Beach Boys

Zane donated 2 dump truck loads of sand for a beach at the tank for Kathy.  Travis and his friend Chase donated some sweat equity and we opened the beach today.  It's not ready for prime time yet but it's ready enough to cool off in the water and get a sunburn.

Ridin' The Rails

After dropping his mom off at the airport, Ethan and I rode Amtrak from Fort Worth to Cleburne.  Then came home and played with our trains with new insight into the sights, sounds and smells.

Busy Times

It's been busy at the Busted Handle.  We've started cutting and baling hay and it looks like the 2 remaining Sudan fields and 2  Coastal fields will be ready as soon as we can get to them.

We've weaned one litter of kittens and are about to start another--everybody try to push kittens.

Looking for a home

We've had lots of visitors--Barney and Susan Tull from Derby, then Bill and Cathy Flandermeyer from Colorado Springs.  Holly and Lawrence squeezed in a visit before her departure for Tanzania.  Jeff, Amy and Todd came for a weekend, and we had Elizabeth for a week and Ethan for 2.  Now we have Pete, Susan and Travis and their friend Chase.  It's great.

We're getting a little rain now and then, the calves are growing and the cows are fat.  Life is good.  Here are a few scenes from the past month.  Also see Barney's great shots on Flickr here.  Come see us.

Home is where my horse is

Ethan and CT exercising Grandad

Susan learns ranching

Butterfly bushes attract our favorite friends

Beef, it's what's for dinner

We enjoy having visitors