For those of you who are new here, or those of you with a memory like mine, I have a treat for you. Allow me to present: Ten Things Tuesday on a day that may or may not be a Tuesday.
This living in the country is new to me. I lived in a suburbian ecosystem for many years. That’s not to say I lived an overly sheltered life, but those are stories for another day, many of which have already been published on this blog. Ahem.
But, wait! There's more...It’s All In Your Shrunken Head
It would seem the Ingram-Bandera area has a thing for heads. Today I bring you a two-headed goat, and a couple shrunken heads, one of which is human. (If you’re squeamish you might want to read something else, like Cat-butt-tongue water or watch the bull castration video I made on a Texas ranch. On second thought, if you’re squeamish you probably stopped reading this blog a long time ago. Ok, never mind.)
But, wait! There's more...That nice cowboy who took me to see bulls being castrated, and ride in a hay bailing tractor got me hooked on Duck Dynasty. Yeah, he’s a real romantic. But have you seen Duck Dynasty?? It’s the best reality show on TV. WAIT! Don’t go! I’m sorry I used a … But, wait! There’s more…
The smell of money stinks. No, really. Money smells like shit. Literally, like shit. Cow shit, chicken shit, and the gasses produced by drilling for oil all smell horrid and are toxic if inhaled for too long. But methane (cow), ammonia (chicken), and hydrogen sulfide (oil drilling) are the smell … But, wait! There’s more…
As promised in the previous post, this is about the softer side of ranch life and farming. In the video below I got to ride in a tractor pulling a hay rake, and watch a baler make huge round bales, all while watching cowboys sweat. Coolest. Thing. Ever. (Follow this … But, wait! There’s more…
I chronicled A Day In the Life of a Texas Cattle Rancher for all you out there in Reader Land so you could get a slice of what Texas ranch life is like, too. (Ok, bad pun. Sorry.)
It’s an honest, tough life, and a bit brutal at times. Ranchers make no apologies for supplying America with much of their meat in the manner which it’s been done for years. Nor should they.
BE FOREWARNED!! This video will make you cringe – at the very least. This is raw footage of a bull being castrated, given its shots, and an ear tag. (I’m sure to lose readers over this. If you’re new here, just know I’ve never posted anything like this before and don’t plan to make a habit of it.) This video is not for the squeamish or vegetarian or anyone who doesn’t want their “meat-grows-in-plastic-packages-on-trees-and-is-harvested-for-the-supermarket” view of food consumption to be challenged.
But, wait! There's more...Yeah, this happens here. Welcome to Cow Country.
Remember when I told you all how the bovine population outnumbered the human population in this town by ten to one? Even knowing that I was still amazed (and rather delighted) to see this little brown calf arrive at the park on a boat.
But, wait! There's more...In the middle of nowhere, just outside of Columbus, Texas, you’ll find a huge general store full of the not-so-general. And a lot of “recycled” (aka “garbage”) art. Started in 2006, the Industrial Country Market, and its many structures, are all self-sustaining and fully “off-grid”. Wandering around the large grounds, … But, wait! There’s more…
There it was, Cinderella’s Coach. It was sitting just off the highway in La Grange, Texas, the town most notable for the ZZ Top song of the same name. Now all I need is to find my glass slipper and that illusive Prince. Buy custom products at Kernut’s Zazzle store … But, wait! There’s more…
(*hat tip* to Bluz Dude at Darwinfish 2 for the title idea) The Tale of the Tail I’ve been creating a tree nursery for the park by germinating such things as Pomegranates, Wisteria, Jacaranda, Cheesewood, and Giant Sequoias. (Heh, I don’t pick the seeds, they were already here just collecting … But, wait! There’s more…
