R was checking things closer to home and placed a panel where the water was running through the bog. We had quite the little creek running through. The dogs had great fun.
R and Jared and I had moved our cows early last week in anticipation of our neighbor moving his. When we did that I found a hurt bull that we had to leave behind. He was bedded down close to water and wasn't going anywhere very fast. The move went very smoothly other than that. (M and J were making a command performance in Glasgow with the sheriff and county commissioners--an interesting story.)
We had moved the cows to our pasture with the solar pump. R had been going up every day, sometimes twice a day, to make sure the pump was keeping up and the tank was always about half full. Last Sunday M wanted to go up since he hadn't been there since we had moved them. We drove up to the tank and it was empty. Not good! With the cloudy days the pump was just not keeping up. Our neighbor was on his way to move his cows so we went to help him and then came back and pushed ours to the pasture to the south where there is natural water. Seems like we always have trouble there on Opheim rodeo Sunday! We were late again.
The guys have been trying hard to finish spraying but with the rain and gale force winds it has been a challenge. We have made some time for fun, though. Last weekend was the Peerless Centennial celebration and M's sister came home. He enjoyed visiting with old friends. We spent the 4th in Scobey with family golfing and grilling. Yesterday my mom and I spent the afternoon at the neighbor's celebrating 100 years of their family's homestead and remembering the family members no longer with them. Our family and theirs are the only ones in the neighborhood still on their homesteads. It's always good to reconnect with old friends and neighbors.
