Bearded Buffalo

 

A week ago when Jonathan and I were taking a ride in between picking up a trencher for the business in Belle Fourche, SD, and waiting through the weekend for my Monday medical appointment in Rapid City, we passed by this "Bearded Buffalo."

Well, of course, I wanted to by all means stop and park where we could get a good picture of it, because it reminded me of my bearded husband--only I think my bearded hubby is much better looking--unless I have botched his haircut, which I did last week so that he looks humiliatingly balder--thanks to me!

Bald or not, he keeps working every day at what we came to do. One project Building Hope Enterprise is doing is this new house (above) near Winner. Another is replacing a door at a police station in Mission, and still another is replacing a door at the church fellowship hall at St. Francis.  

 

(That was being done Wednesday while VBS children gathered in, and you can read about that in another post.)

Yet another project was repairing a wrecked wall of a Dollar General store where some vehicle ran into it down in Valentine, SD.

Jonathan had to figure out a way to keep the rest of the wall and building from falling down while they laid new block where the wrecked wall was.

 

Now the job was done except for painting, but getting the right shade of paint mixed at the hardware store was a story and trial in itself.

 

 Jonathan did such a good job with getting it to match, (sorry he took this picture through the windshield which leaves a bit of greenish reflection) and his Rosebud worker David did the painting. Then Jonathan had to take pictures to prove the work got done, come up with an invoice, and submit the papers to the store manager for signing so he could turn in the invoice for payment. 

These are the kinds of things my bearded buffalo does, day after day, despite how his back hurts, how his ankles ache, or how tired he is after a night of being wakened over and over with storm or cat or other things.