When the world shakes beneath your feet, when something just isn’t right, when all your senses tell you to stop, hold, even turn around, or even more, RUN! That’s what you do. It’s self preservation. Fight or flight. It may save your life. On the other hand, it may make you look silly and turn…
Author: Carol
Surprise Me
A few days ago, when we moved some cows, I took Lucas along. Always my “short go” dog, I hoped it wouldn’t be too much for him. We did some work on foot, turning the cows through the open gate, encouraging the last few lost calves along, hoping for momma to come back and retrieve…
Happy Birth Day
We’d like to welcome grandchild #7 to the fold! Matthew Lawson Davis joins his twin brothers Waylon and Wyatt Davis. He was born six hours before his scheduled C-section… an overachiever? He was a healthy 7 pounds, 11 ounces and 21″ long. Everyone is doing fine. Like his brothers, the parents prefer his face not…
R U Dun?
More cows. More riding. More sun. More fun! (Vernon said he had to take a picture of me because my dog matches my horse perfectly! So is Panama a sable or is Eden a dun??? “Eden, are you dun?”)
Ponies Waiting
Got ready to sit down and write… Where’s my camera????? After a trip out to check the vehicles, it occurred to me, it’s probably still in my bee barn from this afternoon’s quick check. Way to go. The bees seem to be ok, I had returned to remove the queen cages and check that they…
Family Operation
It’s a busy time around here… We can put cows out on our BLM allotments now, so the guys have been working on that, and finally, today, I actually got to ride along! Yesterday was a process day… and everyone was there to help. Here’s Johnny working the alleyway, and four of his great grandchildren…
Babysitters
Two cows were babysitting about 25 calves when I drove by today… That’s a pretty high ratio! I wonder what the going rate at this nursery is?
Bee Friends
I was supposed to help ride today… It’s time to kick the cows out onto pasture! But… some-bee-dy interfered! I *had* to finish my beehive I started making because I bought TWO, yes, two packages of bees last night. I was extremely lucky to have three friends stop by to help! I wouldn’t have got…
Decisions, Decisions
Pardon me… but it’s gonna be one of those times when I toot my own horn. Multiple times in the history of this blog, I’ve entered a post or two in some competition. Most contests I pass by because they’re more of the “have-your-friends-vote popularity contests” than true competition, but I entered the BlogHer Voice…
Wordless Wednesday – “Spring?”
But! But! I thought it was spring?
Top Bar Hive Refurbished
My new bees will be coming Thursday (maybe… a blizzard is predicted for tomorrow, so we’ll see if that slows him down). Newbees, happy dance! Newbies! La la la… So, I’m refurbishing Messopotamia, my secondhand top bar hive… and since it’s all pretty now, I think I’ll have to rename it! There were holes in…