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We now have 3 cows in our pasture - they have plenty of food and should be content until winter or so? The owner of the cows installed barbed wire on the fence section South of the house. Not sure why that section was missing all the cross section fence has barbed wire. He did a good job and that wire should help keep the cows out of our yard. I should have done that when the other cows were here - Blackie ( black Angus) may not have bothered the yard so much? The cows should be fine in the pasture and should venture into the adjacent pastures as they certainly have plenty to eat. That said - still have to deal with the notion that the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence??!
I spend the last two days working in the yard - things are starting to dry out but overall it is looking pretty good. The irrigation sure helps and I did had water the trees again just to make sure they have plenty of water while we are gone. We will get irrigation water again on Tuesday so that should do fine. They are all doing great - - even the one that died last year has sprouts coming out of the base, I still need to get a replacement but I will let it go and transplant it in the future if it doesn't grow. Yesterday, I had my first mishap with my tractor - zipping along and suddenly the blades were not turning and one of the idler pulleys was laying on the ground. This is the 3rd season for the mower and the pulley should not have frozen up in that period of time. I cleared the bearing and reinstalled it to finish the job - that is a sealed unit so I went ahead and ordered 2 more as replacements. I will install them when we return next time. My theory on why - I clean up the mower each time and water may be setting on those pulleys and the water may be penetrating them - they rust up and eventually freeze up and the bold comes off. Given that theory, I will make sure that the pulleys are dry before I put the mower up.
Kathy has finished here Journal {click HERE to link to YouTube video} and is now starting to create artwork that she will make available for sale. She just showed me a piece that she is creating for her niece. She will give it to her when she goes out for her high school graduation - - next Friday. Kathy feels that she has progressed to the next level in her work - I would certainly agree to that and she has lots of older work to compare the progression of her skills. I think she is surprised with the skill level that she has achieved. I am sure her skill level will even increase more in the future.
Played golf several times last week - get out around 6:15 or so and seem to finish up with my first 18 around 9:00. I then proceed for another hour or so. I am usually off the course around 10:30 now with the longer days. Recently I took my neighbor out for some golf tips - he had not played since high school. We went through the basics then hit the greens and driving range. He has a very bad back and was concerned that the golf swing might create a problem for him. He did very well - very athletic and now has a very good golf swing and plenty of power without much back discomfort. He is very athletic so the golf did not really seem to strain him that much. He also rides his street bike 3 times a week and that definitely puts allot of stress on his back. I did much push him to get out on the course - just advised that he knows my schedule and has a open invitation to join me whenever he wants. Other golf items - not many sales for golf balls on Craiglist so I am going to reduce the price - currently asking $30.00 per 100 balls. I am going to list them for $25. Another sideline - one of golf marshals wanted to get his clubs re gripped. They wanted $8.00 per club at the golf shop. I offered to do them for free - ordered up a set of grips and should get them next week. Does anyone need any golf balls - let me know and I will get them in the mail!!
Not much else for news - hope you all have a great week end and wonderful week
More later
Ron, Kathy, Tessie and Sammie (the cat)
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