County Fair Weigh In

I have got to learn to carry my camera wherever I go!  Everyones blog is so filled with beautiful pictures; and my blog is usually picture free because I never seem to remember to grab it or it isn't ready.

Today was county fair weigh in's for the beef project.  My daughter has a beautiful black steer that she named the Great Melinko.  He is a Maine Anjou crossbred and weighed 940 pounds.  For us that means he is right on track and should weigh between 1400 and 1500 pounds for the show.

We usually raise a show steer with a freezer steer so they have each other as company.  This year due to our economic situation we decided to raise this years' show steer with the heifer that was shown last year.  The heifer was bred after fair and is due on June 24th.  We are very excited as we have always had steers...this means we will be having our first beef baby!  Is anyone else getting ready for the upcoming show season?

Last year's show steer on left; last year's show heifer on right.

Is it me...?

Is it me?  Lately, as I am responding to posts, I hit the submit button and ... nothing happens.  I wait and wait, then finally I get tired of waiting and hit the button again.  This time it works, great right?  Nope, now my comment is posted multiple times.  Very frustrating!  Any ideas (besides being patient)?

While I have your attention, I am also wondering what blogging etiquette is for comments.  I read so many great blogs, but by the time I get to them there are so many responses that anything I have to say is already said.  I truly want the author to know that I am reading (I read about 99% of all the blogs I follow), but don't want to sound like I am copying someone else or dumb.

I would love to hear if any of you have ideas on these subjects!  Are there etiquette rules for blogging?  Thank you for your responses!