With more rain predicted the next few days, which will most likely set the record for the wettest June on record, I think a larger rock will be needed to keep the post from floating out of the ground.
Rock Too Small
Picture of the Day for June 13, 2014
New birth is one sign of spring and early summer, from baby lambs, calves, piglets, kittens, birds and even foals, like this young one staying close to mommy’s side in the pasture.
Cute Foal
Picture of the Day for May 9, 2014
After a rainy day yesterday, the new calves probably would appreciate a warm, sunny day to dry out and to take a nap in the sun.
Springtime Calves
Picture of the Day for February 9, 2014
Donkeys never seem to look real happy and this one should be happy when it is summer time as there would be more reasons in the winter to look unhappy especially after another cold day.
Happy Donkey
Picture of the Day for November 23, 2013
I might have to borrow these wool coats after feeling the frigid temperatures today. I am not ready for winter yet!
Warm Wool Coats
Picture of the Day for November 15, 2013
I think everyone was enjoying the fifty degree temperatures today including these Herefords.
Herefords on a Warm November Day
Picture of the Day for October 23, 2013
These Herefords are wondering what happened to the 70s and sunny October weather as they don’t like the low 30s, grey and snowflakes anymore than I do.
Herefords Looking for Warm Autumn
Picture of the Day for August 13, 2013
Some road ditches and fields are displaying yellow flowers which are attracting a lot of bees. Birdsfoot Trefoil is a plant used in agriculture as a forage plant for pasture, hay and silage and used as an alternative to alfalfa in poor soils. It has become an invasive species in some regions of North America.
The flowers develop into small pea-like pods or legumes. The name ‘bird’s foot’ refers to the appearance of the seed pods on their stalk. There are five leaflets, but with the central three held conspicuously above the others, hence the use of the name trefoil.
Birdsfoot Trefoil
Picture of the Day for July 12, 2013
The need for barbed wire arose in the 19th century as the American frontier moved westward into the Great Plains and traditional fence materials—wooden rails and stone—became scarce and expensive. Of the many early types of barbed wire, the type invented in Illinois in 1873 by Joseph F. Glidden proved most popular.
Glidden fashioned barbs on an improvised coffee bean grinder, placed them at intervals along a smooth wire, and twisted another wire around the first to hold the barbs in a fixed position. His U.S. patent was issued November 24, 1874 and the patent survived court challenges from other inventors. Joseph Glidden prevailed in litigation and in sales. Today, it remains the most familiar style of barbed wire.
Joseph Glidden’s wire fences were cheaper to erect than their alternatives and when they became widely available in the late 19th century in the United States they made it affordable to fence much bigger areas than before. Joseph Farwell Glidden’s simple invention, barbed wire, changed forever the development of the American West.
Barbed Wire
Picture of the Day for July 9, 2013
These horses might like to hid inside yesterday’s barn picture with the approaching storm even if the roof might leak a little. No sunny pasture today for them like the other day.
Sunny Horses
