I don't have a funny creative title for this post so I'll just call it like it is. Last time I checked in, I'd just broken my foot. It took a full 6 weeks for that heal, but it finally did. I wore my walking cast for 5 of those 6 weeks; every time I tried to do without it, my foot would hurt w/in a few steps. So I wore the boot.
It's been raining. A lot. May was the rainiest month on record since the early 1900's. The grass grew unbelievably well, ponds/creeks filled up and it was just about perfect really. For the first time in 5 years, we were able to stock decent numbers of cattle.
Here's a little video of us taking some of the first cattle to water. This is before the rains really kicked in, so it's still pretty brown.
Incoming!
Flooded yard from the 1st big rain
Clouds
More clouds!
Down at the creek
June 9
In between rains- it felt good to say that!- we got some hay to get ready for winter. We have fewer over-wintering horses, far more grass in the pasture, and should be able to get by with less hay.
A mere 40 bales
All this sounds happy and cheerful. Me, though, I've been really struggling to get moving sometimes. I think the release of the stress of the past 4 years has just wiped me out and some days I can't do anything but sit at the computer and surf around. I had to cut way back on guitar work this spring and summer as I just had to have a break. The thought of getting up and doing something just flattens me. Eventually, I get over it and get up and going, but it's hard some days. Fortunately, I have jobs where if I need to sit and drink coffee until noon, I can. That's a tremendous blessing. I play my guitar a lot, but it's hard to find much joy in it and it gets frustrating. My hearing sucks and it's not going to get better... it's just a real struggle playing these days. Nevertheless, I just keep at it and plow on and eventually the black cloud goes away. It helps a lot to look outside at the green grass, big fluffy clouds, and rain on the horizon. It also helps a lot to think about the temporality of this life and focus ahead on the things to come.
I've been doing a lot of reading on physics, vibrations, energy, music, and God and those are stimulating things that get my brain going. Lots of food for thought there. This perks me up considerably.
Music books
Energy books
I suppose I'll end this with another little video. I went to check the mail and found 17 steers lounging in front of the pens where the cows were being temporarily held. Turns out that a gate 1.5 miles away had come loose and the steers went walk-about outback. Derek and I easily herded them back with the help of Spots and Risky.
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