Blessed be the name of the LORD.

The Cow in Apple Time

Something inspires the only cow of late
To make no more of a wall than an open gate,
And think no more of wall-builders than fools.
Her face is flecked with pomace and she drools
A cider syrup. Having tasted fruit,
She scorns a pasture withering to the root.
She runs from tree to tree where lie and sweeten.
The windfalls spiked with stubble and worm-eaten.
She leaves them bitten when she has to fly.
She bellows on a knoll against the sky.
Her udder shrivels and the milk goes dry.   

~Robert Frost  

LOL

Finally Baling!!

Finally starting to bale all the corn we swathed. It's taking awhile but I think if we keep pluggin along we should get done before to long. What stinks is the humidity has to be above 50% and there can't be much wind or else the teeth that pick up the hay will just chew it up and spit it back out. So the only time we can bale is around 3am to 9am. So I'm getting some early mornings in. ;) We have 320 acres done and nearly 1,000 left to go. Needless to say, I'll be spending the snowy days this winter catching up on schoolwork.

Happy Birthday Kit-Kat!

Kit-Kat is now a year old as of September 4th. Happy Birthday Killer!

Jeremiah 29:11-13

¹¹ For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
 ¹² Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
 ¹³ And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

Do Everything <>< Steven Curtis Chapman

Corn hay update...

I've got 1600 acers of failed corn on the ground and 400 more to go. Just about ready to start baling too! :) The tough part is that it has to be humid enough to bale or else it will chop up the leaves and spit em back out. So the only real time we can bale is after dark. This is gonna be interesting.

Balin' Corn

We have about 600 acres of failed corn we're swathing and baling. So I'm up at 5 every morning and in bed around 11 pm if I'm lucky. I love life. :)

haha

Rainbow!

The rainbow reminds me of God's great promises. To keep us safe and to look after us... and to always have a plan for us. Even when we don't see it at the time. Especially in this drought or whatever trials you're going through.

Ronan driving!

This is scary!! Dad often lets the kids drive on the country road inbetween our calving pasture and our house. I usually close my eyes. ;)

Ahh... This is the life.

We were movin' cows again the other day and so Dad sent me on ahead of them so noone would come flying over the hill and hit em. That would not be good. So I just parked on the hill and propped my feet on the fourwheeler handle. It was a cool evening and the clouds were beautiful. Course the photo is a bit blurry because I took it with my phone. Nevertheless I still like it. :)

Hello!

Lordwilling, I am going to start an email list if anyone is interested in getting an email from me every now and then. It won't be lengthy and I won't email you every day. And at anytime you want off the list, just let me know. :) Email me rileywshay@hotmail.com or comment below with your email address. Thanks!

Moving Cattle

First we check the cattle. We mainly look at their legs and eyes, but we also count them to make sure they're all there. Sometimes one will get out or if she's sick she will probably be laying down by herself somewhwere.

Here's Dad on the fourwheeler, following them down the road.

Now I'm up closer and you can see little white stickers on their backs. We use those for AIing. If you want more details email me. ;) I'm not going to get into the specifics of Artificial Insemenation on here. :)

John 15:1-8

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
² Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
 ³ Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
 ⁴ Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
 ⁵ I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
 ⁶ If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
 ⁷ If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
 ⁸ Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

Butterflies and bunnies

This is a ridiculously large butterfly we saw the other day. I wish there was something in the picture to compare it's size to. Butterflies are really amazing creatures. And so pretty. I used to love taking pictures of them.

These are two little bunnies a hired man for our grandparents caught in the field and sent home with me to turn out in the pasture. The kids had a lot of fun cuddling with them first. :)

Here's Rayden with one of the baby bunnies.

Happy Independence Day!!

                                     God bless America!!

Hay time!



This is Dad's super M Vermeer baler. Pretty cool. :) Although I did struggle with the net wrap... And the tractor is a John Deere 8300 that I borrowed from my grandpa. I wish it was mine though! ;)



Here are the bales. I got 88 on a different field and 123 on this one. They were weighing about 900-1200 lbs until the monitor started telling me they weighed 2500 lbs. So I got out and pushed the bale around a bit and decided there was no way it could weigh 2500 lbs! Silly monitor...

http://www.kansas.com/2012/06/27/2389506/saline-county-brothers-parody.html

I'm Farming and I grow it ~ Peterson Bros

Hahaha! :)

:)

Baling

I've been working on trying to bale some of my grandpa's wheat straw. It's a lot of fun when it works. When it doesn't I think it was the dumbest idea ever! I'll try to get some pictures up soon.

Snakes

On my way home the other night, I found three snakes in the road. It was weird becuase it was 9:30 at night and you usually dont find them around then. One was a rattle snake and the other two were bullsnakes. The rattler wound up dead and he only had 6 or 7 buttons. :)

Haha :)

Busy!

Busy, busy, busy. We just hauled some cows to Oklahoma, where we hired someone to watch them. We're also in the process of AIing heifers and turning bulls out. So we're pretty busy. :) And it won't be long til fireworks season and then we will really be swamped!

Jeremiah 29:11

"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

:)

Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.
~Master Yoda

hehe :)

"We have an army."
"We have a hulk."
-Avengers

:)

I love rain. :) Not so much hail. But rain is wonderful. :)

My Sister's Blog

http://www.oneagleswings-ka.blogspot.com/

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

¹⁶ Rejoice evermore.
¹⁷ Pray without ceasing.
¹⁸ In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

Camouflage ~ Brad Paisley

This is Katniss. She was my first calf this year and she's still my favorite. :) Although she was the most expensive.

Here we have Stubborn Red or Big Red. Whichever you prefer. She is a hereford and I love herefords!

This is Rue and she is the smallest (and possibly cutest) calf I have. I believe she is a charolais (white cow), red angus (red cow) cross. So she's kinda yellowish. :)  

Meet Effi. The biggest pain in the tail I have ever bought! She is my biggest calf and loves to eat. Which is not the best combination for feeding time. ;) She is charolais crossed with something with a white face! By the way, I got the names for all of my calves (except Red) from the Hunger Games Trilogy. Great books! :)

And here is Kit-Kat. Man, is she growing! :o

Took a little break....

Yeah, our computer crashed so i couldnt post for awhile and I've been so busy. But im gonna start posting again. :) pretty soon here i'll tell you about my bottle calves this year! :)