New Heated Water Tank

This poor old thing was installed back in 1990.  It has watered many a goat...dogs and horses.  It has survived drought and blizzards. But all good things must come to an end.

In with the new.  All (almost) plastic and heated.  It was interesting to see how something this size could upset the entire place.  Goats were scared and the dogs barked at it for 10 minutes!

Goats - Bucks on the Ranch

The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

The Good--General Sterling Price (Old Pap)

The Bad-- Bubby (Spoiled Bottle Baby)

The Ugly-- Lucas McCain (The Rifleman)

House Work

We are finally taking the time to work on the house...Too hot and dry outside to do anything... 

New front entry room..

Deer Family

Finished up supper, walked in the living room for a quick chat with John.. Guess who was checking us out and listening to the TV.

This is the view from my kitchen window.  The rest of the family..

Check out those spots! 

Deer Hot and Dry

I went outside to take a picture of these clouds

It is still HOT and DRY..

As I was taking the pictures, this doe came out of the woods and went straight to the extra water tank we put out for the critters..She took a really long drink and started grazing what little grass we have left.  She did not care that I was standing in the yard with a camera.

Deer and Turtle

It is still very dry here, but on a good note, today it's cloudy keeping the temps in the mid 80's.  All the ponds are dried up now and the wild life in the area are searching for water.  We have put out an extra water tank in the yard for the critters.  It's been very interesting to see what comes to the water.  These two deer were at it first thing this morning.  We also have two other stock tanks that are very busy.  Our pond still has water, but the dogs won't let anything but their goats drink out of it.

Red Tail Hawk Baby Hawk Video