Jimmy I knew you had cattle but I did not realize you have longhorns. Do you raise them to show? Or for flytying material (makes this fit). There was a beautiful ranch in Double Oak, TX that had Longhorns when we lived in Flower Mound.
Mike On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 7:07 AM, <ray...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Rough WX in Texas. We're getting the kind of weather > that we only get once in a blue moon. 18 degrees right > now at 10:50 a.m., going down to 13 tonight. Power off > for 2 1/2 hours last evening. Went off again early this > morning, came back on around 10:15. My gas grill on the > patio came in handy for heating water for coffee, and > cereal. Went and refilled the spare propane tank. Believe > it or not, we have a day or two in the 60's forecast next > week. Texas weather, Rain, Shine, Sleet and Snow all in > one day. Still hard to believe it was 77 degrees last > Sunday and 75 on Monday. LOL Son Joe went and caught > a couple of Whites. > > When we built this house, we put double insulation in the > walls, garage walls, garage ceiling, and then in addition > did triple blow - in insulation in the attic. With the power > off for 6 hours this morning, the in house temp only dropped > from 71 to 65 degrees, still pleasant. Fireplace is seeing > lots of action. Cows are doing OK, still plenty grass, plus > big round bale of hay. Water in the little float valve tank, > plus the 2 acre stock tank has about 3 feet of water.Longhorns > know what to do when ice forms, they just stamp / bust the ice > around the edges of the tank, and "presto" - drinking water. > > G'day. > > JIMMY D > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
