Karina Jones is a real-life ranch wife in the Nebraska Sandhills and one of the most highly sought-after speakers in the cattle industry nationwide!
This weekend I chased a little too hard and got myself into a creative situation.
My husband had to go to our south ranch for a few days to deal with yearlings and bulls. Being the independent ranch wife that I am, I took the liberty to tell him, I would keep things rolling in the hayfield.
I got out to a new meadow that hadn’t been opened up yet. It was like a handing a painter a blank canvas. I could do whatever I wanted to do. Well, I took that freedom a little too far. I got to going here there and everywhere. What would look really good from afar was disappointing when I couldn’t hardly see my windrows, so I would go chase hay in another spot. Before I knew it, I was asking myself, “what was I thinking? This is going to be a nightmare to rake.”
But I knew I had about 6 more hours before my husbands return, so my plan was to get it all raked into a pattern that made sense, you know, one with straight lines. He would never know. I jumped into the rake to start throwing together what I had cut the day before. The wind was picking up, like a lot. And my windrows were starting to travel across the meadow. The sky was getting dark. Despite having a 0% chance of rain, a little cloud burst came out of no where and shut me down!
Dang it! I could see my husband coming up the road. He slowed down to see what I had going on. My Plan C was to just not talk about it. I would get up in the morning and rake this nonsensical mess into some organized rows. But then he finally asked the next day, “what were you thinking?” I said, “I’ll get on the rake and fix it.” I don’t know why he didn’t appreciate my creative meadow masterpiece.
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