Cow Working December 19, 2009 with Borchhardts

Elvis

Those Darlins

William Elliot Whitmore

Ryan Bingham - Dylan's Hard Rain

Looking forward to a fun Christmassy weekend. Want to take a pecan pie overr to Jerry at the Green Door.

Jingle Bell Rock

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Bob

Bruce and Kelly

Robert Earl Keen

Darlene Love

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

The Bing & The Bowie

Deer Tick: To the City of Sin! Documentary Trailer

More Halloween.....Warren Zevon !!

Halloween Week: Psycho Killer

Halloween Week

Bob Schneider - The Mummy

John Prine & Patty Griffin

John Prine - Spanish Pipedream

ACL 2009

From Movies

Pearl Jam - Alive

ACL 2009 - Pearl Jam

The Orangutan and the Hound Dog

The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You

Great name for a CD !! We'll set up a merch table and sell 'em (in theory) at the Green Door. Actually, Eric has the equip to record a pretty high quality CD. We did it once at his house, but didn't do much of anything with the CD. About 4 songs or so, as I recall. Or I guess we could go somewhere and pay to record. It would be fun. Someday, maybe.

Bronwyn asks:

Can't you just put a cork in those horns?

First of the New Calves & WIllis Ramsey

Dan called today (Sept. 23, 2009) to report that we've had our first calves of the season. 2026 (on Sat. the 19th) and "O" (on Tues. the the 22nd) both had baby calves. Mother and baby doing fine. 2 of Dan's cows also had calves. I had gotten and early report of calves on the ground from Julie last weekend, but now it's confirmed-they belong to Triple N.

Dan says it continues to rain and the hay meadows look great.

Dan is going to take our 3 heifers for Bangs vaccination soon. If it stops raining he'll also have them dehorned. (For you uninitiates, you can cut off their horns when there's risk of rain, 'cause the hole in their heads will fill up with water, causing serious infection. Since we don't want to have to turn these heifers upside down to drain the water out, we'll wait on the dehorning 'til there's a stretch of dry weather. So, likely we won't have to wait long.

By the way, I think "First of the New Calves" would be a great name for The Berliners first CD.

Just heard, again, that Willis Ramsey will be releasing a new CD "before the end of the year". For sure, this time. It will be called "Gentilly" . Report on KGSR says he's serious this time, as he's signed with an agent.

Mike Leach forecasting the weather

ACL 09: Black Joe Lewis - Sugafoot

ACL 09 - Deer Tick: Spend the Night

ACL 09 - Dave Matthews Band - All Along the Watchtower

Be sure to go back to before all these pictures and read the nice Labor Day/Mowathon narrative Kyle posted.

Doing a little arborista work on Saturday morning....

Kyle's training the heifers to come up for feeding.

Even the "Mowathon" came off well - we got Nonnie's, Punk's and Central pastures mowed.

Makin' the world a better place - 12 oz. at a time!!

Punk had a good time seeing everyone

Laura and Leigh's Habitat for Humanity rehab project was a success

Mark with the famous potato slicer !! Woooowee ! French Fry Perfection !

If you look real hard you can see the fancy drip system now servicing Lorrayne's Orchard

Labor Day weekend '09

Had a large group at the Rancho this weekend-Punk, Dean, Julie, Laura Lee and Mark, Kyle, Laura, Blake and Leigh. Plus 4 dogs.
Good to have Julie in Texas, again. We missed Bronwyn, Ailie, Mike and John. Temperatures cooled nicely-highs in the mid-90s, and Saturday had a good bit of cloud cover and cooled off well in the evening.

Saturday, Dean mowed Punk's pasture and Dean and Kyle started checking fence around the Back 40. Found a large break where cows had escaped 3 weeks ago and repaired that. Got Mark's help on Sunday, but it took through Monday morning to get all the way to the Northwest corner, but the fence is up all the way now. Dean and Kyle also worked over the fences between Nonnie's Pasture and Little House and Plum Patch to make sure the cows don't try to get into the hay meadows before it's cut again.

On Sunday we completed the Mow-a-thon by mowing Nonnie's Pasture and the Central Pasture. Tractor spit and sputtered occasionally, but it made it.

