Lets start with the end of last year. Olive gave us a little bull in late October 2021.

I’ve been doing a lot of fence work. I was able to rig a way to roll out 2 strands of barbed wire at one time. I took 2 tools used to roll out a single roll of wire and put them on a rod and attached it to the back of the tractor. It wasn’t perfect but it was much better than doing it by hand.

We bought a new Hot Tub and I’m in it nearly every night before bed. The hot tub plus a cold beer or glass of wind and sleep comes quickly.

We lost Tammy and Shelby back in the late summer. Seizures and a stroke. Old age sucks. In November and December we added 3, yes 3, new rescues. The first was The old man Jimmy T. He is almost identical to our Jimmy that we had nearly my entire AF career. Next was Coco. She looks a lot like Tammy. Then there was Copper. He was my sisters dog but she couldn’t keep him so we took him in right before Christmas.

Walmart dumped all of their garden seeds into the trash. Thankfully a friend of a friend retrieved them. I was told to get what I wanted. I picked out 4 or 5 packets of each variety. Pretty good score to go along with what I already had.

I was out cutting and splitting fire wood and Olives calf and Lilley decided to come see what I was doing. When I sat down to take a break they both got right in my face. Both backed off when I took out the camera. Lilley looks like she is giving me the stink eye.

Patches needs her hooves trimmed badly. The farrier has been swamped so I took a stab at it. It’s not perfect and it’s not a complete job but it’s better than it was. The picture shows before I started and after I finished the first one.