Storms This Past Week

Monday, September 25, 2023
Hello friends,
              After all the storms this past week, we ended up with a little over 3 inches of rain!  Whoo hoo!  The pastures are growing in this week’s warm sunshine and the cows are searching out the tender new growth.  We did have some branches come down, but no damage.  Don’t talk to me about my new pullets.  It’s very sad, but I’m down to 9, I think.
              I’m writing this newsletter a little later than usual because we had to watch a calf being born.  Kelcey had her calf at about 8:15 p.m.  Stephen, Celia, and the boys were down for the day since they had a day off of school.  They were going to leave earlier but Kelcey was in labor, and it was quite a spectacle.  We watched and waited.  The boys were tired but very patient.  It began to get dark, and the coyotes were howling, the sound of train whistles echoing in the night air.  We watched by the light of Stephen’s cell phone as a little male calf was born.  The boys were tired, but still got to see the miracle of birt…