Heifer Check, Check? Right...
Only two more calves today. Of course, I haven't made my 10 o'clock run yet!
Thanks for everyone's concern for Dally. She's perking up a little bit. She went along feeding this morning which involved jumping onto and off of the hay trailer. She'd try to land sidewise, protecting that left side. Once though she was going to join in with Elsa and bark at the four wheeler... it must have hurt to inhale that much... and her bark quickly turned into a yelp. I'm sorry, I laughed! The fresh 6" of snow on top of the old has made her stick to the ruts and not cross through the deep snow. She's tough.
I haven't had time to prepare my petroglyph photographs yet, so tonight I thought I'd just mention Hell's Half Acre. Remember that entry? I went down to Casper to see my mother the first weekend in November and I later shared some memories of the old cafe and scenic spot along the highway. On my way home this time, I did a double take.
It's gone. The cafe sat right there by the power poles and it is gone. Vernon told me the day he drove down for Mom's funeral, the backhoe was there tearing it down. It seems so sad...
For those who really feel in the calving mood... (those of you who volunteered to come help!) I've embedded my video from last year's calving season. This year would have been quite a bit whiter... and Daniel is in school right now... but you get the idea.
Heifer 4 from Carol Greet on Vimeo.
At some point, I'll video some calving this year, but I'll wait for blue sky... and all we've had is dismal grey skies. But believe me, we are thrilled NOT to be calving in four feet of snow!! I don't know how you do that!
Well, I'm off to do the heifer check...
Tomorrow I'll *really*really* try to prepare those petroglyph photos.
So sad to have Hell's Half Acre's cafe gone! Without it many people will never stop and see the beauties of nature in that location. I was always in awe the several times I was there.
Glad Dally is on the mend. Bless her heart, she must be a toughie.
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Glee, I agree, from the highway it doesn't look like you should bother stopping... perhaps someone would put picnic tables or something there...
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Glad to hear Dally is getting around a little better. I'm sure Dally will keep an eye on the heifer that did it. They seem to know how to get revenge! All I can say is, look out heifer!
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Sara, we'll see... there's 80 heifers back there... but if someday she rips into one, I'll know why!
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Thanks for the calving video!! WOWOWOWOW!!!
It's a really great look into how people can work silently, side by side, having a common goal. Not that men talk all that much anyway, but it was poetry watching them work in tandem... and when the cow realized they were going to help her birth that monster baby, it all just flowed...
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Robin, I'm SO GLAD you enjoyed it! Greets have been known to be VERY quiet... go watch my Red Dirt in my Soul video... I mention it in there! But they've worked together since Daniel was a little guy, so words aren't needed, besides, talking can make the cows nervous, better to keep your mouth shut!
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My womanly parts just ran away screaming.
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