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PREEESSENTING:

MOJO, named in honour of Emily's dog.

Emily writes the interesting and amusing Blogging for Accountability.

This is probably the last calf of the season, and her mother is VERY protective, so this was the best photo the Bag Lady could get!

And, by "popular demand" (with his permission!) here is a photo of the "Cowboy" (a name he hates, by the way!!) riding his "cow pony", from a few years ago:

This is a terrific horse for working with cattle - he has real "cow sense" and has an infallible sense for finding cows in the bush.

Quick Weekend Recap

The Bag Lady had quite a whirlwind weekend!

She and the Cowboy and his brother spent Saturday working with the cows and calves.

Then one of her cousins and her cousin's husband arrived from out of town for a visit.

Sunday was spent visiting with them and baking bread in the outdoor oven.

Sunday night, the last of the heifers finally had her calf. The Bag Lady will officially introduce the calf complete with photo a little later.... she hasn't had time to take a picture yet.

Just as soon as she has a minute....

Friday Round-up

The Bag Lady feels like she has been on the run for a month or more, and hasn't had time to actually write a proper post. Summertime is so much busier on the ranch - there's always something that needs to be done. Whether it's calving season or haying time; gardening, or even just good old housework, something is always demanding attention. Somedays she feels pulled in 18 different directions, there is so much to do and she doesn't seem to have the energy she once did!

All of this means that the summer just seems to fly by. It's the end of the first week of June, for crying out loud! How did that happen?

We had a little rain shower blow through here last night, so everything looks really clean and green. It looked as though it was going to be a real storm, but was actually very tame. Rather disappointing, in a way. The Bag Lady can remember storms from her youth that would terrify her and make her want to hide under the bed. We don't see many like that anymore. On the one hand, that's probably a good thing, but in another way, there's nothing like watching the magnificent power of nature to make you feel insignificant, and put you in your place. Sadly, the Bag Lady's dog doesn't feel the same way and will sometimes hide under the coffee table at the first hint of dark clouds!

Her cats love summer, too. They have taken to spending most of their time outside, either hunting mice, chasing bugs, or sleeping in the sun porch. Occasionally, they will decide to have their nap in the house, so the Bag Lady is accustomed to finding one or the other of them curled up somewhere in a chair, or on the couch. Once in a while, they find better places for their naps, as evidenced in the following little video clip.

Hope you have a great weekend!

Bovine Love Call

If a bull calls in the forest and there are no cows to hear, does it still make a noise?



..........YOU BETCHA!!!!

Wednesday's Woes

Here are a few photos the Bag Lady took of her yard last night.

This is part of her front flower bed:

Here are her potatoes:

And this is the grapevine that she thought had winter-killed:


The warm weather lasted through part of yesterday, then the clouds started to roll in and it cooled off. There was some lightning far off in the distance, so it stormed somewhere.

She is feeling a little overwhelmed with the struggle between things she wants to do and things she HAS to do. Sometimes when she feels like this, she ends up doing nothing. Does that ever happen to anyone else?

Havin' A Heat Wave......

The Bag Lady feels like she should be wearing a hat loaded with fruit...or is that reference too obscure for all you young'uns?

It was 80F here yesterday and the Bag Lady worked outside in her yard most of the day. She planted a couple of little branches that the Cowboy's brother trimmed off his Manitoba Maple and is hoping they will take root and turn into trees! She also pulled a lot of weeds and tried to clean up the edge of her gravel walk-way.

She is still checking cows on a regular basis. There are three cows that haven't calved yet. Two of them are old girls, who may not even be in calf, and the third one is the last of the heifers. The Bag Lady thinks she's holding out because she knows the suspense is driving the Bag Lady crazy!

The Bag Lady also had to force herself to stop and go into the house to do some sewing. She has orders to fill for bags, and paperwork that needs doing, but she's like a little kid when it's nice outside - she just wants to be out there! Especially when the evenings are so long.....

The Bag Lady tried for an hour to upload a little video clip showing how nice the evening was here last night, but she had so much trouble, she finally gave up!

Have a nice day!

Weekend Recap

The Bag Lady has been pretty much out of touch with reality with the rest of the world this weekend. A friend of the family turned 65 this weekend, and two family members also had birthdays in the last few days, so the Bag Lady and the Cowboy hosted a joint birthday party for all three of them.

Saturday was spent in preparation for the party, and the party itself. The Bag Lady took a couple of photos, and a little video, but had the camera set wrong, so everything is blurry and out-of-focus. (Sort of like the Bag Lady was herself by the end of the evening!)

When the Bag Lady got up on Sunday and went outside to check cows, she took a couple of photos of the pasture:

When she got back to the yard, she took another photo, this one of her back yard:

(It looks like a beer can factory suffered a huge explosion, and the fall-out landed here!)

The Bag Lady got that mess cleaned up, then she and the Cowboy did some yard work.

The weather was beautiful yesterday, and is supposed to stay nice for a few days.

She took more photos of her flowers, but is still having trouble with her camera. Sigh.

Here, her crabapple tree is blooming:

Here is a blurry photo of her lily-of-the-valley:

Not all the flowers in her yard are white:

Her little lilac bush is showing some promise this year, so she might have a photo of that later on.