Thank God for Neighbors
Oh, it might have been just a little branding. It might have lasted only a few hours. It might have not been a big deal to leg calves out instead of roping them… but we had four neighbors show up to help. For that we are grateful. For that act we will return help at…
Ranch Living Video
This video for the blog, Red Dirt In My Soul, covers the end of February to the fifth of March, 2021. My final video of Valentino, the highway mountain lion kittens, more calving videos from milking mommas to bedding them down with straw… a little feeding from the pickup and spring snow completes this video.
Big Project
I don’t know if this is the time of year to be starting this… cow work will soon consume much of our time… but with the weather warming up, I can work on this out in the shop without freezing to death! Megan has asked me to wood burn her dining table! Initially, we discussed…
#TBT: Atlatl, v.2.0
This was first posted April 9, 2010. My trip to Kaycee’s Rendezvous turned out rather well. I gave my camera to a couple different adults and hoped they’d luck out and get at least one good photo… I was impressed! Most of them turned out quite well! The fourth graders have been studying history…and Kaycee’s…
Wordless Wednesday: “After the Rain”
For a jigsaw puzzle of this photo, go HERE. While I see many things wrong with this photo, the dark red of the wet dirt, the crows on the hill, and the fog laying between the hills still warranted me choosing this for this week’s puzzle.
Hill and Dale
When the bottoms of the draws have melted their last snow and southern slopes gather the sun’s warmth like a down quilt, minuscule shoots of green sneak upwards. It seems to happen slowly, then, BAM!, there’s green almost everywhere. Well, there is if you can see it from a low enough angle. But that minuscule…
Happy Easter!
I hope your holiday was enjoyable… The Ten Sleep town egg hunt was well attended… and Lacee won a bicycle and Reagan won a big stuffed rabbit! My scavenger hunt was well received… Clues could be anywhere… Brandon’s cows did eat one of the clues I taped to the water trough! But the goodies were…
Beneficial and Complete
It’s not much of a scene without an explanation. This is one of our feed grounds, where we spread hay for the cattle this winter. The hay that was tromped into the snow is matted. The piles of manure litter the ground. However, if you look closely, a swath of ground has been drug. Dragging…
Plain Weird
It was sunny. And warm. And not windy. What kind of Easter weekend *is* this? It’s just plain weird! Nevertheless, we carried on as best we could… forced to eat home made pizza while dyeing eggs *outside* on Tess’ picnic table. We toughed it out as best we could. How many kids this weekend dyed…