I have been needing to check the fence lines for quite some time. I recently had one wash out part repaired by my friend Julio. I have not been able to ride the fence line because my four wheeler has been out of sorts. We recently got it repaired and now I am ready toContinue reading “The Morning Ride Checking the Fence Lines”
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Pecans
I spoke to a fella the other day and he told me that I could get a pecan company out to my place to shake my pecan trees and they might pay me as much as $10000. He said all I had to do was clean up under the base of each tree before theyContinue reading “Pecans”
Day in the Life # 3 The Shopping Trip
The adventures of the morning have lead me to get out money bag and go shopping. I absolutely hate to go shopping and I hate to spend money on anything but having fun. Well, I will just make the day fun. I am going to need energy for the day so I am stopping atContinue reading “Day in the Life # 3 The Shopping Trip”
Day in the Life #2 – Visit to the Pecan Orchard
The second part of my day is to chwck on the cows. I grab my keys and my back pack and hop on the four wheeler. I check the pond. It is not deep enough for fish. I see turtles in it sometimes. It is a good water supply for the cows. There is aContinue reading “Day in the Life #2 – Visit to the Pecan Orchard”
The Greenhouse
The other day I bought some discounted plants from the Lowe’s Hardware store. I bought them the day before we had a winter storm. I also bought seed to put in seed starter kits. The next day Texas received a winter storm. It dropped to the low 20s. I built a green house last summer Continue reading “The Greenhouse”
Gumdrop Cookies
My Grand mother Turney was a spry little thing. She was a great cook and spent much of her day preparing meals for her family. We always looked forward to spending time with her because we knew we would have a great big breakfast and a dinner full of fried catfish, succotash, and blackberry cobbler.Continue reading “Gumdrop Cookies”
Bye Bye Penelope
After being sick for a week due to chasing Penelope back into the corral, I said good bye to her today. I woke up yesterday morning and saw Penelope in my front yard eating on a grass pile. She has been roaming the yard for the past week while I was sick. I had theContinue reading “Bye Bye Penelope”
Petunia
Hello all. I would like to introduce ya’ll to Petunia. She is not my favorite heifer today. Let me give you the full story. I turned 60 on the 27th of December. I was really going to make this a stellar birthday. I made reservations at the best hotel in downtown Fort Worth. I alsoContinue reading “Petunia”
Picking Pecans again…and again
Today is a beautiful day. I spent the morning searching for a cow that supposedly has been roaming the neighborhood. I will share more on that story later. So the jest of it is that I was down in the back 40 of the place here on the four wheeler. I love the four wheeler.Continue reading “Picking Pecans again…and again”
Picking Pecans
Today I went down the lane of my place and decided to pick some pecans. I am blessed to live on a small amount of acreage and the backside of the property is covered in pecan trees. I have been on vacation this week and the cabin fever has set in. I hopped on thatContinue reading “Picking Pecans”
Dinky on the Farm 