Comfery

Here is a picture of one side of our lagoon and the comfery Grandma G planted there several years ago. It is sure is looking nice!! There are at least 4 plants in the picture and several more that are not. The horseradish we've not seen yet this year.. but it is coming up in the yard. And no I have not seen any fish in it yet this year. The green algae is so thick you can't see into the water at all. I did once see a bubble like a fish had just bobbed to the surface once!! So they may still be in there!!

New Skills :)

Grandpa and Grandma F gave J a fishing rod for his birthday and we recently got it all figured out and Papa taught both J and L to cast on the lawn. Both boys picked it up amazingly fast.. and had a great time 'fishing' the lawn. I was just looking at the lawn in the picture and these were taken a while ago :) The lawn is now green and the cows are grazing it at the moment. Now that I'm thinking about it I believe these were taken on Mothers day!

The longest part of the 'teaching' was Papa trying to remember how to cast. If you know Papa at all you know that he DOES NOT FISH!! He hasn't caught a fish since grade school and has been known to keep an entire boat load of people from catching fish just because he went along :) Or so he says!! He's says he's jinxed and has actually proven this several times.. Once we didn't even MAKE it to the lake :)

But J, L and I love to fish. So Papa takes care of the ones on shore and we go fishing!! When we come off the boat Papa takes over and last time J and L both got to help clean and cook their own fish before eating them. Very good fish!! Grandpa F is looking forward to taking the boys fishing in his boat this summer and J and L ask regularly when they can go fishing!

Pictures of the Lease and Billy the Steer!

The lease is looking great!! This area was burnt this spring and the piles we burnt were just off to the left of the picture. Papa has been doing walk thru's every couple of days and is loving the length and amounts of grass that is coming up everywhere.. too bad we can't put the milk cows in it. It's too far away to come in to milk two times a day and there is too much stuff they could cut their bags up on!

Billy is Bindy's 2 year old steer. He has been out at my Aunt and Uncle's house with their cows for the last year or so but we brought him home last Friday and put him in the lease. We want to get him a bit fatter and then butcher him when he's ready, probably mid to late summer. He is 1/4 Holstein, 1/4 Jersey and 1/2 black Angus. The red tinge to his hair is just like his mothers! And that mulish look he gets from her too!! I guess he was some fun to load but calmed right down in the trailer and is doing well by himself in the lease.