Are there assumptions you hold that could be holding you back? Look beyond them and find much value in what is really there.

Flag Counter started April 3, 2008

It’s finally spring. I couldn’t resist buying some lovely pansies yesterday at Wallie-World! 1.5 years ago I planted some perinneal flowers in this flower bed, but Wrangler got to thinking it was his bedroom and digging ground, and I’m worried many of them didn’t survive. I guess we will see pretty soon! Fall is really my favorite season, but spring has many fine points too!

To those of us who have children in our lives, whether they are our own, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or students… here is something to make you chuckle.

Whenever your children are out of control, you can take comfort from the thought that even God’s omnipotence did not extend to His own children.

And the first thing he said was “DON’T!”

“Don’t what?” Adam replied.

“Don’t eat the forbidden fruit.” God said.

“Forbidden fruit? We have forbidden fruit? Hey Eve . . . we have forbidden fruit!”

“No Way!”

“Yes way!”

“Do NOT eat the fruit!” said God.

“Why?”

“Because I am your Father and I said so!” God replied, wondering why He hadn’t stopped creation after making the elephants.

A few minutes later, God saw His children having an apple break, and He was ticked!

“Didn’t I tell you not to eat the fruit?” God asked.

“Uh huh,” Adam replied.

“Then why did you?” said the Father.

“I don’t know,” said Eve.

“She started it!” Adam said.

“Did not!”

“Did too!”

“DID NOT!”

Having had it with the two of them, God’s punishment was that Adam and Eve should have children of their own.

Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed.

But, there is reassurance in the story!

If you have persistently and lovingly tried to give children wisdom and they haven’t taken it, don’t be hard on yourself.

If God had trouble raising children, what makes you think it would be a piece of cake for you?

We returned home to find two more lovely heifer calves. What are the odds of using a bull with the plans of breeding replacement heifers and getting ALL heifer calves? That’s what’s happened to Richard!!! Well, I take that back, out of ten calves sired by Buck—the Beefmaster bull—there was one bull calf (so far). Just three more cows to calve now.

Here’s Richard at the first show in Saskatoon, SK, Canada. He presented two Low-Stress Livestock Handling workshops to a total of about 170 people between Saskatoon and Regina, SK. Many in the audience had seen Dad’s presentations and felt Richard did a very good job of “substituting” for Bud Williams! The best complement was one woman who said to me, “it looked just like a Bud Williams school, I was looking at you who look so much like Bud and hearing the words from Richard Bud would have said.”

The shows were set up by the Farm Animal Council of Saskatchewan, Inc.

Other sponsors were:

Heartland Livestock Services
Pound-Maker Agventures Ltd.
Saskatchewan Cattle Feeders Association
Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food
Saskatchewan Pastures Program
The Western Producer

We had a great trip getting to Saskatoon yesterday. The drive to Kansas City was smooth, both flights (KCI to Minneapolis and Minneapolis to Saskatoon) were without incident. We even made it through customs with ease as soon as Richard clarified that “Stockmanship” didn’t have anything to do with the stock market!

Adele of the Farm Animal Council of Saskatchewan showed us some of the highlights of Saskatoon and the surrounding area this afternoon.

This is the Delta Bessborough hotel built in the 1930s by a government program similar to the WPA or CCC in the US.

This is my first trip to Canada, the top flag is different from at home!

Here’s the hotel from the river side.

The "Skipping Stones" Bridge.

The dairy barn at the University was huge and lovely!

Richard and Adele

We drove south of Saskatoon a bit and saw some lovely country.

Richard speaks tomorrow here in Saskatoon and then Friday in Regina.