
default technically. ha But if they had not been allowed to show
in their individual classes they wouldn't have even made it that far.
The solution? Weigh them before the classes start. Or else
keep two divisions. Prospect under 1000 pounds and Progress over
1000 pounds. I guess a few of the winners refused to give back the
prize money and the plaques even thought they knew what the rules were
they still embarrassed themselves by throwing a tantrum. We went
over to the Cedar Creek Open House at Blakley's in the evening. We
looked at the calves and I got some more plants. We had a great
pork sandwich too! Hopefully these plants won't get froze off.
The last one's got covered and still froze!
April 15 We spent
a pretty nice Sunday. Terry Brown came to pick up his Viagra bull
calf. I took the picture to the left of the cows and calves down
in the south pasture by the pond. We took pictures of several of
the club calves and the
breeding bulls that we will have for sale
this spring. Vincent and Nancy came by to check out the calves and
we spent the evening visiting about cattle.
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April 16-17
It was a pretty day the 16th. We finally got some sunshine! Vincent
and Mike came in the afternoon to pick up their cattle that the girls will be
showing. We have been getting lots of calls from folks looking for
something. Be it Semen, Embryos, Bred heifers and breeding bulls here
lately. Everyone is in the shopping mode since it warmed up. I have
contracted the crud in the past couple of days so I have not been out blazing
any trails. Abbie got in the north pasture to doctor some calves with the
scours. The wet damp weather usually triggers it along with fresh new
pasture. We heard from our New Mexico customers and friends the Mitchell's
and they have had a lot of snow this year. He has gotten his first calves
out of Banjo and they are pleased! Always happy to hear that they didn't
have any calving problems.
The picture to the right is
of a little Fullblood bull calf we will name TLC Starwar. He
already looks and acts like a little jock! ha It's cloudy
today and chance for rain this afternoon. Sure hope we don't get any storm
with it. The ponds are clear full and running over in most of the
pastures this year. Last year at this time we were almost all dry.
It's a blessing!
Happy Birthday grandson Clayton in North
Carolina! We hope you had a great great day! Glad we got to talk to
you before you ate all that cake! Clayton is a real character if you haven't met
him! He never meets a stranger!! He and his brother Phillip will spend
some summer vacation with us! I guess I best get ready for two boys to
entertain us through the summer! Mmm... I wonder if they know how to scoop
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TLC Starwar
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April 18 I was back
amongst the living today! In fact I almost had a run away! I did
lots of projects! I caught six heifers to tie in the barn and I washed and
clipped on Tracinda. She actually loved the whole process. Bob
and Karen stopped by to get the next Flush Schedule! I also got some
barn stuff put on my flower beds. Jake and I got most of the one side
of the barn cleaned. I am ready for fan's and misters to be turned on!
It was up in the high 70's today! The heifers were happy to get under
the fans too! They know when they have it good! ha |
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April 19-22
I got left Thursday about noon for
Missouri to visit friend Leona. I drove up highway 59 and have now vowed
not to travel that way again! Very scenic but the stops and starts took
way too long! So I got there about 5:30-6:00.
We started out pretty early on Friday.
We went furniture shopping! I found what I have been looking for! We
bargained and finally made the big purchase. Abbie and I now have "our"
living room furniture not his and hers! I vowed not to buy the top
of the line this time. Then you don't have to live with that style for
20-30 years! Yep we live in couch years! I now have had three actual
new couches in my lifetime! You can bet they have all been through
different stages in my life! From child rearing to teenagers, to married
children with grandkids jumping on them! ha My kids never got to do
that jumping thing! Maybe that is why they lasted so long. I should
have let them and then I could be up to at least five couch years in my
lifetime! ha
The anticipated Antique shopping was
basically put on hold! We did make it to one shop but it wasn't real
impressive. Plus I had just blown all my savings! Makes old stuff
look pretty high priced! ha We had a nice supper and shopped some more
that evening. Good thing I had comfortable shoes on because we did do some
walking! We didn't shop until we dropped but pretty close! ha
I got left about 6:30 Saturday morning and
made it in time for the Vinita Spring Livestock Show to watch Megan and Madison
show their cattle. They did so good today! We were really
proud of them! If you don't have grandkids close by just adopt you a
couple like Megan and Madison! The highlights were Megan winning
Intermediate showmanship and Madison's steer from us was
Grand Champion Progress Steer for the show.
See the News page for all their wins! Met
Abbie there and he was not too surprised to see my red truck full of furniture.
ha After the show the Chaney show crew came to look at Spring calves, so I
stuck a Pork Roast in the oven while we were out looking! They found
several that went down on their list of prospects. We even received
help bringing in the new sofas. Now we have to find some strong men to
take the hide a bed upstairs to the family room! ha I now have a living
room full of furniture! Both old and new! We are headed to Wagoner
this afternoon to deliver a bull calf to some folks. The wind is
blowing 90 miles an hour. I just saw the trash cans go flying down the
driveway! Looks like chance of showers! |
Judge Blake Nelson, Megan and Madison
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April
23-24 Monday was a busy day of registering
cattle and getting all the registration done for upcoming Junior Nationals.
