Well, another year is about to close. I told you I would get around to blog posts when I found the time. Today is the day! Since the last time I checked in we have been doing our fall work of weaning, feeding, health checking, giving shots, and breaking ice. This year has been different in so many ways. This is the first year in probably 20 years that we are keeping all of our cows on our place in contrast to sending them to corn stalks for 3-4 months during the winter months. The corn stalks that we typically use each year were hailed out. More stalks were found only to have much of the corn blown to the ground in the terrible fall winds we had this year. So the best alternative for us was to leave our cows here at the home place. We have good forage in our pastures, adequate hay, and hey, there are the 3 of us who are itching to keep busy! That is a bit of irony, because I honestly don’t recall the last time we weren’t busy. We also have all of our calves on the place. Typically they are sold by December or year end. We still have the cute little guys and girls running around the place. Winter work consists of breaking ice, checking water, checking health, and feeding. The days are short of course, and we are practically giddy when the overnight temperatures stay at 27 degrees or above! Makes our day a little easier.
All is well on the family front. We had the entire clan (minus a few) plus representation from the countries of Ireland and Australia. It was a wonderful time consisting of a foot of snow, 4-wheeling, football, spoons, games, food, blessings, gratitude circle, and fireworks. Best day of the year in my book. The Christmas season has been a bit quieter yet just as special.
Our 2020 wish is for good health, family time, happy kids, good things for those we love, green pastures, higher cattle prices, abundant rainfall, a great Irish wedding celebration, and just normal days of doing what we love. God Bless you in the days and year ahead and check back in every once in awhile!