Sprouting Grass Moon
April 23, 2024... a beautiful evening as the full moon comes over the eastern horizon. Some call this full moon the "Pink Moon". I think one of the other names "The Sprouting Grass Moon" is more appropriate. And the view of cattle across the lake... Wow! And if you notice... "Who said cattle can't walk on water?"
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Thanks Robin for the pics.
Good Rain
A lot happening on the ranch today... good rain on most of the ranch and on the west side... the dams hardly picked up any runoff. Not so in breaks to the south and above our big dam. We have one dam that we will probably lose. We lost one calf during the night... was not sick... but it has the appearance of a possible lightning strike. 2.05" measured at headquarters... more in the breaks... less over west.... typical thunderstorm pattern.
God's Garden is Starting to Bloom
We are blessed already to see some of the wild flowers of the Northern Plains come into their splendor. Some of the photos below are of blossoms yet to come.
The Babies Are Growing
The babies are growing.
Our Old Barn
OK... I am stepping out here. We are entitled to our opinions, however I am convinced that opinions are many times based upon little thought and more often than not... "What somebody else thinks".
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I want to share with you photos of our old barn here on the ranch. It Is not abandoned.... It is used everyday... the decision has been made through the years to put love and labor into it so that it stands useful and as a reminder of what proper stewardship is. Photos of old dilapidated buildings have somewhat become "art"... when often times they should serve more as a reminder of carelessness. Now I have some old buildings on the ranch as well, but speaking for myself... I want to be a good steward of what God has entrusted to me... Past... Present... and Future.
Curlews... They Are Back
Hunter and His Hereford
Hunter and his Hereford
Time to Head Home
Well the fun week had to end... Hunter was getting ready to get go and get on a jet plane and check out how his daddy, Jacob, was doing. So the Reinhold crew got together half way through chores and riding and all the other things that you do on an April morning on the ranch for a final pic. Thanks Grady C. for taking the photo. We had a good and blessed time with this sweet little boy and his mommy. Hunter let us know that his mommy was sort of wanting to see his daddy, Jacob, as well. Family is important around here... Thank you Lord for your blessings.
Gone to Sturgis
Hunter took all the ladies to Sturgis today to hear his Grandma Robin speak to the ladies of the Northern Hills Connection. An outreach of Stonecroft Ministries. Robin said they had a very nice gathering of around eighty on a very blustery day.
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A fun note... Robin's mother Ellen Paulton and Larry's mother, Vicky Reinhold were at one time regular speakers at these gatherings around the region. A great ministry indeed.
Dobesh Ranch Branding
I am not sure how many years ago that I first met Frank Dobesh. But he has always been an encourager to our family and the outreach of Rainbow Bible Ranch. My dad, Tige Reinhold and Frank enjoyed their Hereford cattle. Thanks for the opportunity to work with your family and all the guys from South Dakota State University. I sure enjoyed it.
Sunday Afternoon Thoughts from LBR
Sunday Afternoon Thoughts from LBR
One September day in the mid eighties, my dad and I were riding in a wagon. Dad had the reins to a team of young horses named Freckles and Wildfire. We had a runaway due to an equipment malfunction. Dad was quite seriously injured in the crash that ensued. I on the other hand landed on my head and shoulder and since then I have jokingly stated that was the reason I did not get hurt as bad.
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Perhaps there is a lesson here apart from the runaway team? And I do have your attention, as well.
Over the years I have heard the phrase, "Hitch your wagon". Perhaps I relate due to the fact that it still had some meaning to the generation that came before me on the ranch. Ralph Waldo Emerson referred to "hitching your wagon to a star".
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However, I have asked myself often, "To whom or what have I hitched my wagon"?
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Caution to be adhered to is simply... "Who or what do you want to 'hitch your wagon' ... What is the outcome ahead... Positive... Negative?... Will you and what you have and those that are in your care be compromised?
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Honestly... I have a concern by what I see in this day and age that many have not considered the outcome of their decisions. Each must take ownership of the path to which they follow and what they have "hitched" to. Too many have hitched their wagon to policy and politicians... status and celebrity ... fortune and position... spiritualism and religiousity ... Certainly there are other possibilities as well.
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It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in humans. Ps. 118:8
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Sadly many that claim to follow God... have ignored the refuge found in the Lord and have put themselves in blind enslavement because they have thrown their trust to human kind...
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Where is your "wagon hitched"? Finally, If you would like to comment on this post, please consider doing so with Scripture.
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But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:15
Raising the "TV"
I like to call myself somewhat the "Dreamer and Schemer"... yes those are my words. However, to complete the projects that I dream up, requires good and capable help. I am blessed with that as well. This is what Danny pulled off for us. The piano came out of an early day business in Deadwood. Even though the piano was beautiful, it would not hold a tune at all. No problem... "We have a plan". This will be in the main hall and Danny has not only fabricated the mechanics of this, he also replace the casters so that we can move it anywhere to be utilized for any setting or event. Good job Danny. And yes this was not only a carpentry task... it did include some welding as well.
Water is Flowing
Water is flowing... Lonetree Creek...Coyote Draw... Water running into Reinhold Lake and that means that the "Paneks Dam and Twin Draws Dam (Pictured) are full and running over. We have ponds and reservoirs that have been dry and nearly dry for a couple of years holding some water now. We are going to need more. This moisture was so nice.
