We just spent 6 days of nice weather working at the ranch. 3″ of rain had fallen since we were last here and the grass growing in the pasture is now about waist high. We were disappointed to see that very few dewberries are on the vines, despite being covered with blooms about a month ago. It appears that the light freeze we had in early April may have hurt. I experienced my first scorpion sting when grabbing a sheet of plywood resting against the wall of the barn. But the most memorable “bad experience” of the trip was getting the tractor stuck in a muddy sinkhole in the middle of the pasture with the 15′ mower attached. It took half a day just to get the mower disconnected and dragged out of the way so I could winch the tractor. Powerwashing off the mud took another couple of hours. On the bright side, added four more piggies to my count for the year, bringing the year to date total to 23. Lightning bugs were flashing all over the pastures when I was stalking the pigs in the dark. Gibbons Creek was flooded, floating my bridge, and covering CR 190 for a short while.