Baymule’s Farm

[baymule]

I have 4 or 5 more ewes to lamb in the middle field. They are due now or soon. I think I have 19 in the front field to lamb, from now through February. Lamb explosion!

 

[baymule]

I went to the Sheriffs pancake supper last night. Took my new neighbor Catherine, from Switzerland. Met a couple I met there last year, they are from Miami and they brought their neighbor Dave. We all had a rip roaring good time. Donations are accepted, at the end of the school year, any graduating Trinity county student can apply for a scholarship to a trade school.

The Grinch showed up and tried to steal presents from Santa Claus. A couple of deputies tackled him, handcuffed him and made him sit next to Santa and be nice to children as punishment.

People who brought new unwrapped gifts for kids put their name in a bowl for a drawing. The Sheriff’s little boy drew the names and 3 people were awarded thermal coffee mugs.

There was pancakes of course, also scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon and Woody’s World Famous Jalapeno Cheese Grits. Plus a table with all kinds of fruit, tea and coffee. It was held at the YMCA Camp Cullen. This is the third one I’ve gone to there and it is a nice evening out.

Every law official from surrounding counties were there, plus county officials from Trinity county. Talk about a place crawling with cops! Lots of people turned out to come have a good time and support the scholarship program.

I talked to the Sheriff, the Chief Deputy and the District Attorney, complimented them on a job well done, the collection of evidence, lots and lots of evidence, scores of experts who processed that evidence and the experts who testified. It was a slam dunk. Our rural county deputies stepped up when confronted with a horrible double murder and did their job. The Chief Deputy said it was his first case like that. Most of the crime here is drug related, or some idiot with warrants who decides to run from the cops on a traffic stop.

My new neighbor Catherine had a wonderful time and was glad I asked her to go. I told my friends from Miami to come to the Sheriff’s breakfast in Groveton next month, then come to my house and we’d visit awhile.

 

[SPedigrees]

You've had quite the week!

I was on a sequestered jury for a murder case once long ago. The trial lasted longer than a week, about ten days I think. We voted to acquit. It was quite the experience!

Isn't fat Granny the one who failed to recognize one of her two lambs last year? If two confused her, what will she do if she has 3 or more?

 

[baymule]

Yes fat Granny rejected one of her babies last year. She is so fat, was fat before she was bred, she may have a hard time giving birth. I'm watching her closely.

 

[baymule]

Busy morning! I had to leave at 8:00 and pickup my sister in law to get her to physical therapy by 9:00. I was doing chores and there was Mango with a lamb!

I didn’t have time to deal with her, so I shut her up in the small night one, right where she was. I shut the other ewes out of the bigger night pen, they went out on the field.

It only happens when I’m in a time crunch…..

The sheep I’m caring for while my friends sell their house, find another and move are sweet girls. I placed pallets around their hay on the one side to block my greedy girls from eating it. There is a wire hog panel on their side so they can access the hay.

This one must have had a party on top of the bale and fell off. At least she wasn’t hurt and it was easy to open one end of the pallet fence and get her back in their pen.

 

[Marie2020]

Busy morning! I had to leave at 8:00 and pickup my sister in law to get her to physical therapy by 9:00. I was doing chores and there was Mango with a lamb!

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I didn’t have time to deal with her, so I shut her up in the small night one, right where she was. I shut the other ewes out of the bigger night pen, they went out on the field.

It only happens when I’m in a time crunch…..

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The sheep I’m caring for while my friends sell their house, find another and move are sweet girls. I placed pallets around their hay on the one side to block my greedy girls from eating it. There is a wire hog panel on their side so they can access the hay.

This one must have had a party on top of the bale and fell off. At least she wasn’t hurt and it was easy to open one end of the pallet fence and get her back in their pen.

Perhaps she found the eggnog

 

[Marie2020]

I was called in for jury duty Monday, I was chosen. It was a Capital Murder case. We had to be there at 7:45, I had to leave my house at 7. That meant that I was out in the dark doing chores. It was so foggy Tuesday morning that my headlight only went out 2-3 feet in front of me. I got lost. In my oun field, I got turned around and finally found the fence, fed the horse and stumbled my way back to the gate at the driveway aaaannnnddddd my headlight went out. I went and got a flashlight.


With flashlight, out in the dark what did I find?

I had to pull the T-post, then dig out the pallet, so I could free the ewe. I made it to court in time and wasn’t late!

I got home each day right before dark and had to hurry to get animals fed and watered. It was a hard schedule, I'm used to DAYLIGHT.

14 people chosen, 12 jurors and 2 alternates. We sat in padded chairs with no arms and no leg room. We did get 10 minute breaks from time to time. Me being the smart a$$ that I am, I pulled funny quips out and split the group up in laughter. One lady said she liked to people watch. I told her to go to Walmart and watch the Wal-Martians. It took a moment for that to sink in..... A young man said Wal-Martians? I replied do you know a better name for them? Everybody cracked up. Then there was one bathroom with 2 toilet stalls. The men and women took turns. I came out one day to find another lady waiting and blurted out, I kept the seat warm for ya'. Lunch was brought in for us, we were not allowed to leave until the end of the day. The judge cautioned us to not talk to anybody or look up the case on the internet.

Even though the alarm was set for 5:00, I woke up at 3:30 every morning. My eyes were bloodshot and I was a zombie. This was a sick and twisted case, lies and more lies, horrible people. The son and his wife murdered his mom and stepfather, burned their bodies in the front yard and scattered ashes and dirt over 3 counties.

We listened to testimony of many different experts in their field of forensic evidence, 4 different cell phone experts that traced their movements, where they went, text messages, and calls. We watched hours and hours of interviews with the suspects and the sheriff. We watched a video of the man buying a buggy load of charcoal and lighter fluid at Lowes. Pictures of their home, a torture chamber, and office. All were filthy, crammed with crap and needed to be bulldozed down. 3 kids ages 14 to 5, CPS was there to pick them up when the couple was arrested. That is all I know about those children, I pray for them. The murders occurred in 2022, so the oldest may be 17 or 18 by now.

The wife turned evidence on her husband, but had lied repeatedly, so was she finally telling the truth? Her deal is 40 years, then gets deported to Mexico, she was brought here as a 3 year old.

We deliberated 30 minutes, could have reached a verdict in less than 5 minutes, but we gave it 30. Guilty of Capital Murder, life without parole.

I live in a poor rural county. Not much going on here. I'm proud of our sheriff's department. What we lack in resources was made up by the gathering of evidence. Lots and lots of evidence, many items and then some more. Things were sent out all over the state to be processed and analyzed by experts in their field. The 5 gallon buckets of dirt and human ashes were recovered and analyzed, teeth were recovered and matched to dental records. It was amazing.

Justice was served.

Trial ended Friday late afternoon. I took the weekend to hug my dogs, newborn lambs and just decompress from the horror of the week. I've responded to jury calls all my life and have never been chosen to serve on a jury. Finally at age 70, i was chosen and what an education it has been. The legal system is not perfect, but it works. It cannot work without your participation. When you are called up, go. Do your duty to the state, your town, your community. Help keep this the great country that it is.

At least they have relatively good sentences where you are. Unlike here.