I have reason to fear the wind. The large cottonwood tree that was struck by lightening last year had it's top 50' blown off Saturday evening. I was standing in the kitchen talking on the phone to a lady about a horse and watched it fall. It was a truly awesome sight. That tree has needed to come down but my sister-in-law and I have watched the menfolk walk round and round it determining which way it would fall when cut and how they were going to do it to bring it down on their terms without endangering the fence, barn, or house. Well, problem solved. At this point we still have a gigantic 30' "stick" standing but it can now be dropped without damaging anything else. It's interesting to me that the main truck of the tree that's now on the ground was hollow! No wonder the dang thing was dead!

I didn't work much over the weekend as the storms kept me taking an hour at a time to make sure I had power - although we never lost it. I did call a lady in the Kansas City area who's needing to unload young horses and I think I'll make a trip up there Thursday or Friday to take a couple off her hands. Her prices are very good as she's in need of getting this done. They are young though which means I'll have plenty of time to reaquaint myself with horse training long before I saddle and drop my butt up there. Naturally, this will add to the spring planning as I would ideally like a round pen for working with the horses. The logical place is directly where Ed wanted to put a second cow pasture. We'll see who wins this one eh?

The day has warmed up and I'm finished working so I'll head out for the afternoon feeding.