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[montana]

was thinkin of times past...we were still puting hay up loose....we used a derick...liked it better then a beaver slide....any way ower gradad was a ornery ol koot...a good day out in the field was when he started picking on one of the other kid...who ever he started on that morning he stuck with all day....being that we were all very young (we were on the stack as soon as we could hold a fork)...we didnt know we didnt have to take his bullieing....one day he started on my older sister ....after bout a cupple hours of his picking my sister had enough ...she wated tilll he was out away from the stack with the team and the buckrake then she sliped off the stack and made a run for it...we were about a mile from our grand parents home on the upper 80...grandad saw her running for the fence stoped, unhooked one of the team , jumped on and took after her...us on the stack were a chearing her on...she beat him to the fence and was gone....my cuzen looked at me and said...gee i didnt know we were alowed to do that....so much for the chearing...ol grandad realy shuved the hay at us the rest of the morning....went to the house at noon...grandmaw chewed him out good.....he was plum humble till he got us back out in the field....started picking on one of us others....ya would of thought he would of been a little nicer being he was getting the work done for free

[redman1]

Montana, that's a good one
I'm bout the only one around here that has even driven a horse pulled hay rake, cutter and so on.
The other day I was telling my hay man bout riding on a combine and tieing the wheat shacks off and trowing them down the ramp then going back and loading them on another trailer and driving the on a tractor to the mill.
He said to me: What is a combine like that? How old to you think I am? I have always had a combine you drive.
I seem to think everybody is as old as me. Ole Well Maybe Not
Just the feeling and power you get walking behind a horse with those ranes in your hand is something I'll never forget
A couple of years ago a neighboro decided to get a horse and get into pulling so I showed him how to put the harness on and do the job. He got pretty good at it.
Only thing I don't miss is plowing on a curved hill
Although I have to admit I do like my tractor
Miss doing all those things I can't do anymore and living on all that land, grandpaw had bout 150 acres and all neighboros round had the same
We all shared in work, baling, haying and so on
Happy Trails
Going to look at that Palamino Geilding after while
Semper Fi Buddy

[sdk87to91]

About half way through the hay stack, looks like we will make it.

I trimmed Speedy's pigeon toes Sunday, and she looks better from a distance at least.
The other mares and mules dont need it, but they wanted to stand really close by whenI trimmed Speedy.

We were invited by the Grateful Dead to submit videos of ourselves playing their songs. I considered it an honor so we put this one together. They setup a page on youtube to do the "DeadCoversProject" so we had to join youtube. It was WAY to slow to download a 5 minute video so I dont expect to be sharing any kid videos anytime soon, but this one is worth sharing with friends.

We were going for the visual entertainment value of the piano with the front cover removed. The mike wouldnt pickup singing well with that piano opened up so it is just instrumental. You can almost feel the country music feel of this one common in Grateful Dead songs.

I think you can just open this link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj280...&feature=email

[montana]

wow...that was great sdk....makes me wish i could play piano....then again it would be a lot harder packin one of them into camp then my harmonica

[montana]

after the news the last cupple days im sure glad i live here ....my heart goes out to all those that were in winds way...
finaly going to get some near 50 weather here...snows gonna melt...horses will be getting some green grass and im gonna have to start putin some miles on um...ohhh wellll someone has ta do it.....there was a wolf runnin around the middle school football field in Kalispell a few days back...and so it begins...keep your dogs cats and kids in the house

[montana]

mornin....Redman? Slinger?? ya get scared off with this new mess they made...i sure dont like it much...was just getin used to the other setup.....be in the 50s here today...snows about all melted off the place....mountains are sure white though= lots of snow in them thar hills...July comes way to slow...but does give me time to get the horses in shape for them and get the next winters hay up...have three green ones to get started<-----<<< scared ta say broke...bein that some fools think a word is going to make a differance in the way an animal is treated....my horses dont care what ya call it
guess ive flaped my lips enough this AM

be safe good people

[matt92]

come out to Frederick Maryland by Ft. Detrick j bar w rodeo

[Ed Palmer]

Adidas Releases Cowboyboot Sneaker Hybrid Shoe

[redman1]

Afternoon Cowboy Marines,
Montana, This new site has messed me up. I finally found this today after about 30 min.
Its been in the 50's at night and 70's during the day for about two weeks and lots of TS our way.
We have lots of mudd in the paddock and riding ring but the rain and warm weather has started getting the pastures looking green again.
Today I let the horses in the yard.
Happy Trails and hope Slinger finds his way back
Hate this new format
Times sure are changing for us old timmers in lots of ways, guess at 62 and almost 63 I can consider myself a old timmer.
Semper Fi Buddy

[redman1]

Howdy Cowboy Marines,
I sure do miss seeing post by Montana, Slinger and SDK and all of you.
Sure has been pretty weather round here these days and the pastures are looking good.
Picked up a new 9 yr old 14.3 Palamino last week, he was hit by a car a year ago buts O.K. just jumpy and underweight.
Had him a week and he's doing great, not so jumpy anymore and putting on a little weight. You all know it has to be done slow.
He will make a good horse for Karen and the grandkids
Old Cody who is 30 now looks good
Cabinator my horse is looking good also
Solomon the big warm blood I have leased to my wife's cousin and she is doing dressage with him. He is bout 1500 lbs and 16.2 or more.
Got a new little goat last week also for the grandkids to pet. She is 9 mos old and never been touched until I got her. She is already leading and getting friendly.
Its amazing how animals get over the past and move on
Happy Trails
Semper Fi Buddy

[redman1]

Morning Cowboy Marines,
Grass is green, what more could you ask for these days
The new horse Pal the Palamino is working out great
Hope everyone has a GREAT day
Montana, Slinger, SDK, sure do miss seeing your post
Semper Fi Buddy

[montana]

Mornin All...they started plowing the Going to the sun road in Glacier park...may be open for travel by June 15th.....time to start getting the horses in and give them their spring triming...fields have been drug and i think im seeing green out there...good thing cuzz im gettin low on hay...sold a little more then i should have...what ya gonna do when people come needing hay for their criters??? think its the sad storys why they didnt buy enough last fall that melts me heart...cours the money may have somethin to do with it also$$$

be safe good people

[redman1]

Montana, good to see your post and that your ok
Our weather is been really good here (No Winter) to speak of
Our pastures are green and have been growing for a few weeks, we don't have to feed hay now thank God.
Rescuid a 9 yr old Palamino a few weeks ago think he's a keeper
Semper Fi Buddy

[redman1]

Where's Slinger and SDK?
Semper Fi Buddy

[FoxtrotOscar]

I've been here for a few and have never even bothered to look at this thread...

I know Montana a bit over the years and that's about it, I'm not sure if I'm considered a redneck or what.. got a couple of horses left and a tractor, does that count..??

Live out on the Olympic Peninsula, Wa.. about an hour further West and no more mainland.. just ocean...

Semper Fi Marines...