Mark and Dean purchased and installed a drip irrigation system with 4 drops for the orchard. Works great. Each drop exudes 2 gallons per hour. Leigh painted a sign that says "Lorrayne's Orchard" and we installed it on the corner of the orchard.

Mark did killer fried catfish and french fries on Saturday. Kyle, Dean and Laura worked on Green Door songs Saturday night during second half of Texas game with ULM. (Julie thought they were playing the little town towards LaGrange! We had hamburgers on Sunday night after all the crew, save Punk and Jules, spent an hour at the Green Door.

Dean negotiated a date at the Green Door for The Berliners-November 14.

Laura and Leigh reworked the beds by the Cantina and the circle where the tree stump for the hammock was-keeping a tribute to Megan. They also cleaned up the Cantina and around it. Good work!

Dan is going to take our 3 heifers to the Vet for dehorning, Bangs Vaccine and worming.

A good weekend-very fund and we got a lot done.

Them Crooked Vultures (John Paul Jones, Dave Grohl, and Josh Homme)

Depositions

ACL 09 - Dan Auerbach

Queen UK

Wreck 'Em

ACL 09 - The Wood Brothers

Steve Earle - Colorado Girl

I went to Brenham yesterday for the day. Pleased to see Mark and Laura Lee there when I arrived. Mark finished working on his new threshold on the Storage Shed. Then Mark and I changed the oil and oil filter on the tractor and put the new battery in it. It started right up. We also fixed a hole in the fence along S. Berlin Road in Nonnie's Pasture and checked the posts for staples along that stretch. Last, we cut up and moved off the road a tree that had fallen several week's (months?) ago along S. Berlin Road across from Mueller's house. Had to bring the tractor and hay fork to pick up the pieces.

I noticed a place along Mill Creek Road where someone had run into our fence and broke off at least one post. Cows don't have access to that spot, but it's something we'll need to take care of in winter. It's absolutely covered in vines now and I was lucky to have seen it.

Laura Lee mowed the yard.

We had gotten 1/2" of rain, and on top of the 1/2" last week, things were somewhat green.

Mark brought a peach pie.

Uncle Walt's Band

Doc Watson

ACL 2009: Todd Snider - "America's Favorite Pasttime"

Todd Snider tells the true story of Dock Ellis of the Pirates who pitched a no-hitter against the Padres while high on LSD during the 1970 season.

"three up three down for three straight innings
in a zero zero tie
as all those batters names come ringing
from a voice out of the sky
hallucinating halloween scenes
each new swing of the bat
his sinker looked like it was falling off a table
but nobody was hallucinating that"

Thinkin' about it.....

Later in the Evening.....

Dan, Dot and Jimmy (I musta gone to get another beer)

The "Zionsville Tavern"

Friday night about 7:00 drove over to David Lange's place in Zionsville right on the other side of 290 where he hosts a "jam" in his big garage (he's an 18 wheeler mechanic) every second Friday of the month. Dan,Dot, and Jimmy B. were there and we shot the breeze and drank beer. Again, pretty hot, but had a good time. Hope to go play with 'em someday. It's BYOBeer and they usually have some food and a jar for donations. Took some pics with my new cheapo digital camera.

They get started around 6:30 or 7:00 in the summer and play 'til about 10:00. Little earlier when the days are shorter.

Hot Hot Hot this weekend. Dry and Dusty. A/C in house still not right. Okay in old part of house but not cool in big room or other parts of new house.

Daddy was finishing up his latest project - leveling the ground on South side of front porch where the lawn was level with the front porch.

Sale of Calves

Just a report on sale of calves. Market down a good bit, plus our calves were a little smaller than usual. Average weight for the 5 was 400 pounds. Highest brought $1.01, lowest brought $.90. Total proceeds about $1,750.

Also got check from Cornelius Ranch for $800 for our half of 40 bales of last year's hay.

Both have been deposited in bank.

July 4 Weekend

I'm still trying to cool off!

We had a good weekend. We got to Brenham about 7:30 Friday night and Blake and her friends had baked chicken, potatoes, salad, rolls on the table. We had Blake and Casey, Derek (Casey's brother) and a visiting vet student from Virginia Tech, Nate, Megan, L and I and Punk.

