The house cats (4) are always trying to figure out how to get out in the big world. Night before last one of them managed to knock one of the screens out and when John got up in the morning, the 3 boys were out and Moogee was sitting by the opening probably thinking, "you guys are going to get it".......!!!
Nigel wasn't too difficult, lately if he gets out he will actually let us pick him up. We locked him and Moogee up, opened the back door and Sunny made a tactical error and came in. Snookey has always had a wild streak, we saw him a couple of times yesterday, but haven't seen him yet today. Last time he got out he was out for 3 days before we suckered him in. I've made up my mind I won't worry about him, we all make decisions and sometimes they work out, sometimes they don't. We don't have a lot of coyotes around here anymore, so hopefully he's just out enjoying his freedom.
I had some boring things to do in Benson yesterday, John decided to stay home and try to catch up on some of the little piddlely things that always need to be done, and seem to multiply at a rapid rate. I went in, did all my stops and everything was really going smoothly.......!!
Headed for home and it started raining, turned the windshield wipers on one click and immediately had to go to full on.........!!! Couldn't see past the hood hardly, but I know the road and there wasn't any other idiots out there.........LOL By the time I got to our little dirt/mud road it had quit raining, but everything was flooded. I had driven thru the washes that cross over the main road and hoped the last big wash would be OK...............NOT..........!!!! It was running about running board high on the van. The van weighs 3 tons, so it's not going to float away like a little car. But the weight will drag it down if the ground underneath isn't stable. Tried to call John, (I was almost close enough to yell), but was in a dead zone for a signal. Backed up and finally got it to ring, had to leave a message..........!! He called me back in about 5 minutes, said he had gotten caught in the garage and had to wait it out.
I told him I'd just sit there and wait for it to go down, but he fired up the Bronco and came to rescue me, any excuse to play with the 4 wheel drive. He went out about an hour later and drove the van home.
I think the donkeys are getting as tired of the rain as we are. Although they are still enjoying all the green stuff and of course the mesquite beans. Right now we have 6 fatties staying in the pens. Buddy Brat is the last addition........!!! This isn't his first "rodeo" he has to go in just about every year, until the majority of the beans are gone. He knows when he is being mistreated and lets us know every time he sees us, by screaming and running to the gate.
JOHN AND BUDDY BRAT
Rosie went in a few days ago, because she was laying around and acting very ouchy on her feet, although they weren't warm. She's walking much better, we even dragged out one of the slow feeder nets to put her hay in. Didn't take her long to figure it out, she even knows how to shake it to get the hay to fall out, so she doesn't have to pull it out.
They haven't even been on Burroland the last few days, if we go to town or it rains and the wash runs, they don't get over there for their 2 or 3 hours in the afternoon, much to their disgust. Reba and Rusty the mules are particularly upset and will stand and stare at the gate for hours. Oh! well as long as they are standing, they aren't eating....!!! LOL
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