Dally is laying on the edge of Otter Creek Canyon. It’s 500′ deep and the location of the wildfire we suffered through last summer. We gathered our cattle here the other day, and on this day, Vernon and I bundled up in our Rhino and drove a big loop looking for the 6 head we…
Author: Carol
From the Mesa to Home
Definitely NOT a Minute Movie… but reminiscent of my Mountain Trail video… this one follows along from our Mesa Pasture to right before we cross the highway to home. Dally is Dog of the Day… and she did me proud (except for once!). Brandon and Daniel appear every once in a while. One little band…
Divine
We worked cows again today… first we gathered the willow and boxelder patch next to the creek that we call the Double Crossing. (That’s where we left them yesterday.) A mile home and we put them in the corral. Since it’s not a big day, and the weather was cool (cooler than I was prepared…
Dally’s Day
I should have got in here sooner… 168 photos and a bunch of videos today… is too much to go through! Dally started the day off fresh… and by “fresh” I mean Dally found something to roll in right away! She ended up the day still helping… although muddy, poopy, stinky, and covered in wild…
Ten Sleep Halloween
I have to share some Halloween pics… The school kids parade through the library, so we get to check everyone out! Your friendly librarians are masked as well… Teachers become Minions… Mary Poppins blows in with the wind… and hay rides are available at Trunk or Treat after school. A peacock made her appearance Then…
Trunk or Treat
Maybe I should have made a movie with those clouds from yesterday… or written something inspiring… but, NOPE! TIME OUT FOR CUTE GRANDKID PHOTOS! They were Forrest Gump and Lt. Dan. It just made me laugh! Jaxon got a kick out of it, too! Their first real Halloween… gathering candy at Trunk or Treat… was…
Wordless Wednesday – “Swirling Wraiths”
Colors in the clouds… swirling and spinning wraiths in the sky… Happy Halloween!
Ghostly Remnants
On Bull Testing Day, our veterinarian was late. We had an hour to kill, so I went in search of items for my Creativity Door. I headed towards the “old shop”. The OLD *OLD* shop. The one that used to be the blacksmith shop, and the one whose ghost whispers around the sod roofed bunkhouse….
Doorway to Creativity
It’s done! I’m so happy it’s done! The only thing left is the interior latch, but I can’t do that until I finish out some around the door. For now, a nice triangle block of wood and a screw is my interior latch! It works. I found an old “pin” to hold my doors together……
Prepare to Blush
Yesterday was bull testing day. What kind of test, you ask? Well… the thing that makes bulls a vital part of any ranch. Their test grade all depends on whether they can pass along those expensive genetics! So… the vet puts a slide sample under his microscope to make sure each bull is producing a…
Stories of Hope
It’s been weeks now since the dreadful Atlas Blizzard struck Wyoming, South Dakota, and Nebraska. My post subtitled “10 Things You Might Not Know About the Atlas Blizzard and Cattle” received many, many hits. Outpourings of sympathy flooded my blog and facebook posts, and I thought it might be time for an update. Since the…
Practice
Well, it’s confirmed. I’m one of the speakers next January for the Johnson County Cattlewomen Meeting in Buffalo, Wyoming. Yeah. Me! I’ve been wanting to try this… and by golly, if they didn’t just call me out of the blue! They’re looking for something on the lighthearted side… and somehow thought I might be able…