Earlier than usual… the Ten Sleep Kids’ Rodeo was held today. Nice and cool, not sweltering hot like in the end of July. It didn’t even rain as predicted! I usually put together a movie of it… and since there wasn’t time to do that this afternoon, I’ll just start with this.
Author: Carol
Reminiscing XXVI
This story is from James Greet, written in 1991 about his life as a cowboy in the 1940’s. It was a nice sunny day, and we enjoyed trailing our cattle. It seemed as though the whole world belonged to us, for we hadn’t seen another soul since very early the day before. Maybe I should point…
Throwback Thursday: Mounting Evidence, v.2.0
This was first posted May 25, 2014. Today we began our AI program. Well, the hard work part of it at least! For the next few days, the boys (and Victoria when she shows up) will Artificially Inseminate our heifers. We’ve done this for a few years now, and continue to be happy enough with…
Wordless Wednesday: Scattered Showers
For a jigsaw puzzle of these scattered showers, go HERE.
May Snow Showers
Yes, snow. And 1.54” of rain. A friend posted they had 17” of snow on the mountain! A fundraiser for some of the kids planning an agricultural tour of northern Italy next year (including Quinlan) was tonight’s entertainment. Liam and Layne Jordan are in Quinlan’s 7th grade class and are quite talented! They’ve played at…
High Water
Back to the pipeline construction… The water tank is 13’ across… It is a tire from some huge piece of mining equipment that’s been cut in half. It was quite the sight to see. It had a few inches of water in it from the recent rains adding to its weight. They couldn’t lift it…
Up and Down
I’ll interrupt the construction posts with our weekly ramble up the mountain… last week we couldn’t make it very far, this week we made it to our mountain pasture. Not that there weren’t snowdrifts in the road… Or some water standing in places… It is rather easy to see the buffalo wallows… The corral is…
Storage
Work has continued on the water project… I haven’t been able to help, so these pictures are from Megan. On this day, they set up the storage tank. With excavator and skid steer, they maneuvered it into position. Well, whoops. A little more work, and it’s level and plumbed in. Somehow, I can’t find the…
Reminiscing XXV
This story is from James Greet, written in 1991 about his life as a cowboy in the 1940’s. We checked the cupboard, and there was only two items of food; popcorn, and a small size can of canned milk, nothing else! No salt, or anything. Luckily, there was a supply of stove wood in the cabin….
Throwback Thursday: Big Improvement, v.2.0
This was first published May 16, 2014. I came home from work yesterday to see Daniel harrowing the field below my studio. He needed to go run in the horses for the farrier, so I said I’d take over! Boomer likes to ride along with Daniel… say, “HI”, Boomer! It’s been a while since I’ve…
Wordless Wednesday: Looking Towards Home
For a jigsaw puzzle of this photo, go HERE.
Plenty Grass
After the exploratory tour of the red ridge, Vernon and I rode our usual trail up the mountain to see how far we could make it before mud and/or snow turned us around. Two weeks or so ago, we had made it to the “top”, also known locally as “Bobby’s Corrals”. While at the same…