tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329622951839766826.post8875637857629626914..comments2023-09-25T09:13:30.994-06:00Comments on Bag Lady's Blather: Friday Ranch Round-upthe Bag Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17434610508260994331noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329622951839766826.post-6435064794284807522008-10-17T18:17:00.000-06:002008-10-17T18:17:00.000-06:00SB - but driving a tractor is so much FUN!!! Reall...SB - but driving a tractor is so much FUN!!! Really!<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Annette - I really don't mind driving the tractor, but would rather be working on some crafts.<BR/><BR/>Reb - I actually didn't have very good luck with the logs today - they came apart on me several times, necessitating much cussing and grunting, and more cussing. ~~sigh~~<BR/><BR/>Dawn - At least they aren't going to waste! Firewood is important, too.the Bag Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17434610508260994331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329622951839766826.post-10980879193664467852008-10-17T15:20:00.000-06:002008-10-17T15:20:00.000-06:00Love hearing about your farming activities.Where w...Love hearing about your farming activities.<BR/><BR/>Where we live - slap bang in the center of the North Island of NZ - the original native forest was harvested for logs and many of the farms have great big logs just lying there. Ones that for one reason or another were not suitable for timber. We "harvest" from them every year for firewood.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15643174590692205316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329622951839766826.post-3708072477206049302008-10-17T14:18:00.000-06:002008-10-17T14:18:00.000-06:00Have fun with your logs Sis! I know that you will ...Have fun with your logs Sis! I know that you will still manage to get lots of crafts done for the sale.Rebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05318594769530526005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329622951839766826.post-15397809125342430152008-10-17T13:13:00.000-06:002008-10-17T13:13:00.000-06:00I have to say dragging logs sounds like a real dra...I have to say dragging logs sounds like a real drag :( I would much rather be crafting :) Happy craftiness when you get to it!new*mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05147814248509745599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329622951839766826.post-27260865386834665252008-10-17T11:22:00.000-06:002008-10-17T11:22:00.000-06:00I don't even like to drive a pickup truck!I don't even like to drive a pickup truck!Scrumpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12963135920577462855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329622951839766826.post-63767538100833050662008-10-17T09:13:00.000-06:002008-10-17T09:13:00.000-06:00Tricia - thanks for your concern - I shall!!Tricia - thanks for your concern - I shall!!the Bag Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17434610508260994331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329622951839766826.post-2544098420694694712008-10-17T09:04:00.000-06:002008-10-17T09:04:00.000-06:00Wow, Be careful!Wow, Be careful!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329622951839766826.post-65384679130459545592008-10-17T08:37:00.000-06:002008-10-17T08:37:00.000-06:00Geo - it's always best to err on the side of cauti...Geo - it's always best to err on the side of caution! Although I have seen the Rancher cut down many a tree, and they usually fall where he planned, there's always the chance they won't!<BR/>When we first met, he was clearing a couple of old trees with the tractor - one of them was rotten - broke off halfway up and fell on the tractor! Good thing he wasn't using old 'Charlie' (the one in the picture)!the Bag Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17434610508260994331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329622951839766826.post-37843562685406134272008-10-17T08:29:00.000-06:002008-10-17T08:29:00.000-06:00I think it's great that old tractor still works. M...I think it's great that old tractor still works. My Dad and uncle had an old one at the cabin for hauling stumps and the like for everyone up there...it seems the old ones are made to last !<BR/><BR/>Cutting down trees - I'd be standing far back too. My Dad is the experta at making the tree fall the other way than what he planned...I'd be that far back too! :)Geosominhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15729167937433295927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329622951839766826.post-69622822485644902942008-10-17T08:18:00.000-06:002008-10-17T08:18:00.000-06:00Oh, Hilary - I knew I could count on you! TA - yes...Oh, Hilary - I knew I could count on you! <BR/><BR/>TA - yes, there is an art to cutting down trees. But there is always the tiniest possibility that things will go wrong. Which is why I was so far away!<BR/>Hope your weekend is great, too!the Bag Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17434610508260994331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329622951839766826.post-67053791663359350132008-10-17T08:09:00.000-06:002008-10-17T08:09:00.000-06:00Wow, isn't chopping down trees super-dangerous and...Wow, isn't chopping down trees super-dangerous and there's a real art to it? So impressed! TIMBER!<BR/><BR/>Love the tractor :0)<BR/><BR/>Happy weekend, Bag Lady!