The Pony Brigade is busy practicing for the kids’ rodeo this Saturday. Stay tuned for cuteness.
Fired Up
I was going to babysit Jaxon, Lacee, and Reagan… and we had zipped over to Megan’s house to pick them up from her round of babysitting. We had just jumped in the side by side for the quick journey. Back at our gate, Vernon helped unload the older kids and while I adjusted Reagan in…
Back In Business
Dog-gone rocks! Vernon and the boys are trying to hay… despite afternoon rain showers that seem to target each field as it’s cut. The heat wave we’ve had the past week or so does dry the hay fast… so Vernon zooms and makes hay while that sun shines… Unfortunately, the baler flung a rock into…
Better View
Have you ever seen people just stop in the middle of the road… like they own the whole world or something??? Then everyone has to go *around* them… isn’t it sooooo irritating? Well, that was us. Three semi loads of yearling heifers stopped on the county road and a loading chute pulled up by a…
Blood Draw
After bringing the heifers back home, the heat was increasing… and we left them in the corral to take it easy and not get doubly stressed. The next morning, bright and cool… we met again to draw their blood. Why? It’s now possible to pregnancy test after a month to see if all of our…
Wordless Wednesday – “Taking Them Home”
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Wyoming Morning
The boys and I were horseback, Vernon and Johnny on their four wheelers, when we went down to get the heifers and bring them home. They were in a pasture only a few miles from the corral… we had put them there after AI-ing them, then later we moved them across the creek, but took…
Steers
It seems like every day has a beginning around cow work. Temperatures have been rising, so an early start is preferable! The other day we shipped our steers. The buyer has bought them before. He’s down in Nebraska. We begin by weighing them because we said they’d weigh 825 ponds when we sold them. We…
Small World
As I wandered the Ten Sleep Rodeo grounds, trying, unsuccessfully, to walk Miss Reagan into her afternoon nap… I spied a friend talking with other people I didn’t recognize. But what really caught my eye, was a handsome dog also standing in the group. I had to ask. “HI! Excuse me, but what breed is…
Aftermath
After the parade… After the rodeo… After returning home… Vernon was napping, and I was watching out the window at a darkening sky. I have multiple weather apps on my iPad. A quick click or two, and I saw the radar with an evil pink eye headed straight for us. A weather alert for severe…
Life, Liberty, and Longmire
With two weeks notice, we pulled off another Longmire float for Craig Johnson and the Friends of the Ten Sleep Library! The 4th of July parade’s theme was “Give Me Liberty”, so we modified it just a touch! Our version was “Give me Life, Liberty, and Longmire” The book covers we used on our first…