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For those who know me personally you know I love local history and I like to study the roots of our nation. One thing I really enjoy is how our agriculture base developed and expanded and that includes cattle and other livestock. The Spanish explorer, Ponce de Leon, brought the first cattle and horses to America in 1521 long before the Pilgrims showed up.

The original cattle line still remains and they are ranched in various areas through the state, one in Withlachoochee State Preserve which is very close to where I live. If you like agriculture and cattle ranching here is a interesting video on how the cattle were preserved and survive for 500 years in the swamps of Florida. One neat thing about the Cracker Cattle in the video is they can not be artificial inseminated. Much like Kentucky thoroughbreds .

https://floridafirstcattle.com/cracker-cattle-information/

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Morning D-League. It is a cloudy 70.2°F here. Since Saturday morning at 4:00 am we have gotten 2.89" of rain. We have an 80% chance of rain today. I actually got to see the sun for a couple hours yesterday and the moon shown through around 8 pm.

Boy it is good seeing some of the posters back: bertfan, Rooster, OldEville, backer, Don et.al. We even got this page introduced correctly by Rooster.
 
For those who know me personally you know I love local history and I like to study the roots of our nation. One thing I really enjoy is how our agriculture base developed and expanded and that includes cattle and other livestock. The Spanish explorer, Ponce de Leon, brought the first cattle and horses to America in 1521 long before the Pilgrims showed up.

The original cattle line still remains and they are ranched in various areas through the state, one in Withlachoochee State Preserve which is very close to where I live. If you like agriculture and cattle ranching here is a interesting video on how the cattle were preserved and survive for 500 years in the swamps of Florida. One neat thing about the Cracker Cattle in the video is they can not be artificial inseminated. Much like Kentucky thoroughbreds .

https://floridafirstcattle.com/cracker-cattle-information/

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Just for a history lesson Jamestown was settled nearly two decades before the Pilgrims. My Mass. friends told me I was wrong. They want to be the first.

My 8th great grandfather was in St. Phillip Parish, Barbados, British West Indies about 1630. Those islands and stick-em out things (peninsulas) were easy to get to as the southern currents in the Atlantic ran East to West. Additionally the natives were not as dangerous as those on the mainland!

I have seen those cows and they look similar to our milk cows on our farm when I was growing up (Jersey and Guernsey). I did some reading. They are a special breed and are grown for meat instead of milk. Hummm.

I learned something today and that is hard for a 75 year old. I just wonder what I threw out to make room for Cracker Cattle?
 
Morning D-League. It is a cloudy 70.2°F here. Since Saturday morning at 4:00 am we have gotten 2.89" of rain. We have an 80% chance of rain today. I actually got to see the sun for a couple hours yesterday and the moon shown through around 8 pm.

Boy it is good seeing some of the posters back: bertfan, Rooster, OldEville, backer, Don et.al. We even got this page introduced correctly by Rooster.
Raining here as I type this. It’s getting ridiculous. Gonna have to cut my yard with a bush hog.
 
This would be titled "oh crap"!
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Back in the day, a looonng time ago, I woke up one morning before school and looked out my bedroom window to check out what I was dealing with. Saw a huge buck in the orchard out back and went to get my 30-30. I got back to my room and eased the window open. He was standing broadside to me presenting an easy 60yd shot for a guy who practiced on pie pans at 100yds+.

As I raised my rifle I heard a noise and knew in my gut what was about to happen. Our dog bolted out toward the orchard barking, yelping, slobbering all over the place. The deer bolted and easily cleared the fence on his way back to the woods.

No, I didn't. Yes, I did think about it.
 
Here's a good one to leave on in the background as you go about your day. Blues music is feel good music. I can listen to it and say "dang, I don't feel as bad as that guy does" and it makes me feel better. Nothing is as good, or as bad, as it seems to be at the time. Quote me on that.

 
Hopefully we will get a break Thursday and see the '40°'s.

After you finish with your bush hog, can I borrow it? :)
Decided to just go ahead and mow today, wet or not. I’ve got too much to do when it dries out, so getting that out of the way. What a mess! About half done and the mower suggests we take a break. If forecasts hold, it should bale by the first of next week 🙂
 
Well so much for looking forward to having one of those young ladies work on me this morning, dude nearly killed me!!!! That's what I get for thinking like a young man!!!!!
Blew my knee out a couple years ago, had surgery, then LOTS of PT. I know what you mean. Last day of therapy was when I shouted G-damn! They released me after that. And that was with the cute therapist. Don’t know what I would have said to the uncute one.
 
