I had timed it perfectly… coming down the mountain at sunset. At one point, driving into the sunset, I thought I saw ears above the leaves of sagebrush and dried wildflowers. Fifty feet later, Mr. Fox was eating his supper. Then one hundred yards further… Not huge, but it’s always fun to see elk!
Back Up
Back up the mountain to vaccinate calves… We were a little lighter on manpower, but still finished by noon. We then met up with Victoria and had a nice relaxing afternoon. Matthew brought down this amazing rock… doesn’t it look like dragon scales?
Throwback Thursday: Salsa, v.2.0
This was first posted September 13, 2016. The week *was* planned. Somehow, Mother Nature didn’t get the memo. We were to ride the mountain pasture today, gathering the cattle and putting them in the horse pasture for overnight… Then weaning tomorrow. Semi trucks had been ordered. The corral had undergone some repairs. Then the cold…
Wordless Wednesday: Rabbit Brush
For a jigsaw puzzle of this blooming rabbit brush, go HERE.
Nasty Stuff
I was hanging out at Daniel’s by the corral… supposedly waiting on the electrician who was late. Bravo and Indy had jumped out to run around for a bit, but soon came back limping. Ugh. There’s goat heads down there, so I bent down, and sure enough, pulled goat heads out of their paws. Then…
Tin Up
It’s getting close. What else do you do over Labor Day but work? One more wall and the corners and it’ll be ready to take to the mountain. Yay!
Sports Season
Sports season has arrived and I’ll soon renew my subscription to the high school sports network. I like watching the kids, but I prefer to avoid the hours of travel! Lacee and Lorelei are in middle school volleyball. Jaxon is middle school 6 man football with only six kids on his team! Quinlan is on…
A Few More
I can’t help myself… I need to share a few more of those black and whites from the other day because I like them so much!
Medal Celebration
We interrupt this ranch blog to once again talk of library life! We officially celebrated the winning of our IMLS National Medal with an ice cream social. We played our construction video, our Wyoming PBS video and our trip video on our three TVs. We had our medal mounted and framed. We had a copy…
Throwback Thursday: Lost Eleven, v.2.0
This was first posted September 3, 2016. It’s time to move the yearling heifers to the home place. We knew when we leased this gorgeous pasture, that it was going to be difficult to gather… too many trees, shrubs, springs, trails, roads… and… we were right! We started off bright and early… and had a…
Wordless Wednesday: Umbrella Cloud
For a jigsaw puzzle of this umbrella cloud go HERE. And… that bonus photo of Brother Coyote…
Those Clouds
Reagan and I caught up with the cowboys. Everyone was ready to shed their coats and we become popular as a storage unit. It was also about 10:00 and I began to share a meat stick snack. My brand new package didn’t last long! Then the clouds rolled in and the wind picked up and…