Yesterday!

Four guys from the Game and Fish went to the feedground to classify our elk. Bubba, Brian, Dean, and Gary. Actually it was a good time...and we got a good count. Right on guys.

Then Bob and I took a two tracker...then across Soda Lake, then a horse path through downed timber to get to Boulder Lake Ranches for lunch with Charm and Jim. As usual, Charm out did herself, and we had a wonderful time. Bob got sooo stuck going out...but we got out...he got my machine through that mess, and the rest was a piece of cake.

Then we went to Betty's and picked up Tana...who stopped as the rest of the Eberhardts went to Jackson for a hockey game. Gosh it was fun to have her for a night. She has a cold, and we're hoping we don't do that...

Hey..it was a great b.d. Got a special phone call from Mary Caroline...along with many others. This picture depicts my hair as it always looks after wearing my snowmachine helmet. It does great things to enhance Jennifer's best efforts.

Cowboy Time

I found the following in my desk today...where it's been for decades. Enjoy!


Baxter Black

If Genesis was right on track concerning Adam's birth
And seven days was all it took to build the planet Earth.
Then where does carbon dating fit? And all the dinosaurs?
Plus that other ancient stuff that happened on our shores?
Now, i believe in scientists. They aren't just lunatics!
But I believe in Genesis, which leaves me in a fix.
The answer finally came to me while making up this rhyme.
God made the earth in seven days...but that was Cowboy Time!
Have you ever called the shoer to set aside a day?
You scrutinize your calendar, say "Tuesday'd be okay."
The big day comes, you take off work, alas, he's never seen.
You call him back and he inquires. "Which Tuesday did you mean?
Did you ever place an order to get a saddle made?
An A-Fork tree and padded seat with silver hand-inlaid.
As decades pass, all you can do is sit around and eat
So by the time if finally comes you've padded your own seat!
A friend came by on July fourth. He swore he couldn't stay.
But then he said. "For just a bit." He left on Christmad day!
"Soon", to all my cowboy friends means next year..or tomorrow
Depending whether in the deal he plans to lend or borrow!
"A couple days, a little while, not long, or right away"
Should not be taken lit'rally in cowboyville today.
But like I said, the precedent was set so long ago.
The angels had to learn themselves what all good cowboys know.
They worried if they didn't work to keep the schedule tight
That Earth would not be finished by the deadline Sunday night.
They'd never really thought in terms of rollin' with the flow
But God does things in Cowboy Time..to watch the flowers grow.
He bade the angels to relax and said, "For Heaven's sakes,
I'll get it done in seven days...however long it takes!"

NM

Well, you can tell by the exciting posts I've logged lately, that nothing much new has been going on. We did try to count elk today...they jammed up, and it didn't work. I did count 81 branch antlered bulls. We've lost two to being gored, so that's seven more than we had at the last count. We went to Big Piney today for a blood test for Bob..that went well. I told you it wasn't exciting! :)

Ran into Brian tonight at the store. Bob asked him to feed for me Saturday so I could go to Jackson for the day. Yahoo!!! Another grandkid fix. Speaking of grandkids, Scott stopped by. Had a neat visit with him. Later Thad called. That was awfully neat toooo!