Angus, Maine and Braunvieh! My computer shut down about five times and I
held my breath each time that it would come back on and I wouldn't be left with
all those numbers and entries lost! It finally said okay and started
working, but I have an appointment with computer nerds on Friday!
Something is sure wrong somewhere. No warning it will just shut
down. Oh the life we used to lead with out computers! So
tranquil and reassuring a note pad and a pencil! All you used to have to
worry about was sharpening the pencil! ha If you had a good sharp knife
you could whittle if you had to! I got the lawn and driveway all
mowed in the late afternoon and evening. I need lights on that mower or
lights on a miners cap. ha It's gloomy today and we are in a severe
weather alert for today and tonight. Sure hope we miss any bad tornados.
We have been very fortunate. So keep us in your prayers! I am
working on various projects today. Will be running to town for some
supplies. I think the milk may need replaced and if I don't bake some
bread we are going to be breadless too!
Here is a picture of granddaughter
Dalya on old Beau wearing her cowboy hat. I guess she loves hats!
What a character she must be! Poor child does not have a chance at not
being one! With a grandmother like me and of course the grandmother on the
other side is a character too! Sorry Leota! ha It's the truth that
hurts! We know this girl will be able to take care of herself in the world
though. Hopefully she won't have to be one of those ditsy girls on Reality
TV shows like the Bachelor. ha
Did you all watch "The Bachelor" last night? What a deal! Is
there any nice and good looking men out there that are not an "Officer
and a Gentleman?" What kind of a gentleman would leave a lady alone on
a "Naval Flight Deck" and fly off with his lady of choice last week?
Not much of a gentleman! ha Also it looks like boot camp for love?
Be fit and try out for the position of wife of a military man! Why didn't
hey look at the ladies in uniform first? I know it's just for TV but
lets get real! How demeaning this show is for women. Why can't they
all find their true love with out fighting for a rose? It's Reality
TV drama at it's best! All I can say is, they must be hard up for
entertainment and intrigue. We must be too to watch it! ha |
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Dalya
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April 25-26 We have had rain
and cloudy weather for a couple of days now! Abbie headed out about
4:00 a.m. on Wednesday morning to go to southeastern Arkansas to pick up a
bulk bin our friends the Hills found for us! It ended up down in Louisiana
where he eventually had to go to pick it up! He will be home tonight!
So guess what that meant? I am home alone with the cows! So far
so good! We had a new one this morning! A fancy little black
bull calf out of Bud and a half blood angus/braunvieh cow. She
was hunting the trees last night so was not surprised to find a new face in
the pasture at 6:00 this morning! Yesterday I spent most of the day
feeding and cleaning the barn stalls, catching heifers and washing some of
them! They were covered with mud from the past few days of rain!
So I got them cleaned up and tied under the fans all day! Had 10 head
tied today! Started one new heifer to breaking! Latisha didn't
get started earlier due to a sore foot. She is healed up so I braved a
halter and she drug me out to the tie area! ha Last night she was not
pulling back anymore and didn't mind the time under the fans with the rest
of the crew! Jake came and he fed the night feeding and I went to have
dinner with friends Ed and Carol Smith. I made it home just before
dark to check the heavies!
Thursday ! It's time to head back out and load
feed buckets again! Jesse Lowry was suppose to bring back the Chi heifer they
showed today! Garrett did well at their county show and took home
$7100 premium money from the two steers they got from us! One was a
Mick steer calf and the other one was a Class Act out of a black half blood.
Congratulations Rashele on your
1st place proficiency award at State FFA Convention! Rashele was
also high point Premier OCCA Exhibitor
for the 3rd year in a row! Reighly was 2nd this year and 3rd last
year! Sydney Johnston was 3rd this year! Sydney also won High
Point Showman of the Year! Great job girls! We are proud for you
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Son of a Gun bull calf
out of K034
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It was a busy day of feed
buckets and various projects. I was home alone with the cows still!
Abbie had to wait until the weather straightened out to pick up the bin some
90 miles into Louisiana this morning! So he didn't get headed home until
about noon! June started calving about noon. She kept chasing
all the other babies checking them out instead of getting down to business.
She is an old show heifer and she is really gentle so when Jake got here
after school. We walked her up to the barn to see why there was no
feet showing yet? She had been messing around most of the afternoon.
So I put one of those big and I mean BIG orange sleeves on and took off my
diamonds so that I could see how far she had gotten. Now you can call
me midwife or Doc Joanie! ha I found one foot and then finally found
the other foot folded under. The nose and head was right there so I
slipped the strap on and we proceeded to bring that long black baby bull
into the world. We probably wouldn't have had to but better safe than
sorry. She had messed around long enough. So I managed to get
pretty covered with birth muck and that green stuff. By the time
we got done feeding he was up sucking and running around. One of the
Fullbloods had a nice black heifer out of Son of a Gun today too.
I went over north and sprayed some thistles before I headed to the house!
Wow are those things looking healthy! The freeze sure didn't slow them
down any! Some are already headed out! I got cleaned up and
ready for bed and the door bell rang! I thought it might be Abbie
pulling a trick on me. But it was the neighbors from down East
the Gilpins. He said we had Fullblood cows out on the road!
