Sunday July 26 2009

Lois, Melita, Ruth and Holland.

Ruth working.

The road in

I've still been gleaning through some more of the pictures from last week, there are still some nice ones, and easy to use. Here also is a picture of Nube and Bob working cows. I wasn't sure Nube would ever be a cow horse but here she is after he roped a calf and is holding it and paying attention. I copied this from Gina's blog, I don't think she will mind me showing you.

Very sunny, calm and warm this morning, so this might be one of our hottest days. Yesterday we had a few rain showers. Sure wish it would just wet everything down good. Meant to tell you that my pioneer yellow rose Melita gave me several years ago bloomed this year for the first time.

A herd of cattle came in from the mailbox this morning. Not sure whose or where they ended up. We might have to close the front gate again. Or maybe they closed it for us. Joe mowed the back yard today, and the front yesterday. This is the nicest its ever looked. No special plans for today. Got about half the house cleaned. Will pay the few bills I have later today. It would be nice if DISH (or other tv companies) would let you just pick out and subscribe to the channels you like to watch instead of having 3/4 of them being unending paid advertisements, spanish, or all the stuff you never watch choking up your tv. It would probably be like opening a can of worms for them to keep everyone happy. There is a way to have the guide show only what you want to watch. Maybe I should try that.

Nancy in Nebraska wrote with her news - she doesn't do computer - and sent a picture of one of her cats. He's a orange striped cat named Rusty and looks just like my Rusty. I was glad to hear Nancy is feeling a little better because she's sure had some bad times in the last few years. Joslyn called the other day and invited us to come watch the family in the horse events at the fair, but neither of us wanted to go over there and sit on a hard bench in the heat. Hope they all have good luck this weekend.

I'm finding that if I take more pain medicine it will get to where I don't feel too bad (from the worsening stomach pain). Don't like to take it, but guess I have to. When I see the difference, it makes me wish I'd up'd it weeks ago.

It's the birthday of Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw,born in Dublin (1856). He's the author of dozens of plays, Shaw won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1925 and an Oscar in 1938 for his film Pygmalion. He's the only person in history to receive both the Nobel and an Oscar.