The last batch of cows were preg tested. There was no school today since the school always manages days off during the beginning of hunting season. That left quite the line of horses tied to the outside of the corral! The girls were freed to occupy themselves. Jaxon helped out in the corral. Quinlan left…
Throwback Thursday: Shop Difference, v.2.0
This was first published October 19, 2016. It all began with opening a door… as so many journeys do! Remember when the humongous door fell off the shop when Daniel opened it??? and I was SO grateful that it didn’t hurt or kill him??? Well, we knew it was time for overhead doors. Easier to…
Wordless Wednesday: Traffic Coming
Before the rain… how could you tell traffic was coming your way? For a jigsaw puzzle of this dust cloud, go HERE.
Soaker
Before this bout of dampish weather, I’d been trying to think of any way to get water out and about on the prairie. It’s dust out there. I’ve thought that perhaps if we have a water tank for the cows, I’d like to run the excess out and across the prairie. It usually just runs…
Scrape By
Another overcast day with a few sprinkles. The mountain was socked in and muddy and we had to cancel our scheduled preg test day. That gave me time to help L. scrape the floor of the bunkhouse. Lots of stuck tar paper and little tiny nails they’d used to nail down some peeling tiles. Sometimes…
Terrific
What a wonderful day… intermittent rain… fog… mud! For heavens sake! It actually ran a bit instead of just soaking into the ground. We only got .54” but my! What a difference. There’s even more in the forecast. No pic of the gloomy but terrific day.
Down
Usually by the first of October, we have our cows off the top of the mountain. We are a bit late this year, but the grass up top was still good. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to go along this year as I was working at the library. I really missed going. Megan provided these photos….
Revisit
Remember how we’ve remade our corral? It’s much bigger… made of continuous fence… metal fencing welded into place. It’s fallen on me to paint things around here, barn, calving shed, outbuildings, but when I asked if we were painting the corral, everyone got a blank look. I thought about having a paint party… I do…
Throwback Thursday: Yellowstone Steam, v.2.0
This was first posted October 8, 2016. I mean, really… you HAVE to check out the steam in Yellowstone whether it’s from geysers, fumaroles, or vents. We didn’t go to the most famous… Old Faithful gets all the publicity, but we’ve “been there/done that”, and we wanted to take the time to see the lesser…
Wordless Wednesday: Hidden in the Shadows
For a jigsaw puzzle of Chexie playing “do you see what I hear?”, go here. Photo courtesy of Tess.
Bunkhouse Tin
The bunkhouse has a new roof. Which left a bit of tin… So… what to do… And… Then I had a couple more inspirations… I’ll show those later. But I managed to attach them to my gate. I will see how they hold up in the Wyoming wind. It needs something else… but I will…
Tank Check
Vernon had me run up to check on a water tank. We will have cattle here soon and need the backup water. I saw a few antelope… and water being pumped up from the canyon was still cool even after traveling up the 500’ from the bottom. The dogs were appreciative. The storage tank is…