Pipes are for smokin’ not growin’.
That might seem like a funny line for a cowboy who never smoked a pipe or considered doing so. Yet, it is a statement we were reminded of last week under what would initially appear to be quite unrelated circumstances.
Popularity of horse colors goes in fads.
Preferences of owners are reflected by increased numbers of certain colored horses as well as demand and dollars paid for these horses of specific colors at various times.
Gray hair is better than no hair.
Bald folks don’t have to comb hair, so maybe there is an advantage. Seemingly, it’d be preferable to be a bald male than a bald female, but that’s what wigs are for anyway.
“Atchoo. Atchoo.”
“God bless you.”
Not a day goes by that somebody we’re around doesn’t sneeze. Invariably, another in hearing distance responds with the rhyming well-wishing. We’ve been on both sides of the fence, so to speak, more often sneezing, but also making response to another’s action. Continue reading →
Talk of establishing a horse slaughter plant in this country is on the front burner.
According to intense research, prices being paid for average and low quality horses are the lowest in modern times. Likewise, reports of horses being turned loose in the wild are soaring as offers of free horses are nearly overloading internet and other media outlets.
“Don’t let the bed bugs bite.”
That was often the goodnight message Dad gave us before we went to bed as we were growing up. We really don’t know where the warning originated. Maybe his Mom told him that at bedtime, too. Perhaps it’s a common saying of parents to their family before settling down to sleep.
May Day is grass day.
It’s the one most anticipated by cow and man alike. The winter is always long to both the bovine and owner, but this past one was for the records. Whenever spring green shoots start sneaking through the barren soil, cattle appetites quickly change. That prairie hay which seemed pretty dang good during the blizzard suddenly tastes bad.