They had overnighted in the holding pen. Bawling for their mothers, calling to their calves, until through sound, sight, and smell, they reunited themselves and lay down… content. Their early morning peace was disturbed by the pickup and horse trailer that arrived and discharged its cargo of three ponies and five horses. Each gathered by…
Author: Carol
#TBT: Time To Be A Cowboy, v.2.0
This was first posted July 17, 2010. One of my favorites and I’ve probably reposted this before! I shifted my weight to my left foot and stood on tiptoe. Well, as much of “tiptoe” as you can get in a stirrup. The dun below me adjusted for my shifted position but continued to rip green…
Wordless Wednesday: “Conglomeration”
Here’s a difficult one for you… this conglomeration, or conglomerate, is a geologic term for a rock made up of other rocks bound together in a “cement” of calcite or quartz. I’m always fascinated when I ride through this area… the stone really comes to life when wet! Go HERE to do this jigsaw puzzle.
Another
Another early morning… we had left the batch of cows in a lot across the highway from my place yesterday. This morning we gathered them, ran them across the highway, then penned and sorted them in the corral. Our plan was to separate the cows and calves and then truck them up the mountain. In…
And Again
I don’t imagine you notice, especially this early in the morning… but that horse’s ears are different. Panama has a split in his ear… Meet Marshal. Marshal is the new horse in town. He’s thirteen. Been there. Done that. He’ll settle in nicely I think. Another early morning tomorrow… we’ll see if the wildfire smoke…
Smoky Sunrise
Early morning. Long day.
The After
We all moved a little slow this morning… Johnny’s big party took a lot out of us! The kids went 9-0 all night long, running and jumping on our “hay bale maze” we’d set up, then dancing to the music, and running some more. I was pretty tired, too. Slowly, the shop regained its utilitarian…
Party Time
Old Time Fiddlers, neighbors, friends, relatives, plenty of food and drink. I didn’t take many photos because we hired a professional to do that… and I’ll share at some point. Thanks to everyone who showed up and sent well wishes for Johnny’s 90th birthday party (plus 6 months or so!). I think you made a…
#TBT: Good Morning Ride, v.2.0
This was first published July 6, 2010. Like most Wyoming ranches this time of year, we spend a large amount of our time moving cattle to higher elevation pastures for the summer. Yesterday another bunch of our cattle made it to the mesa…This time all five of us rode since we had about twice as…
Wordless Wednesday: “Solitary”
For a jigsaw puzzle of this tree, go HERE.
Not Hers
Once the heifers were corralled, we immediately started working them. While Brandon and Megan went to pulling blood into the vacuum tubes, I planted myself at the back, sorting the heifers up the alley. I didn’t manage to take any photos back there, preferring to keep my eyes open for the ornery, kicking heifers. Each…
Cousin Crew on Duty
Back to ranchlife… We brought our heifers up to the corral so we could take some blood samples to submit for a pregnancy test. Since it’s a fairly short ride, the Cousin Crew was on duty. Since the rest of the work was in the corral, everyone unsaddled, and tried to hustle to start work…