Sorry about not posting… for those of you who missed my Facebook posts as well… GoDaddy suspended my account with two days notice. I thought the email was spam or ransomware. So I called and after an hour of holding, I hung up. The next morning (today) I called again. After 45 minutes on hold,…
Throwback Thursday: Splash Zone, v.2.0
This was first published July 1, 2016. Oh, to have this “problem” today! Have you ever been in wet jeans? I mean like, “jump-in-a-swimming-pool” wet? Have you tried to peel them down your legs, or pull them back up? Then, have you tried to move? Like, bend your knees… think… getting on a horse in…
Wordless Wednesday: Pink Cassiopeia
For a jigsaw puzzle of the Northern Lights framing Cassiopeia in pink, go HERE.
The Three Little Chicken (Stories)
Ugh. There. Foreshadowing… 2. A month ago, my hen that goes broody started to act that peculiar way… refusing to get off eggs, “growling” or “rumbling”, whatever you call it when hens are being protective of their nests. Fine. I’ll raise more of my own eggs and hope they aren’t all roosters! So into the…
Last Little Branding
Our last little branding… in black and white. Megan and Victoria roped. Daniel and Brandon and Jaxon wrestled. Quinlan was sick. Tessia tagged. The young girls vaccinated. I branded. We all sought the shade because it was HOT.
Progress
Remember our “all hands on deck” day where we spread that huge plastic tarp for a pond liner? Vernon has been pumping from our solar well in 500’ deep Otter Creek Canyon and piping it about a mile down to fill it up! It’s working! We will put a fence around the pond liner upper…
Parade – George
The next photos are from L.H. It’s late and I didn’t ask permission to use them, so I hope this is ok. But they’re so nice I couldn’t resist.
George
Well, it’s July 3 and the library has an entry in the parade tomorrow morning. You’ve seen “George” take shape… From layering cardboard… To figuring out wing position… To paper mache his distinctive bald eagle head… Then there were all those feathers, thankfully, V. cut them all out for me. Yesterday, George made his debut…
Wordless Thursday: Cloudy Cowgirl
OK, when you get your days mixed up, go with the more popular entries, so no Throwback Thursday, it’s Wordless Thursday instead. For a jigsaw puzzle of Victoria and some beautiful clouds, go HERE.
Trooper
So Victoria brought her finds in with her brother’s help. We made it down to the others… The wind kept howling… and it wasn’t pleasant. Reagan and I took position on the highway to flag vehicles to slow down. The wind had a coolness to it and even sitting in the sxs wasn’t pleasant. The…
Partner
When there’s rough country… Reagan gets to ride with me in my sxs. So somewhere around 6:30 am, she was dropped off, squishy and blanket and snacks and water bottle in hand. We let the chickens out, loaded up, and after miles of zooming on roads, caught up with the cowboys just bridling their horses….
Little Branding
After we trailed in, there were a few young calves to brand. Vaccinating and tagging team were ready. The new roper was ready. The old roper was too. I hauled the electric branding iron around. No pictures of myself. I definitely overheated… but we did it. One more little branding to go!