Friday Nite Check In

Charlie Horse out by The Pond

Well..., still no Facebook for this cowboy..., and no clue why I have been suspended or if I will ever be unsuspended..., but things are looking good around The Ranch..., the grass is greening up (along with the weeds) and The Garden is putting on a good show.  Speaking of good shows...,  as I gazed out the window the other day watching Charlie Horse graze out by The Pond I see a big Osprey swoop past real low..., I took quick note that my little pups weren't out and about and saw the big bird swoop by the other direction like he was trying to dive bomb Charlie !!!  I ran outside as he made another pass and managed to scare him off..., and then I heard the duck quacking up a fuss from over in The Pond..., and realized that the Osprey wasn't after Charlie..., but Charlie was evidently in his flight path I guess.  I wish I could have gotten a movie of the action.

Anyway..., here is your Friday Nite Music Video...,

 

I really like this video of this song too...,

Memorial Day Weekend

 Well..., the weather has been great for The Garden..., at least so far...,

Looking Good !!!

but I will be thinking about My Mom, My Dad and My Brother..., and here are links to their stories on the blog...,

https://scottrthequillayutecowboy.blogspot.com/2013/05/my-mom.html#more

https://scottrthequillayutecowboy.blogspot.com/2010/05/that-good-lookin-al-spence.html

https://scottrthequillayutecowboy.blogspot.com/2021/10/my-brother-larry-spence-born-february-7.html

       Me                                          Brother Larry
Mom                                                Dad

..., and of course..., My Wife..., and for your Friday Nite Music Video I will leave you with the music video I put together for her a few years ago.

https://scottrthequillayutecowboy.blogspot.com/2025/03/julie-spence.html

Scattering the Ashes

All but one of these pups is buried here on The Ranch

 We had decided a while back to scatter Julie’s ashes around The Ranch on May 17th, 2025.  Her birthday was a little too close to Mother’s Day and the last weekend in May was Memorial Day…, so we settled on this weekend.  Hoping that the weather will smile down on us and we don’t suffer a rain out.  

So…, for your Friday Nite Music Video I have chosen James Taylor’s “You Can Close Your Eyes”.  As I held her hand in the hospital on that day her breathing was getting ever more labored and as she looked at me…, her eyes were not blinking for what seemed like forever.  I knew that if the automatic functions were failing that it wouldn’t be long…, and it wasn’t.

We will try to hit all the spots that were special to her…, especially around the graves of all he beloved pets…,  and hope that she can Rest in Peace now.

Around The Ranch on Julie's Birthday

Born on May 8,  1957
Passed on Dec 31,  2024

Hey Babe..., I think about you every day that I am out doing chores and realize all the work we put in together here on The Ranch.  From cutting, piling and burning the Scotch Broom to stretching wire for fencing in the four pasture areas, to building The Saddle Bar, The Barn, The Gar-Port and The Well House.  It has been many years now since you were physically able to participate in any of the heavy lifting..., or even able to walk around the property to see how thing were progressing..., so I took some pictures today so you could get a closer look than you are getting from high up above us.  We hope that you have found a place as beautiful as The Ranch with a lot less work to make it and keep it up..., and we hope that you have finally found someone who can solve your physical disabilities and make you as healthy and as happy as you were in your younger years.  And I hope you will save me a spot beside you when I come looking to join you.

I was a little worried that I had gone a little too far in pruning this apple tree..., but it seems to be pulling out of it.

This old apple tree is overdue for a good pruning itself.

 

These little volunteer trees seem to be thriving in this high CO2 environment, judging from the length of the new green shoots.

Some of those green shoots are over a foot tall and ready to fall over from their own weight.

A little different type of green shoots on these little trees, but still impressive.

The Rhody in the Pet Cemetery is almost in full bloom.

You have to look close..., but even the Potatoes are showing green shoots.

Here's the other row getting going.

Charlie Horse won't slow down on munching that green grass long enough to pose for a picture.

Yeah Babe..., the only thing missing here on The Ranch..., is you...,  :( 

Friday Nite Music Video

 Well..., still no Facebook access..., so I am posting your Friday Nite Music Video here on The Blog..., along with some pictures of my grand-nephew, Reid Spence..., who is playing T-Ball this year.  His folks sent some pictures via email for me since I can't view them on FB..., and I mentioned that my old baseball mitt was probably too big for him now..., but I would bring it over to give to him the next time I made the trip to Idaho.  His father told him about it and said that he was really excited to hear that..., so I thought..., what the heck..., I will go ahead and mail it on over.  It has been out of use since at least 1987 when I moved to Forks and has just been "on display" in The Saddle Bar(n) for the last 20 years or so.  The leather was pretty dried out..., so I greased it up with Obenauf's Heavy Duty Leather Preservative and sent it over to Reid this week.

Reid in his uniform

Reid at bat

Reid with my old mitt

Another shot with his new mitt

So if you haven't guessed what the FNMV is for tonight..., here's John Fogerty with "Centerfield"...,  :)