at the barn at 5 am. get cows to mountain in good time. destination covered in timothy grass in full pollen. allergic to timothy. sneeze. find out we’re moving MORE cattle. sneezesneeze. ride to next pasture. sniffsneeze. almost fall off colt. adrenalin helps me forget about allergies momentarily. cattle are not in pasture. find cattle….
Author: Carol
No Challenge
Challenges come in all forms and sizes. My last challenge was one I did not relish. Since my pocketbook is too tight for me to hire the vet to drive the 47 miles to my house from his clinic… I was faced with driving my Durango full of 9 puppies to him. I’ve done it…
Wordless Wednesday – “Shades of Grey”
The neighbor’s horses provide many shades of grey in their hidden green retreat. **** July 20, 2010 Battlescars July 20, 2009 Bogged Down July 20, 2008 No entry.
Water Then Fire
Brandon and I were given the task of checking the neighbor’s pastures for our cattle, some of which decided to take themselves to the mountain pasture. We rode the Tully Place… pics of that later. We have a new colt, just turned three… nice, tall, and blue… and Brandon was aboard. Well, this new colt…
Monday Movie – “The View”
I thought I’d try something new. Wednesdays are Wordless… I decided that Mondays should be Movie Night. A short, one minute video blog entry about something. Anything. Whatever. Although most of you love my photos, I always feel you’re missing out on “the experience”. We’ll see if the movies fulfill that… I’m sure you’ll let…
En Garde
Someone said to me the other day, “Isn’t it ironic the overabundance of water this spring has cost us the shortage of water this summer?” Translation: Our irrigation of our fields is now JUST STARTING. Vernon and the boys have worked and worked and hired LARGE excavators to repair and replace ditches, headgates, crossings, and…
Hunting Dragons
You many not have noticed, but in the last picture from yesterday’s post, there was an unusual object in the bottom center… Sailing over the water in flamboyant stripes… A dragonfly. It was pure luck in the capture, but it made that photo extra special! That entire pond was humming with activity from at least…
Past Prairie Promise
A past prairie promise made years ago in love… still lingers in wooden memories, weathered and cracked. **** July 15, 2010 Robins July 15, 2009 Wordless Wednesday – “Three Points!” July 15, 2008 No entry.
Appreciate the View
The past two days have been Cowboy Days. With the water situation finally resolved in one pasture, and the lease of another pasture, we could finally move some cattle to higher range! Yay! Cattle don’t do as well in hot weather… and we’ve had plenty of that lately. They were very happy to move up,…
Wordless Wednesday – “Watchin’ Their Heroes”
A quick snap of the audience, watching their heroes at the rodeo… **** July 13, 2010 Same Country July 13, 2009 Memories of Snow July 13, 2008 No entry.
Learning Manners
Part of getting these pups ready for their new homes besides the standard physicals and shots… is a little behavior work. It never hurts to teach those kids some manners BEFORE they go off to their new lives! So I give you… Learning Manners: Sitting before Feeding aka the cutest puppy video ever! A little…
Dry Dusty
I wish GoDaddy would leave my fonts and sizes the way I want them… sorry for the past few days… I don’t know what makes it revert to a smaller size and different font when I hit “publish”! I have the CUTEST video uploading to vimeo right now… unfortunately, I won’t stay up that long…