Carter Cattle Company

Carter Cattle Company

Greetings, earthlings! Not a lot to report. I'm OFF call, again! Man, is it ever hot. It's all we can do to keep what's left of the garden alive. One of the people I work with says she's watering her garden every morning and every evening. So far, I get by with watering in the evening after the sun sets. I have a couple of tomato plants still going and several okra. I also have three squash plants. There is a lot of plant, but not much production. I've included a couple of photos. The dog days of summer are upon us again. I saw on the news this morning that they're having organized prayer meetings in Lubbock, to pray for rain. On a lighter note, Rod Shelton is home for a couple of weeks. Hopefully, after he goes back to Kosovo, he might get to come home for good in December. We'll all keep our fingers crossed. I know this is getting old for him and Pam. This is his third tour in about as many years. Thanks, Rod, we all owe you a great debt. Stay safe! Deb starts school in a week or so. Cheesey school district. I think it should be a law that school can't start before Labor Day and has to end by Memorial Day. Also, all school holiday breaks (ie Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, etc) should all be at the same time. This way families can get together. The cheesey school districts set the breaks to coincide with their administrators' (the ones that can afford it) trips snow skiing and what not, at the expense of the families they are supposed to be working for!!!! You folks need to remember this at election time! Paul Nelson is back at work. He gave us quite a scare. He had chess pains, went to Lampasas hospital, they thought he was having a heart attack and shipped him to Scott & White in Temple. They kept him Friday through Sunday. At this time, they're not really sure what's going on. May do an angiogram. Fingers crossed, again. Poor ole' Cathy is still nursing a broken toe, on top of everything else. Our prayers are with her, too. Deb's doing OK on her new meds, for now. If I can keep her away from the jalapenos. Better'd get to work. Peace, love and crabs to all, Rick.