Saturday morning all but Nate, Megan and Punk went to Round Top. Big parade over 90 entries. Some were stupid-like a tree-stump removal company and a storage company just drove their cars through for the advertisiing. But, some old cars and tractors and funny floats. One had a very good band of old guys like us playing rock and roll.

Came home and cooked hot dogs for lunch, then all Blake's crowd headed to Austin. Nate wanted to gill chicken and sausage in the big barbeque, so I took him under my wing and we did that together. Turned out very good and Nate and Megan had lot's of meat to take back with them. Nate has a great future ahead of him!

We filled the cattle trough for swimming but it turned out to be Cash's water hole. Had 6 dogs there.

Punk did pretty good. I don't think he stumbles quite as much when walking, but memory still bad. At one point last night he said, "I need a hearing aid!" Nate and I heard it and I jumped on it immediately and asked if he was serious, but he said "No". He did say he was having a harder time hearing. Maybe we can try again on that hearing aid. He'd sure have more fun. But, he'd probably lose it.

Megan took down the old ash stump that we hooked the hammock to. All by herself. She layed in the hammock when Nate set it up and the whole stump went over-broke off at ground level. Pretty funny, but we were lucky it did not hit her when it came down. I hooked the hay fork up this morning and hauled it off. That was good for a laugh. We enjoyed having Nate and Megan there. They were very helpful and particularly attentive to making sure Punk got pills on time.

The A/C could not keep up this weekend, so I'm going to call the guy to come look at it this week. (Follow - up note: AC repair company found nothing really wrong, but added freon to both units. Dean will test next weekend.)

I traded weekends with Dean and he's scheduled to be there next weekend. Leigh and I go to the Astros game on Saturday evening.

Levon on Letterman

ACL 2009 - Kings of Leon

Kings of Leon is a band from Nashville, Tennessee formed in 2000 by the Followill brothers. Both their father (who was actually named Ivan) and grandfather went by the name 'Leon', which is where the band gets its name. While Ivan preached at churches and tent revivals throughout the Deep South, the boys attended and were occasionally enlisted to bang on some drums. The band's early music was an upbeat blend of southern rock and garage rock influences. Since then, the band has experimented with various genres of music. Since the band's 2003 debut, they have grown from an indie act to achieve international superstardom, particularly in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and Australia.

Wilco & Fleet Foxes - I Shall Be Released

ACL 2009: The Dead Weather

The Dead Weather is an American alternative rock supergroup that formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 2009. Comprising vocalist Alison Mosshart (of The Kills), guitarist Dean Fertita (of Queens of the Stone Age), bassist Jack Lawrence (of The Raconteurs and The Greenhornes) and drummer/vocalist Jack White (of The White Stripes and The Raconteurs), the band is due to release their debut album Horehound on July 13, 2009 in Europe and July 14, 2009 in America. The Dead Weather was revealed at the opening of Third Man Records' new headquarters in Nashville on March 11, 2009. The band performed for the first time at the event, before immediately releasing their debut single "Hang You from the Heavens".

Laura Lee a nice visit with Dad this past weekend - just her and Hank and Abby as Mark was at the Schneider family reunion (just imagine...). Took Dad some unshelled pecans so that kept him busy mostly. The maids had been there last week and the house did look nice and clean. Watered and mowed a little in the yard, had gumbo and watched Astros. Dad seemed to be doing well.

Starting to get hot now. The days are about as long as they're gonna get and as you drive down the country roads the grass looks not so green anymore because the hay's been cut, taking the good green new growth off the top. It's still June. There's a long summer to go. Thinking of a lot of things done in summer heat in Brenham.

- standin' out in the street in front of Nonnie's house in town throwin' and bouncin' tennis balls off the wall on the other side of the street in the hot sun

- hand planting bermuda sprigs with Kyle in Sandy Creek No. 2 on a hot summer day many years ago

- late summer pickin' up hay bales (with snakes in 'em) and pitchin' them up on to the old Ford truck then into the barn with hay hooks

- tearin' down the old house that hot weekend; Mark with his "Bar"; and cooling off with a beer in the trough/swimming pool at the end of the day

- mowing pastures from dawn to dusk in one hour "shifts" back in high school

- the screened in "sleeping house" on hot summer nights...Armadillos rooting and "those goddamn birds" (guinea hens)...

