August 4th

this morning we got a call before we got there. bro paul was cooking and was ,one checking to see who was coming ,and two worried if we had enough food. sandy reassured him we would make it work,and we were on our way.we got there to see 2 tire tracks on the road. paul said chris and ike got there early and were up pumping . for those that don't know . the boys have been single handledly flood irrigating the mesa. they have been playing catchup with storage tank. some rain ,the ranch is beautimus . good and green , grass coming on. going to cull hard replace gentle. marie and gina came ,tim and his nephew ike and chris;  paul made egg patties, sausage patties, marie made green chile. warmed up corn tortillas and made finger food . odin  chased lizards and then came in to eat , before he was swept off .  we all ran to our projects .marie and gina home to help milo and gary work on milos car. the boys off to check fences and turn off pumps. sandy and i went off  to help richard  and janie help brandon and megan  move into their new house. this one was abandoned for several yrs , couldn't get it appraised unless it was improved. bank owned it no one would work at it. so richard and brandon have been getting up to specs .still another weeks work of paint and flooring. mag and wade having diamond g picnic at ranch  this afternoon. ed texted to let me know that gma and gpa had singled out the farm and dumped the remnants of blue water lake on it. he was stuck on the back 40 and there was standing water in every field. i did have to go see. he wasn't exaggerating !