A few days ago, Winter was still snuggled happily in her blanket of snow. Buried in white, nestled along hills and creek sides, joyfully providing shades of blue and grey on top of her glaring brilliance. Today, Winter’s rude little brother showed up, snatching her blanket back from her bed. Warm wind melted snow, running…
Author: Carol
#TBT: Calendar Cowboys
In among collected old photos was this calendar from 1965. The photo’s caption is “Roundup Crew on Nowood River – 1908”. While not directly linked to us, there are many degrees of interest here. In 1908, the Greets were still on their homestead on Spring Creek, but one year later, they would move to our…
Wordless Wednesday – “The Commodore’s Son”
The Commodore’s Son
Crazy Library
It’s been crazy at the Ten Sleep Library. Our new addition is complete. The work has begun for us! I’m putting in extra hours… moving shelves, moving books, repeat, repeat, repeat! Here is our little Facebook Live video we did today… I hope that link works! But I’m very tired and ready for bed! I…
No Knuckles
An update on our “knuckling under” calf from the other day… Number 12 was born with the physical problem that made it impossible for this little twin heifer to stand up straight on her front hooves. Two days later, I found her bedded down in the warm sunshine. I had to wake her up. Nudging…
#FlyYourWY
It’s warmed up enough to cause a layer of ice on any packed snow… my walk out to my chicken coop was a dangerous undertaking this morning! This afternoon blew a storm in, and the ice is now covered in snow. Thankfully, I believe it’s deep enough that the ice rink is fully covered. I…
Spoon Break
I’ve put some of my wood burned spoons over in Worland at Bee Healthy. It’s a cute food/health/gift store right on main street. I’m still having fun burning these little things…
Knuckling Under
While you might think of the phrase, “knuckling under”, as a synonym for giving up or surrendering, during calving season, that means something else. This little twin has the condition we call Knuckling Under. Her front hooves are bending under instead of letting her walk normally. Give her a couple of days, and those ligaments…
#TBT: Long Gone
Today’s #tbt picture is from the 1980’s… The thing that stood out to me besides the neighbor’s Hereford cattle, was the barn. This barn now is nothing but a few bottom boards. It slowly collapsed in over the years, weighed down by winter snow and time. We still help our neighbor at this corral, but…
Wordless Wednesday – “The Alleyway”
The Alleyway
Baldeeeeee
I can’t resist a baldy calf! If you’re on Instagram, or you click on my link to my Instagram account, you can see a short video of this cutie!
A Calf Is Born
This video covers one of heifers, number 660, and the process of having her calf. We noticed her standing off from the herd, holding her tail out in a kinked position… an almost sure sign that labor pains have started. We walk her into our calving shed, spreading new straw in a pen. We would…