The heat of a Texas summer makes an impression.

Wondering what LaSalle and his men thought of it as they wandered lost around the Brazos.

Wonder why people stayed.

It'll be here for a while now.

Cover Song Friday: Ben Harper - Strawberry Fields Forever

Bonnaroo 2009 Webcast This Weekend

Go to www.music.att.net to watch the webcast from Bonnaroo 2009. Music will be played all day long starting at 12:45 Friday, Saturday and Sunday. There are a couple of TBA in the schedule which could be Phish or Springsteen.

Highlights (all times Central)

Saturday
Lucinda Williams @ 2:30
Rodrigo Y Gabriela @ 3:30

Sunday
Booker T & The Drive By Truckers @ 3:30
Andrew Bird @ 4:15
Ben Harper & Relentless 7 @ 9:30

ACL 2009 - The Felice Brothers

The Felice Brothers got their start as a band playing in the New York City subway,but their musical experience started much earlier. The sons of a carpenter, they would play together on Sundays at their father's afternoon barbecues. They stayed in a little apartment in Brooklyn and would play at the subway stations near 42nd Street and Union Square in Greenwich Village. The three brothers originally hail from Palenville, NY in the Catskill Mountains.

Sunny and cool this weekend. Called Mr. Lehde and waited most of Saturday morning for him to come look at the lawn tractor. He came about 11:00 and seemed to have fixed the blade problem and also tightened up the brake to make it functional. We paid him $40. It seemed like a good deal, but later the blade would not engage when we tried to mow later in the afternoon. (it was working fine when he was here). Dad called him back Sunday morning, but he was not yet there when I left about 3:00 pm.

Dad and I ate Bar-B-Q from Big Daddy's accompanied by pickles, olives, and beer Saturday evening and watched NCAA baseball games and then the Astros game. I drove over to the Green Door around 9:00 pm just to see if they had any band playing, but it was pretty quiet. Mostly the regular crowd, I imagine.

Delayed Saturday by having to replace the 2" wood bit that Dad couldn't remember where he put, we got Dad's hitchin' post fence up and together, although it needs shoring up and probably some screws in it to firm it up. I hope ya' think it looks okay. Those were the heaviest cedar posts I've ever dealt with. Wore me out working with them. Thank goodness it was so cool and windy Sunday morning while I was playing Daniel Boone.

The orchard and yard have grown pretty high; the yard can still be mowed with the lawn tractor, but it might take the big tractor to mow the orchard. I sprayed Killzall on fence foliage and yard bushes in the yard next to the orchard. Also sprayed around some edging areas at the Rancho house. Bought a new weedeater (on sale for $29 @ ACE - old electric trimmer fell apart and gas one didn't start) and trimmed around porches and trees at the Rancho house.

Dad and I also trimmed trees in the backyard with the cordless electric trim saw (wish I'd had the electric chainsaw when I's workin' with those cedar posts). Worked pretty good and got a lot of branches that were hanging from the oak tree in front of the back porch.

Finally got a chance to walk the fence between the Back 40 and Central Pasture Sunday afternoon after I recovered from building the hitchin' rail. I think it's okay for the most part. It was not the most rigorous inspection of all time. The terrain is pretty more suited for Rocky Mountain Goats than cows. There is a place about 40-50 yards back to the left of where the fence meets up with the right of way where a tree has fallen down on the fence. Needs a chain saw to clean it up.

Cows in the "Back 40" pasture.

... and that's the news from the Rancho.

Todd Snider - Fortunate Son

Re: Green Door Video

Note our number on fan knockin' down some serious Sprite!!

ACL 2009 Must See: The Avett Brothers

The Avett Brothers are a folk-rock band from Concord, North Carolina. The band is made up of two brothers, Seth Avett and Scott Avett, who play the guitar and banjo, respectively, and Bob Crawford who plays the stand-up bass. They are often joined on tour by cellist Joe Kwon. Risen from the ashes of Seth and Scott's former rock band Nemo, The Avett Brothers combine bluegrass, country, punk, pop melodies, folk, rock and roll, honky tonk and ragtime to produce a sound described by the San Francisco Chronicle as having the "Heavy sadness of Townes Van Zandt, the light pop concision of Buddy Holly, the tuneful jangle of the Beatles, the raw energy of the Ramones." The group itself eschews labels, feeling that "none would do the music the justice. It's simply left up to each person to extract his or her own account from the Avetts' music."