Thanks again for all of the well wishers. Daughter's surgery took 3 1/2 hours and she is now recovering. A little nauseous first coming out of anesthesia but now doing well. Wife will stay in hospital with her for the next couple of days until they release her. Below is a picture of the area just below her left shoulder before the surgery. The arrow points to the area where one of her rib was growing outward. They removed that rib and cut another one down that was starting to do the same thing. They decompressed the area and cut out some muscle wear there was scar tissue from the bone protruding and calcification was forming. She had been in pain for a while and it was getting worse so she wanted this even though it will be very painful until healed. As I said, she was actually looking forward to the surgery.

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Thanks again for all of the well wishers. Daughter's surgery took 3 1/2 hours and she is now recovering. A little nauseous first coming out of anesthesia but now doing well. Wife will stay in hospital with her for the next couple of days until they release her. Below is a picture of the area just below her left shoulder before the surgery. The arrow points to the area where one of her rib was growing outward. They removed that rib and cut another one down that was starting to do the same thing. They decompressed the area and cut out some muscle wear there was scar tissue from the bone protruding and calcification was forming. She had been in pain for a while and it was getting worse so she wanted this even though it will be very painful until healed. As I said, she was actually looking forward to the surgery.

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Was getting ready to ask how everything went, great news, she will be on our list till you say it's ok to take her off!!!!
 
Thanks again for all of the well wishers. Daughter's surgery took 3 1/2 hours and she is now recovering. A little nauseous first coming out of anesthesia but now doing well. Wife will stay in hospital with her for the next couple of days until they release her. Below is a picture of the area just below her left shoulder before the surgery. The arrow points to the area where one of her rib was growing outward. They removed that rib and cut another one down that was starting to do the same thing. They decompressed the area and cut out some muscle wear there was scar tissue from the bone protruding and calcification was forming. She had been in pain for a while and it was getting worse so she wanted this even though it will be very painful until healed. As I said, she was actually looking forward to the surgery.

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Continued well wishes for her and you. It’s tough watching your kids go through stuff like that, I know. But she is young and kicking high, best of luck to y’all.
 
My wife still has an uncle that is still alive. He will be 96 next month. He was in the Army Air Corps and bombed the Japanese. He always complained about the long trips to and from the targets.
I just reread this post......I had a new roof a couple of weeks ago..........Hensley Roofing and Guttering if you are in the Lou area and need either.......I have worked and been a customer for 40 yrs........he has a brother in law that runs a stamping machine for him.......the guy is 94 yrs old....
 
I didn't see this this morning. I've worked in Augusta several times while the Masters was going on but only went one time.
Talking about Augusta and by extension, the golfers, reminds me of a story. During college I worked at a bowling alley. The owner got Don Johnson and Nelson Burton Jr to come put on an exhibition. Both are hall of famers and were in their prime at the time. The manager who was a good friend loved to drink. He took the two of them into the bowling alley lounge and got them drunk as a stump after the exhibition. Both went into a slump following the visit.
 
Thanks again for all of the well wishers. Daughter's surgery took 3 1/2 hours and she is now recovering. A little nauseous first coming out of anesthesia but now doing well. Wife will stay in hospital with her for the next couple of days until they release her. Below is a picture of the area just below her left shoulder before the surgery. The arrow points to the area where one of her rib was growing outward. They removed that rib and cut another one down that was starting to do the same thing. They decompressed the area and cut out some muscle wear there was scar tissue from the bone protruding and calcification was forming. She had been in pain for a while and it was getting worse so she wanted this even though it will be very painful until healed. As I said, she was actually looking forward to the surgery.

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I'm glad to hear that the surgery was a success and that she's doing fine. Here's to a speedy recovery for her.
 
Otherwise, another meat-grinder of a day ahead for this week at work. The stress is getting to me and I've somehow got to learn to relax a bit. I guess that's why they call it "work", right?

Alright, you all have a good day and we'll check back later.

Same here regarding the stress. For some reason I've been wound up tight lately. Gonna camp out on the acreage for the next 8 days and see if that helps. Get away from things at least for the nights, if not the days
 
Thanks again for all of the well wishers. Daughter's surgery took 3 1/2 hours and she is now recovering. A little nauseous first coming out of anesthesia but now doing well. Wife will stay in hospital with her for the next couple of days until they release her. Below is a picture of the area just below her left shoulder before the surgery. The arrow points to the area where one of her rib was growing outward. They removed that rib and cut another one down that was starting to do the same thing. They decompressed the area and cut out some muscle wear there was scar tissue from the bone protruding and calcification was forming. She had been in pain for a while and it was getting worse so she wanted this even though it will be very painful until healed. As I said, she was actually looking forward to the surgery.

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That looks incredibly painful. I'm glad she's getting some help with it. I can't imagine that
 
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