"don't knock the weather , if it didn't change once in a while 9 out of 10 people couldn't start a conversation"
I don't know I am pretty willing to knock it right about now
We have had an awful lot of rain this summer it is hot sticky and humid, not what us folks from out here in Bugtussle are used to in the least!
Usually by this time of the summer it is dry , and we are having to really watch to rotate pastures to best manage the grass, and keep ahead of the stock. this year, the grass is keeping well ahead of the stock and me with the mower too!
When usually I am fighting with dust, this year I am watching for mold .Luckily (insert eye roll) I am allergic to both so the Benadryl I bought is not wasted!
And Mushrooms! in huge amounts and variety ! If only I knew which were good I could be harvesting them
here are some pretty ones I found
I guess I will just leave them for now.
With all the rain and humidity the bugs have come into full force.We actually don't have quite as many Mosquitoes as last year, but the flies are horrendous!
I don't have enough fly masks to go around, and they tend to tear them off in the big feild anyway so I usually either light a smudge for the skeeters and unless the flies are super bad let it go . Well this year they are super bad so.I went out and applied fly spray to all who would let me .
Comet and Quinn took the spray like old pros, and the geldings seem not as bothered where they are so I let them be. But the girls,
My sweet Annie, wasn't sure at first , but she decided the spray was a good thing
Confirmed as well for a 2013 Cactus baby
We do breed our mares a little later in the year than some , but with calving , and my work I prefer to deal with one thing a time. Our foals arrive after the calving is done and the herd is out ,so that we have lots of area and hopefully grassy pens for the babies.
4 mares bred this year ( we hope ) is a greater number than we usually do , but I have had a good market (Comet and Quin have had quite a few inquires and I have yet to really advertise them) And if Rich or Jazz , have fillies , those will not be on the market , especially Richie's so ...
Back to the weather, stinkin hot again yesterday, then all of a sudden the a system rolled in, and what a system! Black clouds swirling up from the lake , and winds that were later clocked at 100km per hour! I stood in my driveway watching theses sheets of rain and wind rolling across my sisters place , yet where I stood it was eerily calm. then the wind turned, and I hot footed it into the house , I had to run maybe 20 feet and I still caught some of the marble sized hail!
Heather and Marc lived in Edmonton during the tornado 25 years ago , and we have had several near misses over the years out here , so it takes a bit to scare us with a thunder storm , but this one did it, everyone went down to the basement to wait it out. 10 minutes or less and it was over. I went out to check the stock and fences , and all I found was on down tree in the middle of an empty pasture and this
It doesn't look like much until you see that the foot long stake/chunk of debris was driving a full 2 inches into the packed ground on my front yard ! Takes some force and trajectory to accomplish that , and seeing as that is a favorite place for Harley to hang out , I was awfully glad he wasn't there!
The fallout form that storm included down tees all over Onoway , the vet clinic lost their sign and the high school gym and cafeteria lost the roof. No injuries reported and the rest is stuff, but scary all the same .
Today was stinkin hot , and whether it is the barometric pressure or allergies, I had the second migraine in as many days ,sigh , so layed low most of the day . Late this afternoon I went out to check cows , and take salt .
Even with the new culvert, all of the rain , and the beaver dam, and damn beavers, have the lake so high it ran over the road most of June and July. We did have the road smoothed out , but it is so saturated it doesn't take much to have it looking like this again
But the upside is it is pretty sand soil, and it will dry in a day or so and we can drag it , as long as the rain stops.
Cows look fine, except for the flies bugging them, too, but other than an oiler not much I can do
Fly spray for me please!
why yes, I am a handsome brute!
Anyhow, hoping the weather changes and we get some much needed sunshine , the hay is yet to be put up for the year, it looks plentiful ,but until it is baled and off the field...
Silly old song running through my head all day
"Oh, no, don't let the rain come down
Oh, no, don't let the rain come down
Oh, no, don't let the rain come down
My roof's got a hole in it and I might drown "
Oh, no, don't let the rain come down
Oh, no, don't let the rain come down
My roof's got a hole in it and I might drown "
And just as I came in from checking the horses a few minutes ago, I noticed the poplar leaves were turning over.(Usually a sign of rain coming ) Sigh , I sure hope they are wrong.
Stay safe !
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Oh damn the rain ...I really feel for you, especially with hay to yet be baled .....do you do wrapped silage? .....I cant even puff sunshine your way as it is due to be a rain day tomorrow here as well
Stay safe
I think the weather gods need to figure out a way to balane fairly everybody's needs. We'd kill for that rain but yet when we do get it, it causes so many problems because the earth drainage here sucks and so the water goes everywhere else. Really strange this summer but I think I said that last summer and the last summer and on and on. :) I'm sure I will next summer. *sigh*
Glad you and critters stayed safe through those storms, yeeesh, I hate big bad T-storms.
Weather is getting more and more bizarre, is all I can say.
Global warming?
Well, something's sure happening..
It's like the first of September here, except with all the good rain we've had, the grass and weeds are thrilled.
It will be an interesting fall.
Seems everywhere there is unusual weather. We finally got our summer, although the humidity is much higher this year.
Bet your horses are loving the smudge and fly spray. I need to get Beamer and Rio face masks since they live alone and don't have another horse to trade swishy tails with.
If we could just average this out things would be perfect! Hothothot dry here, and extreme fire danger.
Oh, those flies look horrible. You are such a good Mama.
I hate flies too and they are bad here as well. My Kali just stands there and waits for me to brush the flies on her face and looks so sad when I leave.
....and we are short of rain this year. So sick of hauling the hose around for the garden!
I so remember August and flies with the horses -- always felt so bad for them. But, you do what you can do.
I laughed at that quote! And we need rain, send it our way!
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