Still listening to Reckless Kelly cds..i swear they are my summer soundtrack! Everywhere i go they are with me, in the house,car,driving..always playing somewhere..love them.
Last night was the 2nd night of the rodeo..i got 2nd..again.I wasn't too keen on going because we worked all day yesterday moving huge round hay bales from one pasture to another on the hay trailers..really tired...a few tried to roll off and when you turn the corners down the road, they weave from side to side...stressful..but we managed...we hauled 60 round bales yesterday...as would be expected, some people are stealing hay..so we have our hay all hidden in a secret pasture in trees....lol....they can't find it..hopefully.
We're lucky we have hay, so many ranchers/farmers are having to pay big money upfront to have hay trucked in from out of state, or from Northeastern Oklahoma because the drought has killed most hay pastures out and many people in this business lost all their hay crop...and when that happens you can't hay your cows/horses.....many people had to sell off their livestock because they just can't get by....they can re-buy livestock after it rains maybe...
but winter is just around the corner and hay will still be short...so i don't know...it's one of those ranching/farming lessons to learn...i've learned a lot this summer because of this drought...it's a tough business...things happen and you gotta be smart enough to handle and solve the problems ahead of time and quickly...smart thinking....My grandpa has to be the smartest man i know....he's been in this business for 60+yrs and he's managed....i wanna be just like him someday..
Everyone is panicking about the drought and some towns are running low on water..people are really freaking out....But that's normal to freak over things like that...it's been so dry & hot for 3 months now and things look bleak...but it will rain...
in time it will rain..You gotta have faith & hope...that's just life...Things get bad, then they get better..things change, people change...my Dad told me that...and i think that is very true...
xoxo
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