Lost footage discovered of Berliners at Green Door

The Green Door May 2, 2009. The Tractor Parade Arrives.

Pearl Jam - Masters of War

Good Cover Friday: Levon Helm - Atlantic City

Levon Helm: The Making of Electric Dirt

Dean mowed the orchard/yard this past weekend along with most of the yard at the Ranch House. Grass was long so had to be cut on the highest setting. It'll need mowing again soon. Tried to mow the dog run but couldn't get the push mower to start.

Some thoughts about the orchard/yard:

* why not take down the fence between the two and make it one big compound/orchard? Also take down the fence over by the old bar-b-que pit.

* We need to do some more clean up in the yard. Saw up those tree limbs that are laying there. Trim or take out some of the trash trees. I can take the lead on that.

* What about calling it "Lorrayne's Orchard"; she always liked fresh peaches, and maybe we could get some bluebonnets and paintbrushes to come out in the Spring. Maybe if Rusty has some free time in Alaska he could put his artistic talents to work and maybe make or carve some type of sign to hang by the gate.

May 2, 2009, "The Berliners" play at the Green Door for the Tractor Parade.

1. You're Still, Folsom, Dim Lights,Key Chain, LBVeil, IFLHWT, Pancho, White Freightliner, She Thinks I Still Care, Mama Tried, Hickory Wind, BB Man, Deal

2. Walkin' the Floor, YDMYWater, Wild Side, If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me, LBLimousine,Try Me One More Time, WMMilwaukee Famous, Waltz Across Texas, Rawhide, Six Pack to Go, You Win Again,

E. Sin City (unfinished)

"The Berliners"

Kyle Pankonien - Guitar
Mike Turner - Guitar
Charlie Crouch - Electric Guitar
Eric Gottfredson - Electric Guitar
Dean Pankonien - Bass
Bronwyn Brock - Keyboard
Steve Teel - Drums
Laura Pankonien - Bass (absent)
Rusty Brignon - Guitar (absent)

May '09 Cow Working

On Saturday, Dan, Doyle, Blaine, Kyle & Blake penned the cows and worked them all through the chute. We gave each cow Eprinex Pour-On for worms, lice, grubs and flies. We retagged one of our cows as No.1 and we retagged 2 of their cows. 5 calves needed working-all were tagged and vaccinated for Blackleg. 3 were bulls and were castrated. Blake did her first full castration with a knife and did a great job. All 21 calves on the ground were vaccinated for Blackleg, too. After working the cows we moved them all to the Fire Pasture and Terraced Pasture.

Dean pulled up during the post-cow work beer drinking and bullshit session. He had broken down at Corsicana the night before and had to spend the night there. Got the car fixed early Sat morning and pulled up just after we finished. we were sure he had been waiting down at Mill Creek road gate watching for the right time to drive in. Dan told a great story about one time when he and Dot took apples, oranges and a pecan pie down to Paul Krivacka, the old guy who lived by himself on Mill Creek road and who worked on our lawnmowers and tractor years ago. After knocking on the door for a while, they heard a "Hold on! I'm comin'
from inside. After a bit the door opened and there was Paul, stinkin' drunk. As he greeted them, he leaned against the wall for support, then finally just slid down the wall all the way to the floor. He was celebrating Christmas. They put him to bed and left.

We need to pen the cows in June to pull off our calves to sell. Should be 8 of them. They need another month of grass.

Austin City Limits Music Festival 2009 Playlist

Pearl Jam is headlining ACL 2009

The 2009 ACL Line Up is being released. Each day at www.aclfestival.com they are releasing a pictogram to symbolize each band. Today's clue was two oysters with pearls getting in a car wreck (Pearl Jam).

Rain, Finally!!

Rained Friday and Saturday, April 17 & 18.  I poured out a full 6 inch rain gauge and it surely rained more than that.  Got a report from a man at the bank from Wesley who reported they'd had 11 inches.  Tanks were full to the top!  Thank goodness.  We'll have to check the water gaps now.  This will be a large step toward making grass for several months and assure a hay crop.  Got absolutely no work done this weekend.   

