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I didn't take as many this trip as I usually do because I was helping out working the cows, but I did get a few good shots.



Erik, Jake, Ginger (my sister) and Callahan (my nephew).





The boys decided I needed flowers in my hair.



Covered in blood with cow snot in my hair is my happy place. Haha

First, the explanation of why I didn't ride Zane. If you've been a friend for a while, you'll remember this but the last time Zane was ridden (to my knowledge) was about 2 years ago and it ended like this. That post is friends locked, so if you aren't on my list, sorry. The video was removed and I failed to have the foresight to download it when I could. Alas.

So anyway, I knew that I would need to lunge Zane and check his gas, steering and brakes before taking off on any kind of ride. That would require me to move quite a bit, and with my level of fitness (extremely low), fat (extremely high) and the temperature (extremely high) that was just asking for heat stroke. As disappointed in myself as I was, I chose to leave that project for the fall when I will hopefully be in better shape, weigh less and it will be cooler.

It's certainly motivation for getting healthy. I'm working on a motivation board with pictures to keep me on track.

But this isn't a fitness and exercise post, it's a picture one. So here we go!


Can you see my grin? I am NOT direct reining him in a curb bit, I promise. I am holding him to a walk as he screams and bugles for his girlfriend in the paddock below us.

It feels like forever since I posted here. I'm pretty busy today, cleaning carpets and for some godforsaken reason I decided to rearrange the living room, so pictures it is!




Taken by Jason (duh). That white thing is our target. Which ended up looking like...


This.




I can't tell you how many times I sat in the exact same place in the exact same tractor while Daddy worked. Neat that I can share that with Jake.








My Great-Granddad took cotton to be ginned over this bridge using a mule cart. It was built in the late 1800's and was still in use until a logging truck fell through the platform in the 1970's. (You can see where on the right hand side.) The structure is pretty sound, and if I win the lottery I'll have it repaired.

And I will leave you with...


Baby Redonkulous!

I'm headed to the farm to visit Dad in a few minutes. Since I feel like I take pictures of the same old things, I thought I'd put it out there if anyone wants to make a request, I'll try to get a picture of it. I'm there through Wednesday afternoon, and I'll check my mails and stuff. So if there's something you want me to take a picture of, leave me a comment and I'll do my best. :)

This is the last installment of pictures from this trip. :)

I can't decide which of those two sunset pictures I like best. I haven't done any processing on any of these pictures yet, so maybe when I mess with them I'll decide.

Having a lovely time down here on the farm. Jake and Dad are napping, and after that we'll be going into Midway to see Zane. He's keeping some cows company on some land my Dad leases, so he's not here with the others. I've taken lots of pics but don't feel like I've taken enough since I have 700+ before the card is full. Expect a big picture dump when I get back home.

The only bad thing is that it's been HOT. With the heat index, every afternoon has been 100* or better. We are playing outside in the morning, coming in around 11 or 12 and not going back out until at least 4, but it doesn't really start to cool off until 8.

Jake has gotten a huge kick out of sitting in every piece of equipment down here from the antique Ford tractor to the backhoe. I have pictures, but in some of them you can barely see his head. LOL His favorite thing in the world right now is the Gator (basically a more rugged version of a golf cart) and I'd bet we've driven every one of the ~500 acres down here on the thing plus explored most of the roads as well. Our faithful sidekick in our Gator adventures has been Sadie (my favorite dog down here) who rides in the little truck bed the thing has on the back.

I'd go into long, rambling, sappy detail about how I love this land and feel a great connection to it and wish I could be here all the time but I need to go wake up my son and Father so we can go mess with cows and horses. :)