While Victoria, Matt, Jazz, and Sadie were here… we decided to play a little agility one morning. Sadie learned about the chute… She caught on quickly… She’d circle the chute on her own… and even after we quit… she’d do a few extra loops… and then she settled down. Inside the chute! Then it was…
Author: Carol
Night Falls Softly
Although we did manage to accomplish a few different jobs today… we again decided to take a picnic supper out to enjoy the fairly nice evening. It’s been cloudy all day, but warm, and with Victoria and Matt here until tomorrow, it was time to enjoy a break. This time we went to the creek…
Meet Brownie
Yesterday as we kicked those 100 pairs out on grass, Vernon was test driving a new horse. Meet the brown horse. No name. Well, there’s probably a name on his papers, but we haven’t seen them. Pretty papers don’t make a good horse… so we’ll look at them if we buy him. “Brownie” works for…
Pairs
A while back, someone asked about eartags… Every place is different, keep that in mind… but here our system is pretty simple. If a cow is born is 2004… her eartag will start with a 4. Rarely do we keep cows over ten years, so this usually isn’t a problem having one from 1994 as…
Wordless Wednesday- “The Green Comes Creeping”
Wordless Wednesday for this week… “and the green comes creeping back into the fields…”
Fencing in the Rocks
In a couple of days we can start to kick the cows out on grass. Vernon and Johnny will be enthused about that! As we put the pairs out into new pastures, the everyday feeding will end… and the drudgery of that day in and day out will NOT be missed by the guys! One…
Small Details
On my hike the other day were many small details that made the walk more enjoyable… The tiny white phlox tucked close to the ground… The calcite streaks of the belemnites… oh, how I’d love a rock saw to cut and polish these beauties into… something… This ant hill has my favorite earth colors… with…
Peace in my Soul
A slow morning ended with Brandon’s departure back to Laramie and school. After he left, Vernon decided to finish rototilling my garden… a job Brandon had initiated by pulling out the wicked machine and changing its oil. One outside round had been accomplished and 99.9% of the garden remained. Vernon pulled and pulled and started…
Hiking
Wyoming springtime produced the perfect day today. No snow. No wind. No hovering grey clouds. So after a brilliant morning of straightening the house and actually training, yes, training on my three English Shepherds, and cooking lunch, I took off on a hike! The plan was multifold… get the dogs and I some serious sunshine…
Atlatl
My trip to Kaycee’s Rendezvous turned out rather well. I gave my camera to a couple different adults and hoped they’d luck out and get at least one good photo… I was impressed! Most of them turned out quite well! The fourth graders have been studying history… and Kaycee’s bunch was entertained for a bit…
Willow Creek
I awoke to 2 inches of snow on the ground and still falling… a cup of coffee and some morning news and I looked up… the sun was shining… snow was melting. It was springtime again! True enough to Wyoming’s springtime, the wind was blowing… but *sunshine* is a glorious offering! I have worked off…
One More Time
WOW. AMAZING. I had 30 (Thirty! yes, thirty!) comments on yesterday’s entry! Way to go, readers! I’m just so tickled and thrilled you’d share like that! A few words of clarification. Yes, *I* call this blog, Overlook… but many readers don’t notice that and that is NOT what you type in to get here. That…