<BR/><BR/>TA xPennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13140441387378978556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329622951839766826.post-78081806363021231872008-10-17T08:06:00.000-06:002008-10-17T08:06:00.000-06:00Ack Baggie. Be careful.. a tree's bite is worse th...Ack Baggie. Be careful.. a tree's bite is worse than its bark! ;)Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329622951839766826.post-30304099479406003852008-10-17T07:39:00.000-06:002008-10-17T07:39:00.000-06:00dfLeah - I know it doesn't sound all that challeng...dfLeah - I know it doesn't sound all that challenging, but it actually is, rather. I quite enjoyed it yesterday. Hopefully, today will be as much fun!the Bag Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17434610508260994331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329622951839766826.post-62554490819087297482008-10-17T07:33:00.000-06:002008-10-17T07:33:00.000-06:00Okay, that old tractor is great. What character! A...Okay, that old tractor is great. What character! And the fact that it runs and probably will forever is wonderful.<BR/>Enjoy yourself pulling logs around. It sounds like a pretty efficient way to get the job done.Leah J. Utashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329622951839766826.post-43403868353524198232008-10-17T07:17:00.000-06:002008-10-17T07:17:00.000-06:00Missicat - a sign of how cautious I really am is h...Missicat - a sign of how cautious I really am is how far away I was when filming the Rancher cutting down that tree! And I knew he was going to fall it the opposite direction from where I was standing. <BR/>I also know that not everything goes according to plan......the Bag Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17434610508260994331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329622951839766826.post-85897505517511974152008-10-17T07:15:00.001-06:002008-10-17T07:15:00.001-06:00Mary Anne - the tractor that I drive has a cab on ...Mary Anne - the tractor that I drive has a cab on it. I'm not even sure how to <I>start</I> the one in the picture! And you're right - it is pretty flat around here, but that doesn't erase the possibility of a roll-over!<BR/><BR/>That's a scary story about your friends' mother - a lesson to remember.the Bag Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17434610508260994331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329622951839766826.post-77177700117698011592008-10-17T07:15:00.000-06:002008-10-17T07:15:00.000-06:00Tiiimmmmbbbeeerr!Be CAREFUL!! We are actually gett...Tiiimmmmbbbeeerr!<BR/>Be CAREFUL!! We are actually getting some nice fall weather here this weekend, so hopefully can get some autumn pics...no falling trees though (I hope!)Missicathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03547671118679036352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329622951839766826.post-14594690077320157722008-10-17T06:55:00.000-06:002008-10-17T06:55:00.000-06:00Eek! No ROPS on that vintage tractor! I know it lo...Eek! No ROPS on that vintage tractor! I know it looks pretty flat where you are, not like the hill farm where my best friend's mother rolled a tractor cutting hay in 1955. Broke her pelvis (she was five months pregnant--lost the baby) and concussed herself so thoroughly they kept her in the hospital for six weeks. Growing up with that story I'm a tractor safety fanatic. <BR/><BR/>Mary Anne in KentuckyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329622951839766826.post-11522206304208125212008-10-17T06:46:00.000-06:002008-10-17T06:46:00.000-06:00Sagan - it does sound kinda crazy, doesn't it? But...Sagan - it does sound kinda crazy, doesn't it? But it actually works to smooth the ground for seeding.the Bag Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17434610508260994331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329622951839766826.post-23671306067273741872008-10-17T06:41:00.000-06:002008-10-17T06:41:00.000-06:00Just dragging logs around, all in a days work! Yo...Just dragging logs around, all in a days work! You're so productive.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18285850895862247408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329622951839766826.post-23480810767602773352008-10-17T06:26:00.000-06:002008-10-17T06:26:00.000-06:00Javachick - I'm the biggest coward in the world wh...Javachick - I'm the biggest coward in the world when it comes to stuff like that, so I promise I will be careful!the Bag Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17434610508260994331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329622951839766826.post-51109777492490875812008-10-17T06:21:00.000-06:002008-10-17T06:21:00.000-06:00I'm with mizfit...Do be careful dragging those log...I'm with mizfit...Do be careful dragging those logs around!JavaChickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06816858010039395389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329622951839766826.post-68182207282527110082008-10-17T06:16:00.000-06:002008-10-17T06:16:00.000-06:00Miz - thank you for your concern! No worries - I s...Miz - thank you for your concern! No worries - I shall be careful!the Bag Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17434610508260994331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329622951839766826.post-58556240713302579062008-10-17T06:09:00.000-06:002008-10-17T06:09:00.000-06:00I love the ranch round up.and log dragging.as long...I love the ranch round up.<BR/><BR/>and log dragging.<BR/><BR/>as long as it's not me who draggeth the logs.<BR/><BR/>BE CAREFUL :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com