Sowing Seed and Watching Texas Turn Blue

Finally, some rain. I began feeding hay to our pair of longhorn steers, Waylon and Willie, and to Pancho, our aged donkey, in early October, long before I had to do so last year. I buy square bales because I don’t have a practical way to haul round bales. Besides, round bales create a lot of waste. So I make many trips to Horaney’s, my feed store of choice, because it is locally owned. I enjoy visiting with Ms. Betty, the matriarch of the store, who is nearly always there, though she is well into her 80s. All three of the boys come running to the loafing shed when they hear me on the tractor,...

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