Graham by Katharine E Hamilton

Author:Katharine E Hamilton [Hamilton, Katharine E]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780578674827
Published: 2020-04-30T16:00:00+00:00

He loved weekends on the ranch. Yes, there was still work that needed to be done, but the pace was slower. Restful. He’d sleep in, which typically meant to around seven, cook himself a good breakfast, enjoy his coffee on the porch, knock out any projects around the house, and then he’d drive around the ranch and check the progress of whatever work his brothers’ worked on during the week. It was peaceful, soaking in the fresh dew, the sunrise, the beauty of the land. It also set his mind at ease to come up with a game plan for the next week before checking out completely for the rest of the weekend. He’d make a list, set it by the door and his work boots, and come Monday morning, bright and early, the work he loved would be waiting for him. On his way to his truck he loaded a bag of mineral. If he was to ride around and check on the cows, he might as well check the mineral and the water troughs while he was at it.

“Morning, Graham.” Julia’s voice drifted over to him. She sat on the front porch of the guest house, a cup of coffee in her hand, and fuzzy slippers on her feet.

“Mornin’.”

He wasn’t sure if he should walk over and talk to her, or if just going about his business was the right thing to do. She pardoned him with a simple, “Have a good morning.”

“You too.” He nodded in farewell as he climbed behind the wheel of his truck and set out towards the first pasture. Elbow draped over the open window, the cool breeze of the morning completed his morning wake up routine by crisply teasing his face. It would be another couple of hours before the heat of the day would start creeping up. He aimed to be finished by then. The summer sun was brutal in west Texas, temperatures climbing to over 100 degrees Fahrenheit without delay. Summers called for early mornings, long lunches inside out of the sun, and then once the heat of the day began to decrease, another round of work would proceed late into the evening or night. There were just some days it was too hot to be outside working. Thankfully, the routine of the ranch wasn’t new to him or his brothers, and most of them were able to make those early mornings on time.

He reached the first water trough and also peeked into the mineral bin. Nothing more than an oversized tire cut in half and flipped inside out, it served as the perfect serving bowl for cattle. He hopped out, poured some mineral in the tire, peered into the water trough and though he felt it a little lower than he’d like, wasn’t alarmed. It’d been a hot few days. Water levels would be somewhat low depending on how much water the cattle were consuming. He made a mental note to check water levels at all the water troughs to be sure.

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