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So Close And Yet So Far Away
As the Sun started to set I went outside to see what the Sunset might be showing. Looking to the South I noticed this wonderful cloud formation. Maybe we had a chance for a little rain.Looking to the...
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A Special Thank You To All Who Took The Time To Read My Blog
This has always been one of my favorite pictures and I just thought I would share it today. My thanks goes out to those who have struggled thru my writing failures and still read what I was trying to...
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I Don’t Believe It, They Say It Is Raining
I was listening to the TV this evening and they said it was raining in the Western Counties. Low and behold that is us, so I grab the old camera to make a permanent record of the event.Looking to the...
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Rain Brings Big Possibilities
We finally got a hard rain last night. It was lighting and thundering just like it was springtime in West Texas. We got a little hail along with it, but didn’t hurt anything and added to the moisture....
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Racing To Meet Those Deadlines
Caught this eighteen row planter waiting for seed. You sure can cover a lot of ground with these new wide planters. It hadn’t been too long since eight rows was as much as your tractor could handle....
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After The Storm
When I got out this morning after the terrible wind storm we had last night the first thing that looked damaged around the house was an old chair I had made as a yard decoration. It had blown over in...
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What The Storm Looked Like To A Farmer
This picture was taken by Chris Kindle as the storm rolled in. He was trying to rough up the land ahead of the storm to keep it from blowing. Not much you can do with a wall of dirt coming at you that...
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Can You Guess What These Are
Beauty is found where you least expect it. As I was leaving this morning, this caught my eye. It is something we haven’t seen in this area for a while. This is close-cropped trying to not give away...
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The Forth Of July On The Farm
The fourth of July has always been a turning point for the Farmers in this area. I had a little time of remembering yesterday and thought I would share with you some of those memories. The last fourth...
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After The Haboob
Last Tuesday night we had what is called a “Haboob”. This something to see in pictures, but not something you want to be caught out in. It hit around seven o’clock and blew hard the rest of the night....
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West Texas Has Been Blessed With Rain
We have been gettings rains since Thursday. It started out as jus a tenth and a half and I thought if only we could get an inch out of this spell ” it might keep the cow from going dry”. That night we...
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WhatThe Big Rain Brought Along With It
This past week we celebrated and shared with each other the amount of rain we got. This time everyone seemed to have enough to start a crop. I was walking out to the garden a week after the rain had...
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The Old Farmer And His Rain Gauge
When you are raised on a farm in West Texas a few things become part of you. Like waking up before the sun comes up and worrying about enough rain. We have been in a drought for three years and that...
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