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Back to the Ridge

Posted on September 29, 2023

Way back when, I wrote about looking for some fossil plants out on Big Cedar Ridge. Well, today I returned, but this time with Lorelei and Lacee’s fourth grade class. We had the BLM archaeologist along and me. I only know what I’ve read, since I’m an archaeologist and not a paleontologist. It was enough…

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#TBT: Red Dirt Girl, v.2.0

Posted on September 28, 2023

This was first posted September 29, 2012. In case you haven’t been following my Twitter feed (also posted on the side bar and on Red Dirt’s Facebook page), I’ve been in Casper the past few days attending the Wyoming Library Association’s convention. This is only my second one… last year it was in Cheyenne… and…

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Wordless Wednesday: Butte-iful

Posted on September 27, 2023

For a jigsaw puzzle of our beautiful Fossil Butte, go here.

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Memory Lingers

Posted on September 26, 2023

The creak of leather and horseshoes on rock. The squelch of mud as you cross a boggy spring. A calf bawls for its mom and ten cows reply. The panting of dogs gets louder then recedes as they weave behind the herd in an intricate pattern. A barely perceptible swiiiiish as tall grass grazes your…

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Weaning Day Photos

Posted on September 25, 2023

I always have soooooo many photos… and I forget to post some of them. From weaning day… Anyone seen Brandon? He squeezes Calypso between the corral and salt shed.

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My Job

Posted on September 24, 2023

My job at preg testing is a simple one. Help keep the alleyway full of cows and make sure they go in the chute in a timely manner. I don’t swish the cows together tightly nor do I have to force them in the chute. In fact, most of the time, I’m not right there,…

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Supervisor

Posted on September 23, 2023

Our Fossil Butte supervises our preg test day… I took many photos in the mercurial light of morning…

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Boonies

Posted on September 22, 2023

Three days of riding and working cattle… I was pretty tired by the end of the last day. I’m usually trying to find a different perspective to our work, since I’ve been blogging for so long, I wonder how I can change things up. All my posts are searchable, so it’s easy to find all…

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#TBT: Tag Team, v.2.0

Posted on September 21, 2023

This was first published September 23, 2012. We moved 70 or so pairs a couple of miles today.  It was warm on the mountain, though we all came prepared with jackets or sweatshirts… never quite trusting that it won’t be cold and breezy! Lucas really wanted to come, but I think it would have been…

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Wordless Wednesday: Early Start

Posted on September 20, 2023

For a jigsaw puzzle of this morning’s sunrise, go HERE.

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No Complaints

Posted on September 19, 2023

Summer has flown by and fall work commences. There’s a crispness to the night air and leaves are turning. Time for one of my favorite rides… Morning found us gathering our mountain pasture. The cows are plenty happy… there’s still green grass and good spring water and it hasn’t snowed yet, so they took more…

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Barn Talent

Posted on September 18, 2023

It’s strange sometimes, how little details combine into a new experience. I had noticed in one booth was artwork on horse nose bags. We used these at Girl Scout National Center West and I’m very well acquainted with these canvas bags that hold feed. Ours were dirty as expected, these were white and gorgeous. Then…

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Carol, Wyoming rancher

Since 2008, I’ve kept this photographic journal of life on our working Wyoming ranch.  I share ranch work, my family, crafts and DIY, my English Shepherds, Bravo and Indy, and a love for this land.  Enjoy this red dirt country!

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