Life in South Texas

Friday, August 19, 2016

He's 13 years old!

He is my world and he is turning 13 (Saturday) WOW!!

More of a young adult than a teenager...He helps me out so much now and I love him for it...He is kind, he is loving, yes I get attitude from him but he's not mean...

I just took this photo at Lost Maples State Park this past week!! I love that little bit of sass he's giving me as him and Jenny wait for me to top the hill...

We had a very busy and awesome summer break!

South Padre Island/Brownsville in June.

Smoky Mountain National Park/Chattanooga Tn/Gatlinburg Tn/Franklin N.C in July.

Texas Hill country/Vanderpool in August.

So many photos and so many memories!!

School starts Monday so back to the books!

He picked up his schedule and he's happy with his teachers, it's going to be a great year!

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Hope to start posting a few of our adventures soon....

Saturday, May 28, 2016

Just a wee little (severe) Thunderstorm...

Last night (Friday) we had a storm move in, it was awesome!

I sat outside for most of it, the lightning got a bit rough for a little bit and I decided it was better to be inside at that point. I did manage a few photos with the big camera, I took a lot with the cellphone too!

The chicken was taking a shower and checking our her reflection in the trucks bumper. She had me laughing. The rest of the chickens were under cover but not her.....

3 different times we got hail. Thankfully nothing too terrible bad. You can see the rain and the hail as the storm is almost past us.

Our vegetable garden is doing really well. We planted it back at the end of March and I've only had to water twice. Love when we are getting rain.

My girls, love them!

And here are a few clouds after the storm passed...

Mamantus clouds, caused from cold air dropping into pockets of warm air...Michael was scared when he first saw them but once I explained what was happening he thought it was pretty cool...By all the photos I took you can tell I loved seeing them.

Looking SouthWest.

Looking North.

Fred was coming from work and was about 15 miles out and was looking at them too. He called to ask me if I was seeing them...

This was after the sun set..Love the pinks, salmon and blue colors...

We received 2 and 1/10th inches of rain, oh so nice!!

We really needed the rain as we haven't been getting very much in our area!

Enjoy your weekend.

Playing with the Macro lens...

You couldn't miss the bright colors on the green tree.

One snap is all I got and then he flew away.

Cow-pen daisies.

Long legged Fly, love his colors

Pipevine Swallowtail, there are a lot of them. They love the wildflowers.

The wildflowers are loving the rain we got. We are having to mow down two sections of them as the cows can't eat wildflowers. In order for the grass to grow the wildflowers have to go. I still have a few sections of wildflowers and will keep those until they go to seed.

I hope y'all enjoy your weekend.

Thursday, May 19, 2016

Cuteness overload....It's a bull

After the storms today I went out to check on Pepper and the calf...

They were fine and he was hidden in the wildflowers!

After she ate her grain she got him up to nurse...

I love the babies they are just too sweet!

He is so tiny...

Peek a boo

Michael chose to name him steak.

And yes when he is older he will be going in the freezer. For the time being I'll have fun taking photos!

After Pepper ate and the calf ate she took him away for some quiet time!

Lilly is very concerned about the baby calf. She watches from the other side of the fence and nickers to him constantly. I've never seen an equine do with a baby calf, she is infatuated with him.

I am glad we put Pepper and Steak in a section by themselves. Pepper seems to have calmed down and they are getting some quiet time together.

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

First Calf...

Pepper had her calf this afternoon....

We knew she was fix'in to calve. I had an idea she was calving this afternoon when she didn't come up but I left her alone! She did an awesome job and is an awesome Momma.

I told Fred it's nice to see your Dad's herd living on...Pepper came from his Dad's cows/bulls and now the legacy continues...

We aren't sure if it's a heifer or bull yet, Pepper is doing a great job of keeping it away from us! I had to move Pringle out of that section and put her in a different one. Pringle was trying to get the calf away from Pepper. We will leave Pepper and the calf in this section by themselves for a bit. Pringle was checked by the vet and is due in August.

So exciting to have babies around once again....

Saturday, May 7, 2016

On my 50th Birthday I went to the Beach....

I am not one to sit around and pout. It was my birthday and since my husband and son could have cared less I took off by myself to Mustang Island...I loved it!