This was first posted September 21, 2015. PREG TEST DAY. It’s an institution around here… There’s no getting sick or missing this day because something else is going on! It’s like gathering in the badlands, or sale day, or shipping day. It’s the day so many things come together. If a cow isn’t pregnant… she…
Author: Carol
Wordless Wednesday: The Grandfather Post
Your grandfather probably planted this post when he was a kid. It’s seen so much. Gnarled and weathered, he still stands. For a jigsaw puzzle of this post, go HERE.
Vet Check
Running heifers through the chute also gives us a chance to check their general health. With The Good Doctor there, we have the opportunity to fix the problem. Case #1: Bad case of pinkeye. With the white pimpley part there, the eye is on its way to healing on its own. We helped with some…
Slightly Disappointing
We preg tested our heifers today. It was cool with serious clouds and rain showers blowing around. I just knew as I drove up that we’d be standing around, hunched against the rain all day. Well, luckily (or not), that didn’t happen. We kept our coats on… but managed to discard the hats and scarves…
Birthday
Happy birthday, Quinlan! How did this happen so fast? The Northern Lights came out to play on your birthday… maybe not the best photo ever, but you can see the Big Dipper and Polaris quite well!
Football
Quinlan and Jaxon got to play on Ten Sleep’s new Kevin Anderson Memorial Field today. Along with our new school, we also got a new football field. The scoreboard finally works, so here we go! Unfortunately, the view from the bleachers is not good. A lot of the game was centerfield. We’re also now separated…
The Race Is On
I had planned on cleaning my house, but Vernon called and wanted my opinion about the corral design, so I quickly and happily abandoned my dishes and drove to the corral rebuild. My design layout was not quite what was on the ground, so I needed to update it with new measurements. Since we will…
Throwback Thursday: Longmire, v.2.0
This was first posted September 11, 2015. Another day of library work… nothing too special there. But today was the premiere of Season Four of my favorite television show on Netflix, and I just had to watch tonight! If you’ve followed me very long, you know I’m a fan of Craig Johnson who writes the Walt Longmire…
Wordless Wednesday: Another Smoky Day
For a jigsaw puzzle of another smoky day, go HERE.
Wallow
After moving the heifers, I requested Jaxon’s help. I’ve still not finished cementing in my foundation rocks. Nothing like teaching the grandkids some life skills along the way! We need more mortar mix to finish, so it was break time. Five minutes after I sat down, the first elk bugled. Of course, we had to…
Hooray for Stock Drives
Heifers were gathered and we moved them along… Once we had made it the mile to the graveled county road, things were easy. Wyoming has what is known as official stock drives. Even the paved highway I live on is a stock drive. That usually means that fences are set well back from road edges,…
Okay Then
Gathering our heifers today… We had most of them in the corner and were waiting for Tess And Daniel to show up, hopefully, with more heifers. Our view was blocked by the hillside. Lorelei laughingly said if she was a bit taller, she could see them. There followed a discussion of good horses and good…