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Bob-catting skills...

So, it's been awhile since I've reported on my dad doing something completely ridiculous. Usually there's an everyday display of his outstanding mental capabilities, but this one, ladies and gents, takes the cake.

He called me out of a deep sleep to come take a picture of something.
"Bring your camera!"
Knowing his track record I asked, "Did you find a snake?"
In a bashful little voice he goes,
"Quit asking questions and get out here!"
As I walked out my eyes were still trying to focus, so I wasn't sure what I was seeing, but when they finally did focus, I found this:

We're building a new shed out back for which we needed to rent a bobcat. Dad figured while the builders weren't using it he might as well get some long awaited work done, aka, pulling fence posts that have been in the ground 30 years. Only, the fence post didn't want to budge for the bobcat, so as he was trying to pull up, the wheels slid back and he came within a few feet of being on his face...Excellent!

Look, even Sophie's like, "Really? Really?"

Excellent bob-catting skills, right? Right?!

Squirrely Things.

Just in case you were wondering, the squirrels at Pfluger Park are very friendly. They let you get super close. But not close enough to pet.
Aw, nuts.

Kids and a calf.

These are from Easter. There's a new baby calf we're (and by "we", I mean Dad) taking care of over at the barn. We took the kids over to check him out. Little niece didn't want to touch it, but little nephew didn't mind. I haven't named him yet, I usually always name the babies we take care of...Got any suggestions?

Rattlesnake Decapitation.

Photo warning: Guts ahead.

Snake season hath cometh!

Dad and I were moving a rock pile the other day when, once again, he stuck his hand within 5 inches of a rattlesnake. Luckily when he tried to move the rock he kept his hands on the side of it and didn't grab underneath. And luckily, the snake was napping under the rock. Unaware of its fateful dismal end. I told Dad to wait while I ran to get the camera, because that's what I do. When I ran in the house, Mom was all confused to my haste and I informed her of the quasi-excitement and she decided to be a part of the action. You'll see what happened next in the video posted below:

Laying unaware...

Oh. SNAP. The best part is at 1:05 when the actual decapitation happens. The snake flips out and, as you can probably imagine, is not at ALL happy about having a hoe attack its head.

I'm not entirely sure if it's still alive in this shot, but he was still squirming, still showing his fangs to me, so... Yeah.

Now I ask you, where else on the internet can you go from cute Easter niece pictures to gross decapitated rattlesnake heads?

Don't answer that.


Author's Note 4/16/10:
You may have noticed that the video was disabled by YouTube due to "inappropriate content". I received a slap on the wrist, y'all. Apparently YouTube didn't find my "depiction of cruel behaviour" without "educational merit" appropriate for viewing. Okay, pansies. This is Texas. Where I come from, you get the rattlesnake before it gets you. Lesson. Learned.

Vertical Blinds are Awesome.

I hope everyone's Easter was full of pastel-ey, eggy, and Jesus-y wonder!

The brother and crew were back in town for the holiday. I, of course, took tons of pictures which, of course, I will be posting here subsequently as I see fit.

For starters, I give you my niece who, upon finishing her post easter egg hunt lunch time feast, decided it would be just aWeSomE to hide from us in the vertical blinds.

Can you see her? Cuz I can't see her. Where'd she go? No, really. Where?

Peek. A-freakin'. Boo!

There she is!!!

Um... One word: Precious.

Pondering the Easter egg.

Sweet girl...

Once again. Try not to be jealous. :)

Stuck?

So, it rained last week. I suppose the uncle thought the ground looked dry enough to drive the tractor across. And the ground was dry. On top. But once you put a 10,000 pound tractor set up on saturated ground, it kind of sinks until it finds the mud.

Oh yes, it sinks. Up. To. The. Axle.

The AXLE.

Two foot hole? Anyone?

Post dig out. They had to go get the 8 ton tractor to get the 5 ton one out.

Babe was bored watching the whole thing.

Oh my farm life.

Happy April!

Here's a moon rise picture from a couple of nights ago.
And Sophie was behind me coming out of the pond. The water was so still it was like glass, until of course, she disrupted the calm. I like the ripples. ANYway.

I was also able to go down and take pictures of the UT tower being lit with the number one.