I'm not quite sure what it is….. Horse drawn plow or ditcher?
Joe said it's a scooter bike. I think that means he doesn't know either.
First thing this morning Marilyn Marsh called me from Iowa farm country and it was so nice to hear from her. Marilyn has always been one of my most faithful email pals. We had a nice chat. She might come out this way for her vacation soon….. or not…..they haven't decided yet. That's the way I like to travel too. If she does I will made an effort to see her for sure. It's a beautiful day. Not a cloud to be seen, but the Weather Channel says it will rain here today, so we will see about that. Got up and around this morning and got most of the "chores" done and washed my hair. Guess I'll sit and paint some more today. Sheral called yesterday and invited us to come to dinner TBA. Then she called this morning and a good friend of theirs passed away so they are going down (Utah) for the funeral and will be back in about a week. So Dick came over and got the kitchen rugs I'm giving them out of the back of my car before they left, so they wouldn't be sitting there for another week.
The crows sure had a convention out in the field this morning. I guess they are hunting for breakfast. The grass has grown so tall you can't even see them until they jump up or fly a little ways.
Dave came to get more of their hay this morning and brought Sandra's two little grandsons along. They are handsome boys, one very friendly, Nate, and the other more reserved. Raven has hardly ever seen little kids and she was scared of Nate who really wanted to pet her. She's so timid with strangers; she just barked at him and stayed out of the way. He said he had caught two horned lizards and enjoyed the week at day camp. They had gone backpacking with Dave last week up to V Lake and saw a young osprey that had plunged into the lake but had trouble getting back out – it did finally make a great effort and get itself out. Dave said it was too hot to catch fish – they weren't biting. They took the little mule Leroy to carry their stuff, and he ran almost back to the trailer before Dave could catch him. I bet that was a long day for Dave, triple distance hiking, before he got Leroy back.
Today I dug and weeded on the flower bed project for a while. As I work, it seems to be evolving into a better plan for the layout of the garden, as if it takes on its own life. In the afternoon while I was out digging we had black thunderclouds and thunder rumbling, but no rain except for a few tiny sprinkles carried on the wind.
The county fair starts this weekend over in Big Piney. Also there is another new fire at Granite Creek that started earlier this week, just a mile from the hot springs. They have evacuated that campground, and are sprinkling the hot spring facility and pool so it doesn't burn. Hopefully the rain we had put it out. When I spray the horses for flies today I will give them worm medicine. That can often be a challenge to accomplish so the $15 each doesn't end up in the dirt. It's also time to worm the dogs. I'll have to pick up their worm med the next time I go to town. I finished Susie's painting and will take it to her when I go. That only took a year (to re-do a 1" square face).
I've seen four cats, for the ones keeping track with me. Traveler/black father; Rusty orange brother kitten; Smoky grey sister kitten; the grey cat with half a tail which might be a stranger or it might be Tigger sister kitten and something has happened to her tail. I haven't seen Rascal the mother calico cat lately. The unsolved mystery is who is the half tailed cat. I only catch glimpses of any of them. One of the rugs I took out of the shed and threw away a week or so ago looked like it had blood "or something" on it – could not tell what. If it's Tigger, what in the world happened to her?
Big Round Bales in Back
