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Cool & drizzling this morning...

Took down & cleaned 3 more hummingbird feeders... only 2 remain up now for the few birds that remain.
 

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Yesterday I cut hay (final cutting).

Today I did the weekly shopping & raked the hay. I'll bale it tomorrow. Also boned out 2 good sized pork shoulders for buckboard bacon & got them in the curing brine. Then made bread dough for tomorrow.
 
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Baked the bread.

Seasoned up chicken fajitas that I'll grill for supper tonight.

Baled the hay, then fed the cattle.

Mrs. Ranch made stuffed jalapenos since I was busy.

Watered the garden.
 
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Fed the cattle.

Burn all the trash (cardboard & feed sacks).

Moved the round bales into the hay barn, except for 30 that I'll move to the barn here tomorrow.
 
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Did the weekly shopping & picked up a load of cattle feed.

Moved the rolls of hay to the home site. I'll stack them later as it's cool & windy today.

Started cleaning the garage for winter.

Picked up enough pears to do another batch of pear pie filling. One of them is the biggest pear I've ever seen, proving once again that everything is bigger in Texas!!!

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The cold front blew in yesterday afternoon & the temp went from 85 degrees to 52 in a very short period of time. It was 45 degrees when I got up this morning & it's currently 49...

Made bread.

Made cinnamon rolls.

Mrs. Ranch is making chili & cornbread for supper tonight.
 

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Still pretty chilly/rainy here (44 degrees & 0.26")...

Did some 'touch up' shopping as I had to go pick up the 3 replacement spot sprayer caps that I had on order.
 

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Made 2 more pear strudels. These are for our friends down the road.

Made a pot of beef stew for supper tonight.

Brought the 'smaller' tractor over to the house & did some maintenance on it, then washed & waxed it.
 

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Watered the porch pots, hanging baskets, garden & the trees in the front yard.

Fed the cattle.
 

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Changed all the clocks (I'm always amazed at the shear number of timers in the house nowadays).

Cut the grass.
 

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Went to town to pay bills & to vote. There was no line, so I was cheated out of watching my fellow voters...

Watered the garden & back yard trees.
 

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Did some more chalking on the house (the bases of the porch posts).

Took down my Trump flag at the guest house's entry since the election is over & put up another historic flag.

Fed the cattle.

Burned the trash.

Watered the garden.
 
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