Needing a Little Fly Protection

heifer calf with horse flies on her nose, needing a little fly protection

Look at that lovely little girl! She’s so friendly and inquisitive! But if you look closely, you will see two big, nasty horse flies that were driving her crazy! I should have videoed her. She wanted to know what I was doing and wanted to get as close to me as she could. But she was so distracted by the two horse flies that wanted to land on her face. The flies didn’t try to land on her back or sides. She would shake her head and chase them off and they would fly and land right back on her nose. She was definitely needing a little fly protection!

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Tools of the Trade

A fairly popular, trending social media post is the “Tell me you are a ___ or have a ___ without telling me.” I could easily post half a dozen photos and tell you this is a farm without saying it’s a farm! Really strange items in the dish drain, muddy boots at every door (is that mud?) and all sorts of random items, like bottles, syringes, etc on every counter and in drawers! One of the items that really points out the fact that this is a farm house to me, is the stack of boxes in the big pantry. That stack of boxes are tools of the trade around this farm!

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Something Good

the river- looking for something good

Spring fever is springing around here and that means it is time to go fishing! Our son has not been able to think about much else but catching catfish! So with that, it means it’s time for something new to be done!

Setting lines and poles for catfishing means a lot of work. Cane poles were cut and lines had to be made. All of the materials needed can be expensive. Lead weights are one of those things that are necessary but costly. So instead of buying them, our son pulled out husband’s tools and began to make his own lead weights.

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