Expect nothing and be grateful for everything

The abundance of flies midsummer on a ranch makes milking then a wildly different experience from early spring. The sizzling, dusty heat of the prairie is a fly’s favorite weather, especially when the hot winds die back in the early evening. In other words, evening is a buggy, sweaty disaster of a time to be milking outdoors. Morning is only slightly better, as the sun’s heat starts to spread…