Rancho Sierra Vista

Another month gone!  Also gone are two goats….one minute they were here eating milk weed and the next they were gone in broad daylight.  The dogs and I walked the North East half of the ranch and  on up to the power lines.  No signs of foul play or of the goats.  Dad let them free range and they went somewhere, who knows, kinda spooky.  Being as Charlee didn’t bark, and the lamb, dogs and ducks were all together.

The sourthern fence line is half done.  Rebecca, and her husband,Keith,  James and Jared put in a very long Saturday to get it from the far South East fence line down through the bottom of the canyon with four strands of barb wire snugly in place.  With the help of a jack hammer and pole driver, James the official welder on the ”H” at the bottom of the canyon that crosses the creek the project went rather well.   I think everyone was about dead by night fall.  Dad and I greatly appreciated not only all the hard work, but the willingness of the boys to give up a couple of days of their busy lives and come down and help out.  Hopefully before the fall weather and our departure we will get the south fence all the way in.

Dad is out trying hard to cut, rake, and bale the North West fields.  He cut Perkins hay and baled it this week and now has ours to do.  It is exciting for the first cutting.  We are hoping to get it baled and put up before it rains.  Not that rain is in the forcast, but, that is always the objective.  Of course selling it, is always a good thing too.

I started a stained glass class and I love it.  I can think of a million things I would love to work on.   It is one of those things that takes a lot of time, patience and of course money to accomplish, but it is something I have always wanted to learn and so when the opportunity presented itself, with a little encouragment I jumped at the chance.

John and Erin came down for a visit and it was so fun to have them here.  Kim keeps saying she’s coming but her health and family responsibilities  keep her pretty busy.  Reb was here with her boys for a month and Keith came to help drive them back to Mississippi and spent a week.  It is always great to have family show up. 

We got the metal for the back stairs and notified the man who is going to help dad weld them together.  We  will be able to go out the back door and not drop fourteen feet.  We have the retaining wall in and just need to get gravel so that it will drain properly and then back fill with dirt.  It looks good and is about three years in the process of getting done.  Dad has the metal on the front balconey done, it looks good and hopefully we will get the cement onto the balconey’s before the end of July.  There is always something going on.  Anyone needing something to do and no where to go is always welcome.