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Neighbors Jack Warden and Mike Langley
looked pretty clean before the wild
cow milking!
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June - August
2010 - Whew! We thought we were cruising along this
summer - just enough rain, hot enough. We've been breaking
the triple digits the last part of July and first part of August.
Ben gets out early to work dogs. Then he shades up until it
starts to cool off in the evening.
A big thanks to
all of you who have brought your dogs for training this summer.
We know it was hot or hotter where you live. The
Pennebaker's from California made a special stop to see us enroute
to family in SE Missouri.
Our son and family
were here over July 4th. Our great nephew and his new bride came
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All of you who
have stopped by to say hi are appreciated.
We're not sure
where the summer went. It started with Ivan and Kylie's
(great nephew) wedding the end of May, Dad's Day in Pawhuska,
cowboy wedding, neighborhood calf fry and family over the 4th,
ranch rodeo, county fairs in August. The big Tulsa State
Fair will be here in September as will the AVCA certification
examinations. Sometime in between the State Fair and exams
the brothers will head for Colorado. Little brother Ben is
thinking a pup tent will be just the thing this year. Check
back to find out what big brother Bernard thought.
Happy Trails, Ben and Leslie |
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Above Ben working Pete for
Brent Bruner.
Right Karly and Braden came with
dad to take Pete home to Cushing, OK. |
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Cowboy Wedding - Oklahoma
Style. The bride arrived in a b-i-g shiny pickup.
Presenting Wayne and Cuchara Mueller, Welch, Oklahoma.
Wayne owns and operates
Cabin Hills Hunting Adventures.
Besides regular hunts, he has youth and handicapped
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Above a bazillion birds
flew in, out and around the house. Tiny was in the
office on patrol. Left Dad's Day in Pawhuska at
the Ben Johnson Memorial Steer Roping was old home
week with Oliver Woolman and Greg Highsmith. |
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Cowboy Junction Men's Ministry
tried their hand at restoring a modern-day covered wagon. |
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Above left Stoney Humble, the
Grasshopper Poster Guy. Right Brian Weaver, Copan, Oklahoma,
picks up Bull. |
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Above Jim Bailey and son,
Missouri, stop by to give a young dog a try. Right
newlyweds Ivan and Kylie Mareth, Joplin, Missouri stop in to
visit Uncle Ben and see him work dogs. |
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Ben checking out the sheep at the
county fair. Sheep checking out Ben. That "muzzle" is to
keep them from eating the wood shavings. |
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Above Tiny putting up with my
picture taking. Right Randy and Kelly Pennebaker and sons stop
by from California with yummy fruit to share. Randy ranches
and uses Border Collies. |
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Above Ben visits with Kurt Ray and
daughter, Missouri when they left their Border Collie Susie
for training. Right the peach king of Oklahoma lives here.
Ben's peach tree produced enough to have peaches every day for
a couple weeks plus share with several friends. They WERE the
best tasting peaches. |
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Above Deputy Sheriff Jack Woodall
at the ranch rodeo. Right storm rolling in. |
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The men of Means setting up the tent. |
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Women of Means taking it down.
The marshmallows were yummy. Chocolate Chip Cookie
Smores! |
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Look close - it's a double rainbow! |
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Friend John Tate, Seneca, Missouri
really took good care of our ram. He literally had him
eating out of his hand - all the way to the pickup. |
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Karen Tate with 2 of her favorite
ewes - mother and daughter. Above Lily Kessel with our
favorite future cowboy Will Fullbright. |
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