Carter Cattle Company

Carter Cattle Company

Well, I trust you all survived Easter. MAN! is it ever hot. I heard several reports today of plastic eggs containing "melted" chocolate. Our Easter was good. Everyone went to Deb's Dad's place at Buchanan. Lots of food and good conversation. One a**hole wasn't there and the other one didn't come till Sunday. Fortunately he didn't stay too long. Three little boys and we hid over 300 eggs. Also, 9 ankle-biter dogs running around under foot. But, fun was had by all. On another good note, we got a new baby calf. I think it was born Thursday or Friday night (full moon). Looks like a smaller version of the calf we already have, but this one is a she. Deb named her April. Finally got a couple of photos Sunday evening. Her mama is real spooky and will run for the brush at the drop of a hat. Fortunately, she pretty much has a sweet-tooth for cubes. Plus, she has to come up front for water. Man, I don't think we'll have to worry about a late Easter frost this year. The bugs are already bad, too. The "skeeters" chewed on Deb, yesterday. Folks around here are reporting problems with scorpions. Not unusual during drought conditions, they come into houses looking for water. I don't think my bigger peach tree made it. No blooms and not a leaf one. Maybe the two smaller ones will pick up the slack. Gonna be a couple more years, though. The garden is starting to take off. Got a few small tomatoes and blackberries. The nut grass and sunflowers are doing great. Wish I could cross the sunflowers with tomatoes and okra. Well, guess I had better get busy. Happy belated Easter to all, Rick.