When the long light comes and sows golden hues across my world, I stop. Marveling at the intense beauty that strikes me, I feel my chest tighten. It pushes until my spirit springs free, gliding in tilting waves like the resident vultures above me. Sounds soften. Tractors are shut down. Distant voices are gilded with…
Author: Carol
67 Million Years
Hey, there, Craig Johnson, author of Dry Bones, the newest installment in the Longmire mystery series… I have a bone to pick with you! The reason my garden is full of weeds, none of the outbuildings have been weeded around, the trim on my house isn’t painted, nor is a myriad of other jobs complete……
What a Life!
In amongst all the other things that have been going on, Brandon found a couple of bulls that had… ummm… to say it delicately… They had broken their “equipment”. One may heal if he leaves the girls alone, so he is in a corral. The other one? Nah. It didn’t look good. What? You didn’t…
Steer Trails
I seem to be rather random with no big story for you, so here’s random shots… This mule deer doe had twin fawns. I rode by them in the badlands just after sunrise… The reservoir at Wire Corral is full and gorgeous in the early morning light. The “badlands” haven’t looked this good in years! …
Steers Gathered
The day was long… saddled by 5 am, home at 2 pm. The steers are gathered and will soon be sold. and that’s how it is in the Far Far West!
Haying Season
The guys are busy getting started haying… The center pivot field making for pretty semi-circular designs… Of course, if you start haying… this is bound to happen, too… It poured for a bit… .3″, but, unbelievably, the hay doesn’t look too bad! It’s been hot here, so hay dries quickly… Daniel is cutting it down…
Awwwwww…
The mountain trip was relaxing… seeing all the green that this rain has blessed us with, the water running in places it doesn’t usually run, and wildflowers! My, it was sweet! We had also seen a small herd of elk on our ridge. That’s always enjoyable… But, on the way down, we managed to spy…
Wordless Wednesday – “Stand Out”
Be unique… Stand out in your field, whatever it may be!
Shooting Star Gallery
Mountain Pasture: While yellow flowers dominated the lower elevations, the top of the mountain was championed by shooting stars… first, lining the edges of buffalo trails, then in shy portrait… followed by eye popping vivid setting, and lastly, pink petals in black and white.
Another Tour
My compadres and I went up to our Mesa and leased Slope Pastures… Aren’t they a fine lookin’ bunch? We enjoyed seeing five hundred foot Otter Creek Canyon (no, the bottom of the canyon cannot be seen in this photo)… Various wildlife was spotted, including this sage chicken peering through the thick grass. (Yes, this…
Wait
Yippee Yay! The Camera has been found after many days of being misplaced. I knew it was somewhere! (Well, THAT was an intelligent statement!) The “somewhere” turned out to be my “bee bag” that holds extra supplies for my Bee Barn, my extra hat and veil, benadryl/epi stuff, bread knife, and a little red camera…