Author: Carol
Extras
Besides running around with the cows… the guys have been thrashing our oats. I didn’t get pics of that, but we are baling the straw… And yes, we do know the old swather did a rotten job of cutting… Daniel’s been getting the pivot field ready for farming… but that’ll be another post. Me? A…
Questions and Answers – August 2016 Edition
Marilyn: How do you find buried pipeline? You must have some new device to do that? The device is called a shovel… a thing that doesn’t necessarily like to work on very hot days… 😉 Carole: I know you have lots and lots of acreage as do most ranches out there, so how far do…
Models
Today’s agenda: tour through the cows, elk, horses, deer. They were nice enough to pose.
Work and Play
Here’s a couple of shots just to show the difference… and why I like painting the old wood. I grant you “character” points, but just give the new paint a couple of years… Wyoming is pretty hard on paint! Two nights on the trampoline to watch the Perseids… the first night was amazing… last…
Red Photos
There’s nothing more frustrating than wandering around my house at night, wondering where in the sam hill my camera is… It’s usually so permanently attached to me until I get in the house and then it seems to go walkabout… I have been painting the past few days… a continuation of last year’s improvements around…
Break Time
I’m spending the night on the trampoline with two grandsons… and my daughter… so… I’m taking a break right now… they’re yelling for me! You can still post a question for the Q&A though!
Wordless Wednesday – “Country Living”
**** Happy 27th birthday, Brandon!!! I love you! **** Any more questions for the Q&A?
Monumental
Daniel’s early and I’m rushing around looking for my little hand held metal detector… a simple “pinpointer”, it helps find things in small spaces… and I’m in a hurry… and I failed to find it. AAARGH! Ratsratsratsratsrats! We were riding that day in a pasture where for YEARS I’ve wanted to take a metal detector…
PAP Testing
Saturday, Daniel tested some of his personal cattle for Pulmonary Arterial Pressure (PAP). Of concern to cattlemen at high altitudes especially, this test sees how well their lungs and heart will work, or if there’s a chance they’ll genetically pass on a tendency for bovine pulmonary hypertension or “brisket disease”. To translate… bulls are tested…
Wanderers
Straightening up a mess on the mountain today, our cows decided to wander… my three kids and I rode and Vernon zipped around in the side by side, putting out salt and mineral and fixing fence along the way. Once settled in the new pasture, the cows and calves seemed pretty content… They should… the…
Scenic
I have three dogs trying to hide under my desk as I type… lightning is flashing through the skies… Praying for rain and no fires… It’s been a busy/challenging week… Today we did some interesting PAP testing of Daniel’s young bulls, but, somehow, I walked off without my camera. I did use Victoria’s, but now…