Early morning on the mountain on my long legged horse… Saddling at 5:30 was the plan, but saddling 8 kids’ horses is rather a chore and then tossing on our five saddles… the guys still ended up driving up the mountain with the sunrise glaring in their eyes. Not often do we have all the…
Category: Family
Yes, It is True
Definitely not our best selfie… but we don’t care! Forty one years and counting…
Princess
Ran over to Worland to see Lacee crowned as the Washakie County Fair Junior Princess. She has a lot more confidence than I did when I was eight! They even asked her questions on stage and her answers were more than just ”world peace”. (anyone get that movie reference?) I’ll include her video in a…
NDotAC
National Day of the American Cowboy. Most people don’t know the difference between a cowboy and a rancher and that’s ok. We’re still out here, backs bent, head down, teeth gritted, meeting whatever comes our way. We’re part of that 1.5% of the population feeding 330 million three meals a day. Sometimes it seems like…
Rodeo Time
Let’s see… It’s super hot… work on the ranch is temporarily on hold… must be time for the Kids Rodeo! Lacee carried the Wyoming flag in the Grand Entry… Jaxon and Quinlan and two others sang the National Anthem… With that… we’re off to another year of competition. First up, the costume contest! Reagan was…
Our ”Ussie”
Two days of riding and moving and bleeding and gathering and shipping and trailing… and today we ALL rode, even little Reagan. We trailed our yearling heifers a few miles downhill… and she rode like a champ. When we were finished, she hitched a ride back with her grandpa in the side by side as…
#TBT: You’ll Be Fine, v.2.0
This was first posted June 24, 2011. As you’re reading this, I’m in Casper. I’ve returned to my mom’s house for a special occasion. My brother and sister-in-law now live in “Southfork”, as my dad named it. <Any guesses to what his favorite TV show was way back when?> Anyway, tomorrow we’ll…
Truly Blessed
First chance to get off his horse and run around like little boys should after 5 or 6 hours in the saddle. He brought me two presents… a small horny toad and a bitterroot flower. I accepted the flower and he let the horny toad go where a horse wouldn’t step on him. He’s worked…
#TBT: Not Even, v.2.0
This was first posted May 20, 2011. Tonight the library hosted Glenda Bell aka Calamity Jane. Her performance/discussion was lively, interesting, and enlightening. However, since we’re on Day 349,710 of RAIN… only 11 people showed up. We had originally planned an ice cream social on the lawn outside the library. Monday, we were smart enough…
#TBT: Stockdog History, v.2.0
This was first posted April 9, 2011. Since it decided to rain today (starting off with a skiff of snow), Vernon did tractor work which left me to work on my house again. I’m getting my closets figured out and reorganized… pulling out a shelf here, adding it there, and moving the rods around. Repainting….
Inspiration
I don’t know quite what I will do, but at tomorrow’s Ledger Art Class, I may decide to use one of the photos of one of my ancestors… I love old photos. My great grandfather, William Charles Burton, in front of his store in Paris, Texas. Or another great grandfather, Kennedy Underwood, shown seated. He’s…