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A few farm related, also. Been washing my hands with cows for a while now. 
very interesting , thanks for sharing . forgive me madam but the '' i don't tolerate attitudes '' , makes it sound like you have aquired one . . . sorry about the ''aquired'' which is apparently misspelled ..twice . . .peace
So well written. I got a huge kick out of it as did my wife. The clincher was my wife being from Nebraska and me from Philly.
Moving cattle in the heat and dust is bad...but branding in the heat is worse.
We are praying for rain here. Hope y'all get some too.
We have feeders, mostly mixed breeds that we buy when we get a call from the stockyard and we will buy in a large lot. They can be baldies, mostly black cattle, which they can be cross bred with anything. We don't keep bulls anymore, we don't dairy now. We just raise them as fats and then they go to market, buy them around 5-600 lbs. and when they leave they can be way over 1,000 lbs. but it varies due to body shape and height. I'm amazed at the difference in them when we first get them, and how well they look when they leave with good feed and pasture.
We don't have as many cattle as in years passed, they price of corn, well, it's hard to feed cattle on corn priced that high!!
I LOVED your story! I too am a fan ( as is my husband ) of slow, calm and steady. We have together and separately put our cows back into our pasture and barns this way. The frantic hollering, hand waving, whooping tends to scare already jumpy cattle. I also laughed at your blue air description....as I've turned the air around here a different color also!
Good job, and I love cows!
He stopped for a scatch on the head. I though mr. Macho was going to fall over. He moved way away when the big boy got close. I don't turn my back on a bull, but worked hard when they were small to bond with them. This big boy who isn't close to full size is over 2000lbs now.
Cows out on the highway. So out we go. Amazing how two words, will kick your butt in gear. 
Edited out that I told a few folks off. I do not tolerate attitudes, when all that was important was keeping the animals safe. So SW Nebraska heard what a Philly girl sounds like very mad. We can be very scary. 
Of course I shouldn't be, most of my lilies came from you. We had snow May 1st . I didn't even get pond back up till the end of May. Yet I have had blooms for over a month now. 
Whatever you do girl it sure works. I see some folks saying they are getting their first blooms the middle of July this year. Must be your magic touch, that makes the difference.
for three hours this morning, so my brain may not be functioning correctly. 
I'm just shy of the available cash to make it happen. 
If you look close you can see I painted over the bell. 
Wish I could put lotus in them.
Oh I like those! I'd probably try to paint them up like Holsteins tho'!
cleaned up and painted. Have to find some plants to put in them. mutant. This is exactly two weeks from removing it from the parent plant. The buttons were just fuzzy and no swelling when I dropped them in the tub. This seems to have three plant starts from one pad. 
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