Great! All the old donors were having a great time checking out the
place! I had forgotten and left one gate open. Must be due to
that dreaded dumb ass disease!! So I jumped into my muck boots with my
pj's and red terry cloth house coat on for cover and proceeded to drive them
back to their pasture! They didn't give me any trouble and went up the lane
to the barn and turned down the lane to their pasture! Smart cows or
else real dumb! I appreciated their thoughtfulness though at that time
of night! I was a real sight for sore eyes I am sure! ha They took one
look at this nut in a red house coat and said okay Lady what ever! I
got them back in and shut the gate this time!. I decided since I was
out there I might as well check the heavies one last time! That was
about midnight! By the time I got back to the house I was totally
chilled clear through! Abbie had just pulled in with the bulk bin from
his long trip! I was glad to see him home at last! The mule
sputtered and spit and ran out of gas as I drove up to the house! How
lucky can you be? I am surprised it didn't die out in the pasture
clear to the East side! I had went off and left my "Cell Phone."
Another disease attack! ha Oh well the walk would have done me good
and taught me a lesson! ha Be prepared for anything at the Thorne
Ranch! ha If you see a red house coat flying across the pasture don't
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Dale and Icabod in 1987
at Thorne Ranch
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April 27 I had the computer man
out this morning to check the computer out and it needed a good cleaning to
keep it from shutting off like it did the other day! They are filled
with fan's that pull in the dust! I made it to Pryor after
lunch to pick up milk, bread and groceries. I took his silver truck
into to have the oil changed and the fuel filter changed too at Mr. J's!
Dale showed me this picture of him in 1987 when he worked for Abbie on the
Thorne Ranch! He is riding Icabod one of the ranch horses!
Abbie must have gotten some high priced diesel that had some water in it
because he said he had a hard time making it over 60 with his load and the
truck kept cutting out on him. Let's hope the new fuel filter takes care of
it!
It's nice to be a book keeper and
housewife again today! I was ready for the boss to come home and take
over the buckets and full responsibility of the herd! ha It's cloudy
again and cool! The trees are starting to come back after the frost
with leaves finally! I could probably plant some flowers now with them
not freezing off! It got down to 39 degrees last night though! The
folks from New Mexico said they would be here this weekend and the Beef Expo
and OCCA Banquet is going on at Stillwater too! So it is going to be
hard to fit everything and everybody into the day! Abbie is setting up
recips tomorrow for the next flush and transfer. Check back for the weekend
visitors pictures and all the cattle kids in Stillwater! I plan on making it
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April
27-28-29-30 The weekend went fast! I made it
over to Stillwater on Saturday for the Beef Expo for the steer show.
Madison was the only one with a steer. She was selected Champion Angus in
one ring and Reserve Champion Angus in the other ring. I didn't stay for
the Banquet since Abbie was still home. He and Jake had set up recips all
day so he wasn't ready to drive two hours over and two hours back!
Stillwater was having it's testical festival this weekend along with the Angus
Sale and Beef Expo the town was pretty packed! I made it home about dark
in time to greet the New Mexico folks! They were ready to get out of that
truck. We took them all out to supper at Pryor and had a great visit!
Jaden brought her two cousins Cheyann and Tyrell along this time! Great
kids! They spent the night with us and we got up daylight to have an early
breakfast and then hit the pastures so they could pick out some steer calves.
We found a couple they really liked and they will have their stamp on them until
September when they will pick them up. They had also picked up some feeder
pigs to take back to show from some breeders in Oklahoma! I know nothing
about hogs (only that they oink) but they looked like winners to me! ha
After they all headed out Abbie and I both just relaxed the afternoon away!
It felt good to do nothing! We missed seeing all the girls show the
heifers at Stillwater but we will get to see them show again soon. Lulu
was Champion Braunvieh heifer shown by Rashele and Isabella shown by Reighly was
Reserve Champion Braunvieh heifer. Megan and Faline won the class in one
ring and was reserve behind Madison and Wave in the other one. Two
different opinions that day! Monday I went and picked up Blaine to help
Abbie today run some cows through for pre breeding shots! I took him back
to his place about 4:00 and mailed some letters at Big Cabin! Evidently we
had a tragic train auto wreck just north of us over the weekend. That is
the 2nd fatality on that railroad crossing in less than two years. Gary
Wagoner with his mom and friend Kent Stuart dropped by to check out the bull
pasture today! Nice folks and we sure did enjoy their visit! He
raises some Braunvieh cattle too. It's clouding up and looks and smells
like rain all around us but no drops yet! We could use a nice warm rain to
kick start the Bermuda again.
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TLC Bear Champion Angus Steer
David and Madison Chaney |
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Madison and Bear in
Showmanship |
Reighly and Rashele &
Reserve Champion Simmental Steer |
Chad, Lee, Tyrell, Jaden, & Cheyann from
New Mexico. |
Rashele won Senior
Showmanship |
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Megan and Faline in
Showmanship |
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Remember to welcome
strangers, because some who have done this have welcomed angels without
knowing it! Hebrews 13:2
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