Larry had to run in to town to fix the chainsaw so we could work on the cattle pasture. While he was gone I picked the elderberries. They are the most beautiful drapping berries I have ever seen. They really captivated my attention for a long time.
I then had to fertilize about 50 pomegranite bushes with kelp spread. Goodness I felt like I was walking in the ocean. This stuff had such a pungent smell. I then went over to the orchard to proceed to weed around the 50 or so pom bushes we have over there. I had forgotten about the deathly sting of a fire ant and they took it to me a few times as I was weeding. By that time Larry had gotten back I was done and he had the fixed chainsaw plus two new ones! I knew that the boys were going to have a hayday now. So this is typically how things go when we work. The boys like to ride the ATV's, drive the trucks and tractors and use all of the gas powered tools that are around. I am the one that always prefers to avoid power tools. Today when we went to work I used tree clippers and walked to our location. I guess it is the city girl stuck in me wanting to walk the 500 meters to the pasture instead of driving. Larry was in heaven with this new saw and just chopped or I guess sawed everything in sight... tall grass, baby trees, dead branches etc. and my job was to clear everything he sawed.
While we were working Lincoln and Jackson were so curious as to what we were doing. When I took a break to get some water I creeped up on Lincoln and watched as he used his teeth to release the chain from the cattle confinement and go in to try to get to where we were working. He opened the cattle door all the way to let Jackson in to join. By then I was yelling at the both of them as they were going for the next gate to open where they would then be out of their fencing. They just looked at me and then kept walking for the gate. They are a piece of work sometimes.
I made my orange loaf and it's cooling right now!
Wow, mini- and mega-horse are pretty sly. That comes from having lots of time to think about things while chewing the cud. (Cud comes from chewing your food so many times on the right side and repeating on the left or vice versa for lefties--just like mom taught you when you were just a guppy). I sure hope you are wearing your rattlesnake gear when you are clearing all that under brush! You need to drive the ATVs at least once. If you can jump out of an airplane, you can do that even if just to brag about it to your bros...
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