Pinning your hopes on a tractor...

From Jim: Our tractor is in almost constant use during choretime. With about a ton of hay to feed each day, hand feeding would be pretty near impossible. Yesterday, the bucket? Well, it seems that a linkage pin had been abducted by aliens and was somewhere on the mothership. This left the bucket with one hydraulic ram where two is called for. Not good! Soooo...today will begin with a trip to-wait for it-Tractor Supply in Oroville for a new pin. Since the old girl will down for that repair, I might as well do a full service and there goes the day. Donna will run over to Lyle's and pick up a little hay. Driving the flatbed is not on her bucket list, so it will probably be Wednesday before a full load of hay will get moved. Laz has a vet appointment tommorow and will most likely get a new cast. The pins in his foot will be removed in a couple of weeks-No, they won't work on the tractor. Then, a couple of weeks in a splint and he'll be a fourlegged again. He's sure been a good boy during his recovery. I've often said these critters spend every day being the best they know how to be and I believe that. It's a good starting place when it's time for training them up. They need to know what you want and when you want it. They try to get it right as they understand it. If they don't understand, that's on us. The exception to this, of courses, is cats. They have their own kitty agenda and we're not on it. We are, however, useful to them when they wish for our devoted attention. Otherwise, not so much. Patches is now about equal in mass to several of our suns. He is to blankets what a dark hole is to the universe. Once settled on the bed, there are no covers left. Well enough of this rambling, time to get to work. Take the time to love on your critters. You'll all enjoy it!