Win some, lose some...

[hotwine]

Thanks, WD. We've got a good calf crop, and would sure hate to lose any. The mature animals can climb out of the way of rising water (usually), but new-borns have to struggle. The mother cows must have led 'em to safety in plenty of time, encouraged by the hired hands.

That old creek could sure tell us the tales, and they would begin with stories of the wines that have been made from the mustang grapes that are so abundant along its banks; I've got some that I've been nursin' now since 1980. And after a rise, there will nearly always be an arrowhead or two appear along the sandy banks, and sometimes other stone tools - and once, part of a mastodon's jawbone containing three teeth. Really a fascinating place. But the pockets of quicksand can be kind of tricky when a fellow gets all engrossed in fly-fishing, and doesn't pay attention to what's happening. Then there's the cottonmouths....