Need to plan for spraying pastures and working cows.  

cows milling around on the road again?

Any truth to the rumor cows strolling Mill Creek road again? Planning to arrive austin a couple days before ACL - quite a lineup if it pans out - and stay the following week at dripping. FYI - instead of muzak, our anchorage home depot plays Grateful Dead over the store sound system - well, actually playing Bob Weir's "Ace" album when I was there Friday...crazy.

2 WEEKS

Breaking ACL News: Pearl Jam, Dave Mathews Band, Beastie Boys, Kings of Leon, Levon Helm, Ghostland Observatory, Reckless Kelly, Papa Mali, and The Knux are rumored confirmations.

It's cold up here and I swear I wish they'd turn the heat on - 7 degrees and a 15 mph breeze was maybe the coldest I've been in my life, or at least on a commute to work. Forgot a bottle of water in the car and it was frozen solid. Balmy today with a high approaching mid-20's. New email address is walter.brignon@denalipipeline.com. Come see us after your chores are done.

Triple N playlist

Whoever posted the Triple N Playlist is an uptown son-of-a-gun!  Muchas gracias!   

As for Triple N updates, cow No. 218 died of natural causes last week.  Dan dragged her off.  

I'll coordinate fertilzing with Dan this week.  We have tons of hay left over so may not want to plan to over do on producing hay.  

February 22, 2009

Got to Brenham early Saturday. Beat Punk to the house. Went to the bank and PO and stopped at Washington County Tractor to check out used tractors. The guy that helped me guessed my last name after I told him we had a MF 165 out at Berlin. Turns out, he worked for Duckworth-Tiemann when we bought that tractor in 1986. He remembered the tractor. Said some Exxon guy from Houston had it originally and insisted on it being gasoline rather than diesel. Looked at two tractors, a Zetor and a Massey.

I pieced together a full hay ring from parts of other beat up ones, and walked the fence along the road in Punk's pasture to put staples back in the wire. Took a lot of staples. Also, I re-hung the gate into the alley that Dan uses from mill creek road and set a post for it to rest on while closed.
Got Dad some gumbo for lunch yesterday and burgers last night. He seemed to be better from last weekend, much more alert and active. But, he stayed inside all day yesterday because the cold front blew in. he only went outside to move his water. Yesterday afternoon I took him down to the creek fence. he had never seen the cleared brush area along that fence. I got him a stick to walk with and we walked a about half of it. He really thought that was neat and was pleased we had done that clearing and that the fence was in such good shape. Then II took him to drive around the farm and see the cattle. He wanted to drive down the old road through the woods, but we could only get about 40 yards in when we got to a tree across the road so backed out. But, we really enjoyed getting out and about again.

That's the report from the Rancho.

- Kyle

Sign on the wall at the Green Door.....

"For Sale: used tractor - runs good - but is missing the seat and steering wheel. Great tractor for someone who has just lost their ass and doesn't know which way to turn."

Jerry gave us free beer !!!!

At the Green Door

Roadies.......

"Looks like it's me and you again tonight....Rosie."

Too Shy Musicians play the Green Door - Feb. 14, 2009

In a rare live show the Too Shy Musicians played out at the Green Door Saloon in Greenvine, Texas, on Valentine's Day, 2009.

February 14, 2008 (Valentine's Day)

Kyle, Dean, Rusty, John and Mike tear down and rebuild the whole length of the SE side of the Schreiner Triangle.  Construction took 6 hours and fence is now cow-tight.  

Saturday evening, Feliz ate 3/4s of B's Valentine chocolate bar and Blake had to take action, filling the hound's belly with Hydrogen Peroxide via syringe in hopes of forcing expulsion of the choco.  Notwithstanding the deadly chocolate in her gut and the injected Hydrogen Peroxide, Feliz slept through the night without incident.  

Dean, Rusty, B and Kyle made the Too Shy's debut performance at the GreenDoor.  L didn't make it because of the sick dog.  A decent debut-we even satisfied a few requests.  Jerry Vaughn says come back any time.  Maybe we'll see a photo posted soon.  

Head Count

There are 20 calves now-8 for Triple N and 12 for Dan & Doyle. Don’t expect any more.