Rancho Sierra Vista

As the month of May comes to an end, we find that work on the ranch continues.  Rebecca and her boys have been here for a month.  It is such a blessing to have her come.  She doesn’t look at it as a vacation, just a moment in time to help where she can and to let her boys become familiar with ranch life.

When Reb comes we have projects that need to be accomplished.  This year she is painting her zibra tree.  It’s stunning, done in black in white.  We have done yard work and lived through much mud, snow, and hail.  The boys haven’t been able to play in the water like years past because it hasn’t been that warm.

This year we tried our hand at attending the local animal auction.  Reb got her auction savy going and ended up buying a bummer lamb, she calls freckles, and we take turns feeding on a bottle.  The first week the boys chose ducks, they named “chocolate” and “milk”.  They are still kicking around, and she also bought Boer goats, to prove a theory that after much research this type of goat is suppose to eat sagebrush.  So far they are good at sneaking into the garden and nibbling and eating everything but sagebrush.  They like cheat grass and that is helpful.  We are hoping they will like the musturd plant also.

The fields are green and beautiful.  It is fun to look out and see the fields without any barb wire fences.  The pond is full and we have a pair of wild ducks swimming morning and night.  We are hoping to see duckings in a few weeks.  The horses are looking beautiful as ususal,  they wintered well and their coats are just beautiful.

Dad has the stairwell with sheetrock ont he outside and around the banister.  He has most of the upstairs sheetrocked.  Just needs to finish the plumbing and then we can hire a tape and floater guy so I can move on in the upstairs living area.

Hopefully the south fence will get worked on this weekend and after seven years of it being gone, (the south neighbor decided to take it out while we were gone).  Update progress later.