A Pox upon these Cows

 Cows are fine, unless it's when they break fences, or mainline risers, or mainline risers, or handline birdies, or make a mucky mess everywhere, or break into other pastures or orchards where they're not supposed to be. Lucky for me, that all happened in this last half of the week. Yay!


Yep. On Wednesday we moved the same herd of heifers that we've moved between here and Rogers for the 3rd time. It was a bit of a pain, and continues to be a pain because they're in my handline field. All of that stuff has taken up the vast majority of my time.

I got to drive a dump truck back from Rogers to put it away. That was fun. It's also been raining intermittently throughout the week, which has been nice.

Digging bull thistle has been going strong in Pivot 2. I don't know where it all comes from.

We got to help with a branding in Lund. It was very late in the season, so they didn't brand. We just used ear clipping for identification and vaccinated them. It was really fun, partially because there weren't too many people there, so it was easier to do my job and not race other people for it. They had some really good cinnamon rolls and breakfast burritos. I got to see my uncle Tabor there and work with him. I also got to see Morgan because he visited us on the way through. I really have a great family.

I get to go to the temple open house on Tuesday! I am super excited to see it. I know that it will be a great experience. I'm even more excited for when I get to go inside for ordinances. I know that filling the world with temples will bless us not just as a church, but also as the whole human family.

Sincerely,
Elder Cobian.

Picture is: a cool bat that was in the house late on night. It was pretty chill and promptly left when I opened the door for it.



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