Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Tuesday June, 27 (on the farm)

Several of us went out yesterday to try and "fix" a new calf that was born several days ago without any human noticing. It is easy to band the baby bulls just after birth because they have not gained enough strength to run away. We have waited too long. No way mere humands can catch that calf without cowboy lessons.

It has been raining for several days which is real good for the pastures and hay fields. We have not gotten the real gully washers like other parts of Virginia, DC and MD have experienced. With the rain I've been spending more time in the shop working on the ebony bindings on the guitar I'm building. What a pain! The ebony I'm using has serious grain runout so the is almost impossible to bend ... another lesson learned.

I talked to Bruce from Virginia Tile yesterday. He just got back from Finland where he was visiting the mfg of soapstone fireplaces etc. He claims he will have the bid for our kitchen tile ready this week.

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