SUMMER WORK

Summer is busy.  Farmers work long and crazy hours and the cowboys start before dawn to try to beat the heat.
By the way,  the picture of the baler in the dark was taken by Ryan.  I wasn't out there that early.  

The ranch produces a lot of hay.  This requires a lot of work.  

That's a big sprayer.  Spraying for weeds is important to get good quality hay.

The sprayer is one of the many machines Ryan operates. 

I think they were wondering why I was in the field.

These are two of my nieces.  They are part of the farming crew in the summer.   These girls have been farming for several years.   All of our kids have grown up farming and ranching, starting at a very young age.  

See the steam?  This is a steamer on the baler to help put the right amount of moisture into the hay.  Making good hay is a science and I don't know much about it.  Luckily the farmers are very knowledgable.

Not only do they farm and produce the hay, but sometimes they truck it to the buyers.  Ryan took this picture on his way home from taking a load to Arizona.

While the farmers were farming the cowboys were cowboying.  They have been getting an early start these hot summer days.

Of course it was dusty.

This young cowboy has been working all summer.  It's his last week before he heads back to school.  The cowboys will miss his help.

Early morning is so beautiful.

The farmers and cowboys have been at it all summer.  I'm sure they'll be glad to see fall arrive.  I know I will.